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January 11, 2012
Finding Utopia by John
Can't wait to read this book: Bhutan, Hidden Lands of Happiness
http://findingutopia.org/bhutan-productshtml
January 3, 2012
December 22, 2011
Layaway angels @Kmart
Layaway angels land at O.C. Kmarts
http://m.ocregister.com/articles/layaway-332301-called-kmart.html
(Thanks, Kajon!)
December 14, 2011
Happiness in the always-on age: excited to be teaching @AspenInstitute
Here are the details for the Teen Socrates class I'll be leading in February. Am honored to be able to synthesize some of the subjects in Radio Shangri-La and stuff I think about each day in the Aspen community:
http://www.aspeninstitute.org/events/2011/02/18/teen-socrates-seminar-2012
December 12, 2011
December 11, 2011
The untold love story of Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi
Her husband Michael Aris was the preeminent modern scholar of Bhutan. (But that's not really detailed in this article.) (Thanks to our correspondent in Mauritius.)http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/burmamyanmar/8948018/The-untold-love-story-of-Burmas-Aung-San-Suu-Kyi.html
The latest issue of The Journalist from #Bhutan
Dear Sir and Madam,
Please find the journalist e-subscription attachment, vol II Issue 50
In this Issue read about.
A Drought Called Rupee
Tshering Dorji
Bhutan had no choice but to sell USD 200 million– comprising 14 percent of the GDP – from its foreign currency reserves to liquidate the rupee debt and straighten the economy, according to the Royal
Monetary Authority (RMA).The central bank said it was the "only option" to repay about Rs. 8.00 billion in rupee debt to the State Bank of India (SBI) and the borrowings for the construction
of hydropower projects. With this measure, the RMA could maintain exchange rate parity with India although it was only a short term measure to provide an immediate solution to the rupee crunch.
Youth and Age:The Pains of Growth
GROWING UP is never easy for anyone, anywhere, with its cocktail of rage, confusion, radicalism and general restlessness. Aside from school, there are many tests to pass on the way to becoming an adult.
The German philosopher Goethe wrote "If youth is a disease,it is soon cured by age." If that's the case, then you could argue that if old age is a condition, it is soon cured by death.But both miss the point. The fact is, age is the high price we
Bumthaps ask authorities to investigate power black-out
Sonam Dekey
Taking the matter of abysmal power supply in their own hands, the people of Bumthang have asked the authorities to quickly investigate and find a solution.A letter to this effect has been written to the managing director of Bhutan Power Corporation (BPC), Dasho Bharat Tamang, by the members of Bumthang's Hotel Association.Copies of the letter were sent to the Prime Minister, Bumthang's MPs – Lyonpo Pema Gyamstho and Karma Wangchuk – the chairman of BPC, Dasho Chhewang Rinzin, and Bumthang dzongda Sangay Thinley.The letter says that despite repeated requests to the local government
Insights and Diversions
Roger Beaumont
Beauty can get away with anything because beauty never ceases to enchant.It's hard to argue with because it keeps getting in the way of the argument. We assume that whoever is beautiful will also be intelligent,
interesting or even good. It is a mistake that is made in every bar in every city on the planet and it's happening right now. It is an
Youth: why violence?
Tshering Wangchen
YOUTH AND violence have become synonymous in Thimphu.Recent cases like the assault of a school caretaker and even cops on duty have given rise to certain questions which need to be faced and soon.
Violence is the act of purposefully perpetuating hurt on someone. What causes it? Is it lack of parental guidance or
and much more …
Happy Reading.
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December 10, 2011
Reclining #Buddha of #Bhutan by Kim Stafford
A video to go along with a poem from a poet affiliated with Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon, who had a dream en route to Bhutan….
