Tor Jap – hurling ritual cakes
30 August 2010
A Tor Jap ceremony underway in Thimphu. The ritual cake (right) is put in the straw house and burnt. The smoke emitted from firecrackers have replaced the Puk Dhums. “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... Read the story »
Demonizing the Buddha
21 August 2010
Our reporter Jigme Wangchuk goes to Paro to find out whether there is truth in a ghostly story surrounding a possessed television set What is believed to be a possessed TV set is a wooden frame containing Sangay Tshepamey If there was a modern Bhutan ghost story, it must be the one woven around a television set on a ridge above Tsento village in Paro believed to be possessed. Tsento villagers say that... Read the story »
Seeds of GNH, sprouting
18 August 2010
A few months after the seeds of GNH were sown in schools, it has now started to germinate. Our reporter TandinPem visits Bjemina Community Primary School in Thimphu and finds out how the introduction of GNH in the school has made the difference Students meditating Six-year-old Tandin Dorji does not know what gross national happiness (GNH) is, but he always throws his waste in the dustbins and puts... Read the story »
Nyangme Lhakhang, a forgotten history
10 August 2010
The crumbling Gelongma Palmo’s lhakhang in Tsento, Paro is fast being forgotten. Jigme Wangchuk reports Nyangme Lhakhang Amid the verdant calm of Tsento in Paro is a quiet village of Nyangme. And nestled in the lethargic beauty of the village and peaceful silence is the conspicuous, tall, creaky and almost derelict edifice—Nyangme Lhakang. Its crumbling walls, leaking roof and battered woodworks,... Read the story »
Gewogs of piglets, brooms and wild boar meat
2 August 2010
Sonam Pelden looks at how the agriculture ministry’s One Gewog Three Products programme is faring, one year on Drujegang in Dagana aims to produce 8,000 piglets Some 24 gewogs now specialise in the production of chillies, 16 gewogs specialise in mushrooms, 53 gewogs in mandarin, 40 gewogs in potatoes, 53 gewogs in milk products, 49 gewogs in eggs and poultry products, and 17 gewogs in pork. This... Read the story »
Thai school shows the GNH way
28 July 2010
Bhutanese educators go to Thailand and come back with experiences Bhutan is aching for. Pushkar Chhetri reports on how a school in Thailand is perfect destination for GNH teachers Children at Sathya Sai School in Thailand A prayer followed by an hour of moral story-telling and meditation. That is how students start their day at Sathya Sai School in Thailand. They attend classes not only to learn... Read the story »
Co-ops short of marketing sheds
22 July 2010
The increasing number of farmers’ dairy cooperatives in Trashigang is not matched by enough market outlets. Our Trashigang correspondent Tempa Wangdi reports. A milching jersey cow in Pam village Trashigang is becoming the eastern hub of dairy products. Thanks to the dzongkhag’s initiatives, the many farmers’ dairy cooperatives across the dzongkhag are churning out dairy products worth... Read the story »
The city and the tramps
9 July 2010
Thimphu is the city of dreams for thousands of Bhutanese. But it has also become home to an increasing number of beggars and tramps. Tandin Pem and Namgay Tshering report A family from Wangdue sleep on a pavement and beg while waiting for their child's medical check-up In his 50s, Tandin from Paro has been taking refuge at the mani dungkhor in front of the RSTA office for a week now. He wanted... Read the story »
3 July 2010
Amid concrete jungles and madding crowds of Thimphu, most sacred sites are forgotten and lost. JIGME WANGCHUK reports on lost neys This rock in Thimphu is believed to be sacred because Phajo Drugom Zhigpo wished to lay it across Wangchhu as lungten zampa A huge rectangular rock on a ridge above the Thimphu city stands as a solid testimony to the fateful meeting between Phajo Drugom Zhigpo and Khandro... Read the story »
Working mothers and bottle fed babies
26 June 2010
Do the Bhutanese working mothers have enough time to breastfeed their children? Kezang Dorji finds out Karma, a private employee and mother of a two-month-old child, has routinely breastfed her child for only one month. After she joined the office after the month-long maternity leave, she has hardly got time to breastfeed her baby. She has to settle for pasteurized milk. Karma is among an increasing... Read the story »
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