The roar of a pregnant tigress
31 December 2008
What are symbols? Just as we cannot have thoughts without language, we cannot illustrate meaning without symbols. A symbol is a signpost erected on the grounds of collective aspirations. It is a seed of conviction that will harvest the many fruits of hope. Symbols are important in our lives. 2008 will be etched in history as a very symbolic year. In 2008, Barack Obama emerged as a global symbol of... Read the story »
Trading leaves for a living
27 December 2008
For over a century, the farmers from Denchukha Gewog in Samtse have braved the vagaries of nature and traded betel leaves with Haa. Rabi C. Dahal reports. For the people of Denchukha Gewog in Samtse, how well the betel leaves grow in the subtropical forest around them matters a lot. Betel leaves is their lifeline. For nearly 100 years, betel leaves had been a vital source of income for the people of... Read the story »
First private free school for Thimphu
27 December 2008
Starting 2009, Singye Group of Companies will start Thimphu’s first free community school in Bjemina. The school will be a charity school. Books, stationeries and uniforms will be provided by the school. “To begin with, we will start pre-primary classes and class one, which will slowly be upgraded in the future,” said Tshering Chhoden, Programme Officer in Singye Group of Companies. The idea... Read the story »
I’m out the choppy waters of democracy, lads
26 December 2008
Give them their share They will remain there
26 December 2008
Are we discussing rural-urban migration this time around? This social phenomenon forms the backdrop to many social issues on the parliamentary agenda. We are discussing youth unemployment, which is largely an urban issue. Answers to this challenge are few given a stunted private sector and a zero-growth-policy-adopting civil service. The government’s much parroted answer to educated, unemployed youth... Read the story »
Opposition Leader slams PM’s government performance report
26 December 2008
It'll be better next time: Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley on the hotseat It was another elbow to the ribs in the course of what many perceive to be an already strained relationship when the Opposition Leader expressed disappointment with the Prime Minister on the opening day of Parliament on December 24. Opposition Leader Tshering Tobgye criticised Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley’s report on the performance... Read the story »
Development issues high on agenda
26 December 2008
Not too much fumbling with patangs and coloured kabneys, or shuffling about in stiff tshoglhams, or huddling into comfort-seeking groups this time around. A been-there-done-that sense of familiarity prevailed when visibly more confident Members of Parliament attended the opening ceremony of the second session of the first Parliament on Wednesday, December 24, in Thimphu. In an address that was more... Read the story »
Bhutan gets 300- hour chham archive
26 December 2008
The Honolunu Academy of Arts (HAA) has gifted a video archive of over 300 hours of high-definition footage on chham (Buddhist ritual dances) to the Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs yesterday at the National Library, Thimphu. The gift, presented to the Home Secretary by Mr Gerard Houghton, the official representative from the academy, comprised two major components. | One is a specially designed... Read the story »
Drug abuse on the rise still
26 December 2008
The narcotic control agency this year seized 13,526.5 items of pharmaceutical drugs illicitly trafficked from across the border along with 6,845 grams of marijuana. Kinley Dorji, the Executive Director said that most of the trafficking was carried out on the Thimphu-Phuentsholing highway. The Bhutan Narcotic Control Agency (BNCA) seized 244 bottles of Corex (cough syrup), 4,745 Relipen tablets, 2,592.5... Read the story »
Five years for manslaughter
26 December 2008
A woman in her early twenties was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to five years in prison this month by the Dzongkhag Court of Pemagatshel. Pema Lhamu from Murshing Gonpa, mother of a minor girl, was convicted for the death of her maternal uncle on the night of September 13. Her 44-year-old mother, who was earlier suspected of her involvement in the crime, was not prosecuted. Drangpon... Read the story »
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