Two days after landing in Bhutan, I find myself on my way to Dagana – one of the more remoter districts of Bhutan. As the Toyota Coaster bus that I am travelling in winds its way up and down the serpentine roads on the undulating native territory, a thousand thoughts Read more…
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 the community milk collection unit. As some of them ask me to troubleshoot their WeChat accounts or install the Facebook app on their phones, the Read more…
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 through the dense, leech-infested summer thicket to reach the old Zhongkar Dzong. Locals told me varying versions of haunting tales about the ruins, and its Read more…
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 for the most part, 2021 will just be 2020 on auto-replay. As the figurative rug is rolled away from underneath our manicured feet, it reveals Read more…