Business on pedestrian day
The central secretariat complex outside the Tashichhodzong wore a deserted look on pedestrian day, this afternoon. No doubt, our civil servants were busy in their own offices, working, since they wouldn't be able to attend the otherwise unending number of meetings that plague our government. Norzin Lam, Thimphu's main street, also wore a deserted look this afternoon. I saw students walking home and taxis zipping around, but I saw little else. Shops were empty. And some, like these shops on upper Norzin Lam, were closed for business. There are many things wrong with pedestrian day. And one of the…