Grand facade, filthy inside
30 September 2009
The building houses the city and the narcotic control offices. Ironically, it is dirty and frequented by drug abusers. Tandin Pem finds out how the NPPF building in Thimphu is in a mess The big, white building looks grand by the Bhutanese standards and it is spacious inside. But as one enters the building, the first thing that catches one’s eyes is the dirt around. The building has not been spared... Read the story »
Possible eviction worries Narphung shopkeepers
30 September 2009
A recent media report on the possible eviction of shops alongside the Trashigang-Samdrup Jongkhar highway at Narphung has worried shopkeepers. Many of them are making plans to make adjustments and petition the agency concerned. Eighty-two-year-old Khotsa, one of the first business people in Narphung, which is about 60 km from Samdrup Jongkhar towards Trashigang, said the news came to him as a shock... Read the story »
Juggling childcare and career
30 September 2009
With the hunt for babysitters becoming increasingly futile, working mothers in Thimphu are torn between filial obligation and career demands. Kinzang Choden reports Her day starts early in the morning. She rushes to her husband’s car after dropping her five-month-old baby at her in-laws’ house. It is already nine am, and she is already late for work. This is the daily routine of Kinley, 27. And... Read the story »
New stadium for Phuentsholing
29 September 2009
Sports enthusiasts in Phuentsholing are awaiting a facelift of the Phuentsholing Sports Association (PSA) ground into a grand stadium. The stadium will benefit not only Phuentsholing but also the nearby southern dzongkhags. The Phuentsholing City Corporation initiated the project with Nu 9.8 million assistance from the Asian Development Bank. According to Bikash Pradhan, the PSA Secretary General,... Read the story »
Strengthening media for democracy
29 September 2009
To identify key characteristics of the media environment in which freedom of expression, independence, and pluralism of the media can flourish, a meeting was held between Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC), Bhutanese media representatives and UNESCO experts at the MoIC hall last week. The participants considered various means by which the media could bridge government- public link by... Read the story »
Festival sales
28 September 2009
Everyone in Thimphu is in festive mood these days. With Thimphu tshechu underway and dashain around the corner, tailors and garment shops in Thimphu had a busy week. Tailors worked till mid night to deliver orders on time. Both tshechu and dashain are occasions when people wear best of their clothes. Many sew new clothes while other buys from a range of readymade items. Many shops in Thimphu started... Read the story »
A model in the making
28 September 2009
Modelling was not her dream. Never did she think that she would walk the ramps and promoting some well-known brands. But she is living the dream she never dreamt. From a timid girl, Samphelmo Sherpa has become a promising model at the age of 24. I t all started when she was a freshman at Garden City College in Bangalore, India. There was a national-level fashion show competition and her seniors forced... Read the story »
Word grilling
27 September 2009
‘Word’ when s-prefixed becomes ‘sword’. And ‘s’ stands for ‘severe’. No wonder, my daughter dreaded the so-called ‘conselling’ by her school-counsellors in India. She said it was not ‘counselling’; rather, it was ‘grilling’. I would use Jug Suraiya’s statement, “‘Word’ is a four-letter word” to apply to such grilling sessions. And, she preferred corporal punishment... Read the story »
Shingkhar specialties in Thimphu
27 September 2009
Food lovers in the capital have something to look forward to this Sunday. Shingkhar Village Food festival 2009 will be held at Rabten apartments. O rganized by Shingkhar Dechenling Phenday Tshogpa, the food festival will be held between 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm. On the menu will be traditional food items from the village of Shingkhar in Bumthang including traditional drinks, soup, snacks, salad and dessert. Food... Read the story »
Reviving Daga Shindre Tshogpa
26 September 2009
After operating in loss for few years, Daga Shingdre Tshogpa (DST), a farmer’s group in Dagana, is expected to spring back to life with renewed help from its stakeholders and SNV Bhutan. SNV (Netherlands Development Organisation) is working to help DST become a functional farmers’ group and a viable business entity. It is supporting the tshogpa compile and assess its accounts of the last two years,... Read the story »
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