Treasure hunting...

I met Tobgay today. He’s nine years old and has just completed Class II in Dechechencholing MSS. He was rummaging through my negibour’s waste. In fact, Tobgay was recycling garbage. He was collecting various tins and bottles, and plastics and metals to sell to a scrap dealer in town. His part-time work would fetch him [...]

Bhutanese bloggers...

Dorji Wangchuk – writer, director, producer, social worker, and owner of a Centennial Radio – has started blogging. His blogs will be good. After all, he has both insight and experience. His insight comes from the wide range of activities that he readily engages in. And his experience comes from writing columns and op-eds. A [...]

What’s in a name?...

My friends call me Massive. And many of them still don’t know my real name. But I don’t have a problem with that. In fact, I like my nickname. It’s short. It’s unique. And it’s easy to remember. My nickname is an adjective without a noun. So it makes people think. And wonder about that [...]

Lucky Sonam...

Sonam Tshering beat 135 participants to win the India House Golf Tournament on 30 November. For his efforts, he received the keys to a brand new Maruti Zen Estilo during the tournament’s prize distribution ceremony this evening. Not bad considering that Sonam, who is only 17 years and in Class VIII in Zilukha LSS, is [...]

An overqualified sweeper?...

Meet Sonam Choden. She’s 20 years old. She completed Class X from Motithang High School in 2005. A year later, she did a six month certificate course in IT at RIIT. She’s employed as a sweeper in the National Assembly. Unemployment is real. It’s serious. And it’s growing.

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