NEVER LESS FORTUNATE AS BHUTANESE

 None of us could have been able to get a shot of this potent, life saving vaccine, if it wasn’t for the wisdom and farsightedness of our beloved King and the efforts of our tireless doctor, Dasho Lotay Tshering, almost a predestined prime minister at the right time for a nation. It is as...

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A ‘SPACE’ OF GREATER WELLBEING

 “What kept you late again? It’s not my responsibility to clear the dish everyday. Aum Wangmo’s husband arrived hour ago and he is in the garde...” A tired wife rates when her husband enters home in the evening. She doesn’t even look at him to know he appeared tired and fatigued from work.The husband...

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A TEACHER IS A SERVANT WITH GOD'S TASK

It is an impossible sacrifice parents don't know teachers make to make children an educated graduate.I see my teachers taking every innovation possible, even if materials are unavailable in school, they innovate teaching aids to make learning more vibrant.  Our parents wouldn't know that efforts...

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DO WE HAVE. BETTER OPTIONS FOR A VACCINE?

It confuses me when people begin to doubt about Covid19 vaccine quicker than medical specialists should. In fact Bhutanese people have been fortunate to have three medical persons at the highest apex of our government at a time when country most needed it. It cannot have been this better even as a coincidental...

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SIY TRAINING- A BREAK IN THE RACE

 Everything we do everyday, however we do had an underlying hope that it will make ‘me happy.’ But many thoughts we attend to, many things we do, how we respond does not make us happy. We seem to live life like sailing a rough water, looking for pleasure and satisfaction, good health and happiness,...

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SOME STARTLING WORDS FROM ‘SIY’ SESSIONS

 SIY is three years old in Bhutan. As the roll out touches civil servants, there are awe-inspiring moments of realizations about themselves. The RCSC has made a right decision to have SIY training for all civil servants. The participants are even asking if the roll out can be provided to Gewog...

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GENTLE FREEDOM

( For parents who send children to Central Schools, borders and others)Tears may be shed if your child leaves home to some far place, for schooling, training or work. Pain may be felt on departure, longing to keep them home, but it is a natural song we must follow while we live.To go to school is a...

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TALE WITHIN A MAJESTIC CHORTEN

In the 18th century, a powerful and illusive demoness is believed to have ravaged the travelers of Trashiyangtsi, few even losing their lives. Traveling through the forest by the Kholong Chu has to be done only during daylight and in huge groups. Haunted by the demoness for years, people approached...

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A LOST HOT-SPRING OF GANGKHAR

 Gangkhar is like a hidden village towards north of Trashiyangtsi Dzong, beyond the mountains.Gangkhar is an hour’s drive through a precarious feeder road from the old Dzong. Jarba village is about a kilometers Gangkhar. On the way to Jarba, few walks along the Jarba river upstream, there is...

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AN ANNIVERSARY OF CORONA DAYS

Adversities are times that test how contrasting and crude our sense of being Buddhist is. We often feign to be good until adversities, challenges and defeats are imminent. We tend to become reactive, personal and protective about ourselves and those dear to us.Our Buddhist prayers include four foundations:...

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MAKING SPIRITUAL CHOICES

 Until we die, we shall suffer pain and pleasure. In our daily aspiration to make living meaningful, comfortable and fulfilling, we will have to suffer pain and pleasure. While the pursuit of materialistic life, to own a house and car, to have a job and a title appears to be fulfilling to our...

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REFLECTION FOR BETTER SCHOOL PERFORMANCE?

Now that the ROYAL KASHO weigh heavily upon us; those of us connected to educating children have so much to reflect for oneself. Our competency as a leader and a professional needs to be questioned sometimes. We must begin to open up to accept that we are not doing enough. It is time now, to give ourselves...

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QUIET WARRIORS OF GASA ( A True Experience)

I HURRIED out with an empty bucket slinging in my right hand. The corridor was empty. I could see shadows of people outside. There were chaos of incoherent yelling; crying of children and muffled curses could be heard. As I reached the door a ball of blankets and a bag fell from the window upstairs,...

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