Category: Misc

Cricket fever in Punakha

The students of Ugyen Academy in Punakha take time off from books to get enriched with cricket skills. Bhutan’s National Coaching Co-ordinator Damber Singh Gurung is providing them lessons on cricket....

प्रस्ताव गैरआवासीय भुटानी संघको

आईपी अधिकारी शरणार्थीका रुपमा दुइ दशक नेपाल बस्दा भुटानीले आपmनो राष्ट्रियता भुटानी नै लेखे । आफू भुटानी नै भएको दोहोर्‍याए, नेपाली भनेनन् । खुशीको कुरो के पनि हो भने नेपाल नागरिकले पनि हामीलाई नेपाली भनेनन्, बरु भुटानकै भएर बाच्ने प्रेरणा दिए, भलै होस त्यो कष्टपूर्ण र छटपटीपूर्ण जीवनशैलीको एउटा...

The egos and me

Nature that individuals have differs and this nature determines what the person does. Character is contributing factor but not the final decider. In fact nature character moulds one’s character. Many of my friends said, I have an ego. I have never felt to be so. Here are few examples....

Army officers promoted

His Majesty on July 22 promoted to the rank of Brigadier (left to right) Chencho Dorji (RBG), Kesang Dorjee, Sangay Penjor and Singi Dorji (RBA). Brigadier Chencho Dorji was commissioned as an officer in 1975 and selected into the Royal Body Guards in 1985. He was promoted the rank...

Bhutan got the Swine Flu

The worldwide panic Swine Flu, which has spread over 135 countries, has finally entered this tiny kingdom, as per the health officials in Thimphu. According to reports, the A H1N1 virus has been detected in four Bhutanese, who were tested positive – two of them detected within the country....

Service and its return

It has almost been nine years that I started serving community on selfless foot, which started with the initiation of The Shangrila Sandesh monthly newspaper. Even before that as a child rights activists and HIV AIDS awareness campaign volunteers, my service to the community continued for four years. Subtracting...