International Sources
Ten Things I Learned in Vietnam – Huffingtonpost.com
I have just returned from a two-week trip to Vietnam including Ho Chi Minh City, Ke Ga Bay south of Phan Thiet, Nha Trang, Hoi An, Hue, Halong Bay and Hanoi. Up until this visit, I had always thought the Bhutanese … [read more]
Passions and Detachment in Journalism – New York Times Blogs
Last week, in writing about James Hansen’s essay on why he became a climate campaigner after decades working as a NASA climate scientist, I promised to post a lecture I gave in 2005 at Willamette University … [read more]
Immigrants Weave New Connections Through Old Looms – msnbc.com
Old wooden looms sat unused at an arts center in Cleveland for more than 20 years – until an Ohio woman started weekly weaving workshops where Bhutanese women practice English and learn American-style weaving. Rebecca … [read more]
BJP Blackmails Manmohan Singh – Gather.com
Although political blackmailing has served various domains of politics and diplomacy, yet in the modern era of mass communication, especially democratic governments and opposition parties avoid practice of … [read more]
Growth for the sake of happiness – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
NEW YORK – I have just returned from Bhutan, the Himalayan kingdom of unmatched natural beauty, cultural richness and inspiring self-reflection. From the kingdom’s uniqueness now arises a set of economic and social … [read more]
Corrected: When getting away means staying in touch – msnbc.com
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – People used to go on holiday to unplug. Now they’re demanding to be plugged in. That secluded, desert island-type getaway may soon be as dated as the post-vacation slide show as more travelers … [read more]
Immigrant clients at Mid-County Health Center now greeted by multicultural art exhibit – Oregonian
View full size Faith Cathcart/The Oregonian Kwa Franklin, a native of Cameroon, stands beside his painting, “Tears of Joy,” which is one of 44 pieces of art on display as part of the Multicultural Art Wall at … [read more]
Asia’s glaciers in retreat, could signal crop failure and flooding in the future – USA Today
Asia’s glaciers are retreating, which could mean drought, plus crop losses upstream and flood conditions downstream for millions of people. A report published by the U.S. Geological Survey , in collaboration … [read more]
A newsmaker you should know: Busy college student still finds time to volunteer – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Looking back, 21-year-old Marie Berube can trace her desire to help others back to the time when a Vietnamese family moved into her neighborhood when she was 2. She grew up with that family’s children on Troy Hill until … [read more]
Refugees find the American dream down on the farm – Los Angeles Times
A dingy floral print peels from the walls, and sheets of plastic are taped over some of the windows. But for Harka Rai, the sagging trailer home he bought in rural Oregon is his piece of the American dream … [read more]
Kuensel – Bhutan’s National Newspaper
Community contracting gets a shot in the arm
31 August, 2010 – A gup can do more for his community today. He can now dish out almost thirty times the amount he was authorised to earlier. [read more]
Safeguarding the community and its culture
31 August, 2010 – Even as the remote nomadic communities of Merak and Sakteng in Trashigang open to tourism officially tomorrow, home ministry officials see an urgent need to draw up measures to safeguard its arcane customs and culture. [read more]
31 August, 2010 – A high level delegation team led by the foreign secretary, Daw Penjo, will be in New Delhi, India, for the annual Bhutan-Indo development cooperation talks on September 1 and 2.During the talks, the two governments will review the progress in the implementation of the government of India ( GoI) assisted projects in Bhutan during the 10th Plan. [read more]
31 August, 2010 – Dr Vandana Shiva, a recipient of Right Livelihood Award, will share her experiences and knowledge on organic agriculture at a seminar on September 9 in Thimphu. [read more]
Gelephu-Zhemgang road 31 August, 2010 – Falling boulders and mudslides had hampered road-clearing work on the Zhemgang Gelephu highway, which had been blocked since August 26.
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31 August, 2010 – So, young professionals, who have the qualification and working experience, are leaving the civil service for other options. [read more]
Nu 15M was spent in linking up the northernmost gewog as part of BT’s social mandate
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| Sky High: Transportation costs made it an expensive business Photo: Tenzin Dorji |
B-Mobile in Laya 31 August, 2010 – Layaps may have access to the cheapest mobile phones from across the border, but reaching the service to the northernmost gewog was the most expensive, according to B-Mobile officials. [read more]
Grade I would mean a permanent doctor, an ambulance & etc.
