Maxims to Live By
Many folks call just call me Phobjib. So much so that, “Phobjiba, Thimphu nam wong dho”? has become quite the standard question I get asked Read more…
Ending a Year
Two Days to 2024, and I find myself in the familiar surrounds of ama-ji’s home – a place I have grown to call my home-away-from-home Read more…
Cycling Home
For my March post, I wanted to write a grand exposition titled Drukpanomics opining on the economic policies that Bhutan can use to become a mid-income Read more…
Waiting for Spring
Wintry Phobjikha, dusty and barren, is a charmless place for the most part. One must admit it has its own idiosyncratic appeals, though. For instance, Read more…
Starting a Year
Two days after landing in Bhutan, I find myself on my way to Dagana – one of the more remoter districts of Bhutan. As the Read more…
Sagely Sayings
“Brevity is the soul of wit.” While Polonius’ use of this famous idiom in Shakespeare’s Hamlet is highly ironic given his verbosity, the maxim is Read more…
Ap Yoezer
The serpentine Hill of Nobulok, light on one side and dark on the other, is an earthly representation of Yin and Yang separating the Vale Read more…
Dogs in the Hills, Dogs in the Dales
There is merriment in the air as the people converse easily, shuffling around and laughing with abandonment. They have come to bring their milk to Read more…
Ruins in the Valley
Ruins have always fascinated me. I remember a few year back when, as an intern at a local company in Mongar, I tried to clamber Read more…
A Daleman’s Take on Life
Life seems rather uncertain in 2020. There are lockdowns, travel restrictions, business closures and failing plans all around us. And it is quite likely that Read more…
