November, 2008
The Bhutan’s orange season is looking up
By Samten Yeshi GROWING GAINS - This year's harvest promises to reverse growth decline of recent years 27 November, 2008 - As exporters and farmers gear up for yet another busy mandarin (orange) season, there is optimism in the air for a good business year. Despite the scare from the global financial ... [more]
Meet Marianne – Thimphu dogs’ best friend
"Rochi Ama" Honoured - Ms Guillet receives the Coronation gold medal from Lyonchhen Jigmi Y Thinley for her compassionate work with strays 27 November, 2008 - She shares her home with 103 dogs, 11 monkeys and five cats. Since her coming to Bhutan in 1997, she has nursed more than 30,000 ... [more]
Gross National Happiness comes home
26 November, 2008 - The international GNH community has descended on Thimphu this week for the fourth international GNH conference. This is a response to a resounding call for GNH conferences to return to Bhutan at a time when they are being taken around the world. Now that it is here ... [more]
His Majesty graces Gangtey Goenpa
Kencho Wangmo from Gangtey Goenpa will remember November 24 for the rest of her life. His Majesty the King meets the people of Shar Bjena, Phobjikha and Gangtey at the Gangtey Sang Nga Choling monastery on Monday, November 24. 26 November, 2008 - The 66-year old nun met with His ... [more]
Substantiating Gross National Happiness
26 November, 2008 - "Is it enough for us to know how to measure happiness and to hope that this will influence policy-making? Is making Gross National Happiness (GNH) policies and programmes enough? What of political will and capacity, given the fact that these, in a democracy, are responses conditioned ... [more]
Award for fourth Druk Gyalpo
His Majesty the fourth Druk Gyalpo Jigme Singye Wangchuk will be among eight eminent personalities to be conferred with ‘Deshikottama', the highest award of the Visva-Bharati, by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the university's annual convocation in Kolkata on December 6. The fourth Druk Gyalpo will be conferred with the award ... [more]
Brazil imports GNH from Bhutan
25 November, 2008 - As Bhutan's Gross National Happiness (GNH) continues to draw international attention, its most recent destination is Brazil, one of the largest and most populous countries in South America. Last month, when a team from Bhutan visited the country to attend a conference on GNH, they were greeted ... [more]
We need more will
22 November, 2008 - If people outside the country logged on to our discussions today they might get the impression that our society has suddenly developed a problem of drug and alcohol abuse. Even some Bhutanese tend to forget that it has been brewing for a long time. Alcohol has always ... [more]
Overland to Thunder Dragon land
22 November, 2008 - Twenty adventurous Dutch and eight cars hit the roads for Bhutan to be a part of the celebrations long before the preparations took off here. The Road to Bhutan rally drove 15,000 km for 67 days through Italy, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan and India, "making music" along the ... [more]
A hospital that spells health for Dagana
GNH SIGN OF PROGRESS - The new 20-bedded hospital in Dagapela 22 November, 2008 - Better equipment, proper medical facilities, professional doctors, more rooms and segregated wards in Dagapela's new hospital, opened on November 19, are expected to greatly increase the quality of medical care for the people of Dagana ... [more]