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| A Relic Of The ‘70s: The five-room BHU with a small two-bed ward behind it was set up by the Norwegian mission |
Khaling BHU 31 August, 2010 – It was more than eight years ago when villagers of Khaling gewog in Trashigang first heard their basic health unit would be upgraded to grade one status.
31 August, 2010 – The Phuentsholing dungkhag court on August 5 acquitted two regional customs officials and three employees of the Bhutan brewery Pvt. Ltd charged by police for their alleged involvement in a bribery case earlier this year. [read more]
4-day workshop for 14 reporters organised by the Bhutan centre for media and democracy
Enterprise Reporting Training 31 August, 2010 – The emphasis on the role of journalism in a fledgling democracy has been stated time and again to a point that it has begun to sound almost like a clich. [read more]
Bhutan Observer
Yangphel open archery tournament in the quarters
The quarter finals of the Yangphel Archery TournaÂÂment begin today. 24 teams, comprising 14 winners and 10 wild card enÂÂtries from the knockout round two, will play the quarter finals. The quarter finalists are grouped into eight pools. Winners from each pool will proceed to the semi-finals with one lucky team on wild card entry. [...] [read more]
Meet the wicked lady of Bhutanese films
Known for her negative roles in Bhutanese films, Aum Lhamo is the wicked lady of the film industry. She has acted in 30 films, mostly as a stern mother, for which she won two awards during the annual national film awards in 2002 and 2009. But Aum Lhamo in real life is just the opposite [...] [read more]
From dung to clean energy
To address the local energy demand and national energy security, a biogas pilot project will be started in Samtse, Chukha, Sarpang and Tsirang from early 2011 for a period of five years. Targeting 1,600 domesÂÂtic households, the biogas technology will convert cattle dung into clean and renewÂÂable gas to replace firewood, kerosene and LPG. Dr [...] [read more]
Contractors appeal to PM to solve stone shortage crisis
Contractors in Trongsa have recently appealed to the Prime Minister to help solve the dire shortage of boulders and aggregates in the dzongÂÂkhag. According to the contracÂÂtors, the shortage became acute after Natural Resources Development Corporation Limited (NRDCL) took over mining authorities from the Department of Forests (DoF). Dawa, a contractor from Trongsa, said that [...] [read more]
Villagers cry foul of farm road alignment
The people of Samdrup Choling Dungkhag in Samdrup Jongkhar are at loggerheads with the dungkhag authorities over the construction of a 13-km farm road in the dungkhag. The people claim that the dzongkhag, dungkhag and the gewog have realigned the road without their consent. Earlier, in a meeting chaired by Samdrup Choling Dungpa, it had [...] [read more]
Tor Jap – hurling ritual cakes
“Woi!!! I have to teach the people of Jew a lesson.†This is how the Paro Penlop Tshering Penjor (r.1918-1949) reacted when he heard gunshots from his camp. According to oral sources, the sound of the gun not only ignited the interest of the governor in an ancient Tantric Buddhist ceremony of ritual cake hurling [...] [read more]
PTC teachers need professional incentives
We the PTC teachÂÂers serving in different parts of our country would like to extend our heartfelt gratiÂÂtude firstly to the Ministry of Education for providing us various in-country training opportunities to upgrade our qualification. Secondly, we are also grateful to the RCSC and the agencies concerned for lifting us equally to the level of [...] [read more]
Tudors win easy over Aspens
Tudors had an easy win over Aspens during the Open SumÂÂmer Basketball ChampionÂÂship’s super-league round on August 25 in Thimphu. Tudors thrashed Aspens 53-28. Aspens took the lead in the first-quarter but Tudors came back strong in the next two quarters. In the fourth-quarter, Tudors took an asÂÂtounding lead with 38 points to Aspens’ 8. [...] [read more]
136 power tillers distributed
Out of 152 power tillers received through KR-II, a Japanese grant scheme for deÂÂveloping countries to increase food production, 136 have been allotted to farmers from different dzongkhags (see table). An official from Agriculture Machinery Centre in Paro said that the existing functional farmer’s group with clear agriculture production and development plan will be given [...] [read more]
Despotism Incognito
Words like efficiency, transparency, accountability, collaborative working and the like have become everyday-voÂÂcabulary in all our government offices, which if we go by the discourse we hear sounds apt in our fast changing society. But the sad reality is, beneath these high-flown ideas lies a travesty; there lurks the primordial rule of despotism. People who [...] [read more]
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