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Chorten
The chorten (མཆོད་རྟེན་) monument is perhaps the most ubiquitous religious architecture of Bhutan. They dot the Bhutanese landscape giving people spiritual solace and the natural environment a special...
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Maintain consistency
Dear sir, I am writing to seek your help. I think I am mentally and physically burning out. I just can’t find the motivation to workout. Lately, I have been continually postponing it, and when I do...
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Towards creating an equal society for HIV and LGBT+ communities
Bhutan is one of the few countries in South Asia that continues to experience a low adult (15-49 years) Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prevalence according to the Country progress report on HIV...
View ArticleAdopt a Cat!
Hello hello! Yes, I am a cat again, but I was not in the basket last week! By the way, did you get the right number of cats? I was a little sad I did not get to show my face and my tail and all the...
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Let your choice of career decide your courses
I am in my second half of 12th grade. I am a good student. My parent urge me to pursue higher studies. I am not fully against the idea, but I am confused about my career and feel I need to also...
View ArticleMutton Roganjosh
Ingredients Fresh mutton – 500 gms Kashmiri chili powder – ½ table spoon Saffron – A pinch Cumin Seeds – ½ tea spoon Corn flour – 5 table spoon. Green Cardamom – 6 no. Cinnamon Stick – 6 no. Black...
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Helping the underprivileged with EDUCATION
Tandin Wangda, 11, of Jigme Losel Primary School in Thimphu, is one among 41 scholarship students being sponsored by the Menjong Foundation. The boy is in fifth standard today. “I am grateful to the...
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Namthar
Bhutan and the Buddhist Himalayan world has a rich tradition of life writing in the form of histories, biographies, travelogues, memoirs, catalogues, narratives and other types of life accounts. Among...
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Addressing joint pain
Hi sir, I am have a very sharp pain on my left shoulder while doing exercise like bench press, incline press and push ups, it hurts with dumbbell exercise for chest too. It is making me depressed as...
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Preserving and archiving Bhutan’s music and traditions
The Music of Bhutan Research Centre (MBRC) was formed to preserve and archive the age-old Bhutanese traditional songs and performing arts. MBRC was registered as a civil society organisation in 2012....
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Professionalising tour guides
Bhutan has come a long way since it opened up its doors to tourism in 1974. Untill 1998, the sector fuctioned under the government. Tour operator and guides were government employees. Today, the...
View ArticleGulab Jamun
Ingredients 1 cup milk powder ¼ cup all-purpose flour/maida 1tsp ghee/oil 1 tsp ghee/oil for greasing 1 tbsp milk 1 tbsp curd/yogurt or 1 ½ tbsp. butter 1 pinch of Baking soda Ghee/ oil for deep...
View ArticleA strong relationship is based on trust not legal agreements
I own a small hotel and have problems with staff who get their salaries and then bunk the next day. I’m thinking to get them to sign legal contracts to stop them from doing this. Also, friends who run...
View ArticleBhatti Ka Murgh
Ingredients 1 or 2 Whole Chickens 4 Tablespoons unsweetened natural yoghurt 1 teaspoon garam masala 4 tablespoons single cream 2 tablespoons medium hot paprika 1 teaspoon medium hot chili powder 1...
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Ogyen Choling Foundation: The picture of ancient Bhutan and family pride
Ogyen Choling in Tang valley, Bumthang is one of the eight lings (places) founded by Longchen Rabjam (1308-1363), one of the great masters of Tibetan Buddhism. Later Terton Dorji Lingpa chose Ogyen...
View ArticleAdopt a PET!
Kuzuzangpo everybody! My name is Julia. This is a very exotic name for a Bhutanese dog, isn’t it? Let me tell you my story. This is not a fairy tale, or is it? I was born in the streets or rather on...
View ArticleChoesham
Choesham (མཆོད་བཤམ་) generally refers to the shrine room in a Bhutanese household architecture and more specifically to the shrine built to house the holy objects. It is the space dedicated to the...
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Boosting your workout
Hi sir, I have been working out for sometime now. I am thinking of taking creatine supplements, but I am a bit hesitant as people say they could damage our kidneys. Also, I was once diagnosed with TB,...
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Remoen, hope for young and underprivileged
The origin of Remoen began in October 2013 when executive director and founder, Karma Yangdon, invited her friends from Austria and Germany to visit the remote areas of Bhutan. Their journey took them...
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Adopt a lifestyle that makes you cool on the inside, not on the outside
My husband wants buy a new, expensive car. Personally, I feel it is a waste of money. We have two kids and I feel that the money would be better spent on other things. After a lot of arguing, my...
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