Rejections and disappointments
Disappointments are a part of life. Just as bravery is not the absence of fear but your ability to suppress it, success is not the absence of disappointments. It is your ability to bounce back again...
View ArticleLunch. No lunch. We are writers
“Sorry, sir, we are waiting for the projector,” NawangPhuntsho, one of the founders of the Community of Bhutanese Bloggers, apologises for the delay. It is already 10.30 and we were supposed to start...
View ArticleOrdinary People Inspiring Stories - Chencho Gyaltshen
The first time I met Chencho Gyeltshen was in Lungtenzampa School. Having scored Bhutan’s winning goal against Sri Lanka, Chencho became an overnight sensation and was invited in a panel discussion...
View ArticleDevelop Football. Keep the Nation United
The humiliating defeat of our national football team in Qatar might have dampened the spirit of many football enthusiasts in the country. A 15-goal loss was unexpected because we thought that we had...
View ArticleThe Contentment Valley
I had another wonderful day-trip trip to Athang Rukha – my adopted village. Actually it is my village now. They are me and I am them. And a place that I would happily retire for the rest of my life....
View ArticleThe Oleps - the last hunter-gatherers of Bhutan
The newly constructed farm road from Taksha Zam to Rukha is carved out of sheer vertical cliffs that it would take a lot of courage, almost blind faith, to hop into the power tiller that had come to...
View ArticleMiddle-Path Journalism – A conceptual framework
In September of 2009 a devastating earthquake hit Eastern Bhutan. The whole country shook for almost a minute. Houses crumbled, lives were lost and even mountains gave away. I was then serving as the...
View ArticleWise Man of the Village
Rukha Village, somewhere in Central Bhutan, 15 November 2015– I am sitting on the deck of a house – seeping coffee and reading a book – and occasionally looking away towards the village – spread in...
View ArticlePhoto journal of a travel to interior Bhutan
Nothing is more enriching, humbling and fulfilling than trekking into interior Bhutan to see, meet and know your own people. And bring to them a little help you can. There was a time when I said to...
View ArticleVisit of my friends from the US
My friend, Justin Milano, blogged on his first visit to Bhutan. It is titled Breakthrough in Bhutan.Justin was part of a larger group of friends - who have come together in the last few years - drawn...
View ArticleBringing the Middle Path home
A prophet has no honour in his own country(John 4:44)Finally I am getting some mainstream press coverage in my own country for my works on Middle Path Journalism....
View ArticleMindful Way to ASEAN Journalism
An opinion piece that appeared in The Strait Times Singapore in December 2015, on the mindful communications and on my proposal for middle-path journalism in Bhutan. by Kalinga SeneviratneWhile a new...
View ArticleWhen Bloggers Meet
Thimphu, 14 May 2016 - The only group that I meet these days happens to be the Community of Bhutanese Bloggers (CBB) - an informal group started by Passu,Rekha and Ngawang. The group can counts on over...
View ArticleHits on my blog
My blog gets as many hits and page views that I can possibly imagine.I am only wondering what the Russians and the Ukrainians find in my writings. But, again, that's not for me to judge - or assume...
View ArticleWhen we were young
My Q&A team - Rinchen, P Rai, Nim, Kinzang, Tshering Tobgay, Tshering Norbu, Late Sherub and Sonam Loday. Most of them are still my best friends. Nim, Sonam Loday and Late Sherub were also in the...
View ArticleWhy is it happening?
I usually don't comment on matters not relating to my own country. I also feel it is not right to bring someone in as bad examples. But this time I couldn't help it. My apologies.Well, Donald Trump...
View ArticleAs we are, so are they
I don't claim to be an expert on American politics but I can say for sure that some things are universal. In other words, as we are, so are they.Even from afar I can say that moderate Americans, today,...
View ArticleGetting to Bangkok and Beyond
If you want to stand out in life, you need to be proactive.Blogging is the easiest was for you to get noticed. It is free.Few days back I saw a facebook post by my brother, Karma Wangchuk (he works as...
View ArticleAnd Gawa sang for us
Last Friday, my friend, Lhaki Dolma and I were in Dechenchholing School in Thimphu to talk about power of imagination, discovery and creativity to a class.When we finished our talks we joked with the...
View ArticleGreatest Friends of Kanglung
Whether or not it is a "Friendship Week" this week, here is a video of the two greatest friends of Kanglung that I filmed in 2013. I think BBS did a piece after I alerted them. But anyway.Every time I...
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