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OAG vs Judiciary: (f) law & (dis) order

30 August 2008

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A tripless trip

30 August 2008

The agriculture ministry is tripping down the green lane every Tuesday with the ‘No Vehicle Day’ initiative. It is already doing them a world of good. The whole nation flushed at the sight of their smiling faces and therapeutic gaits. Somehow, this wholesome sight lighted up some soggy streets down memory lane. In school, our hostel food was fit for the dogs. After much protest en masse, our principal...  Read the story »

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A supplication to all the people, born as brothers and sisters

30 August 2008

All the sentient beings in the six realms desire to live happily and there is no creature who does not desire happiness. As we do not want suffering, likewise no creature wants suffering. If we take ourselves as example, we cannot bear the pain caused by a thorn piercing our foot. If our parents, children, spouse and relatives are sick, our hearts almost break in anguish. We would generously offer...  Read the story »

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Gewogs endangered by degradation

29 August 2008

All of Radhi, Phongmey and parts of Shongphu and Samkhar gewogs could be engulfed by flood, landslides and soil erosion in 15-20 years. Tempa Wangdi reports. If grazing continues and degradation fails to be curbed, specialists fear the future could be bleak. It has been revealed that the regioncould soon run out of water and Radhi could become the most threatened, with more than 22 landslide hotspots...  Read the story »

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Archery: a sport one cannot master

29 August 2008

Don S Rabska, one of the most knowledgeable archery experts in the world, was here in the country for four days. A day before his departure, he talked to some 40 Bhutanese archers. Don S Rabska is a regional Olympic archery coach in the US and he holds the position of executive director in the Easton Sports Development Foundation. Talking to the Bhutanese archers, he said that there were only a few...  Read the story »

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Baby boom: All because of a faulty female anatomy?

29 August 2008

There is no denying that everyone loves to make love, but everyone does not necessarily love to make babies. Simply put, babies are the products of love-making to some as much as they are the by-products of love-making to others. The belief that a community or a society wanting in recreational amenities causes baby boom or population explosion holds water still. Thanks to medical advancements, readily...  Read the story »

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Thimphu as we know it

29 August 2008

Picture Thimphu all dressed in white. Not the sporadic out-of-the-blue attempts at green roofs and blue signboards. That has finally been laid to rest in the capital. The ghosts now haunt urban towns further away and will keep doing so in the absence of a ministerial notification. After all, when the surface ground is thick, things don’t sink in easy. A snow-white Thimphu, and other towns as well,...  Read the story »

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Singye Quarry case in ACC and other stories

29 August 2008

His Holiness the Je Khenpo is in Haa conducting a week-long Menlam Chenmo, which began on August 27 at Lhakhang Karpo. On September 1, the Tangra Goenpoi Tongtsho will be performed and the next day, His Holiness will consecrate the Thongdrol of Lam Drakpa Jamtsho. This is the eighth Moenlam Chenmo conducted in Haa. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The...  Read the story »

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One less endangered bird

29 August 2008

It is not uncommon to have gift-bearing guests come a visiting. Only in this case, it was a cause for alarm as the person was carrying the dead body of the highly endangered White-Bellied Heron (Ardea insignis Hume, A. imperialis). The Divisional Forest Officer of Thimphu was immediately informed and the dead bird duly handed over. Investigations so far have revealed that the White-Bellied Heron was...  Read the story »

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Novel approach to tackling youth crime

29 August 2008

The sight of blue uniforms in schools, or anywhere for that matter, is not always welcome. It augurs bad news. Not so this time when the police chief decided to tackle youth issues head-on. “There is this bully in school who took stuff like my pens and watch but after the (police) chief’s visit, he has stopped taunting me,” said Tashi Kinley, a class VII student in Thimphu. This was after the...  Read the story »

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