Chunyipai Losar Sonam Chophel and Dr. Karma Phuntsho Many Bhutanese communities celebrate a losar (ལོ་གསར་) or New Year on the first day of the twelfth month in the common Bhutanese calendar. It is the beginning of the year according to [...]
If you can appreciate little things around you, it helps you to gain more insights of life. I have realized that appreciation is one of the key values to see bigger pictures in others. I saw these tiny alpine flowers [...]
If you have the right passion and urge to do things that you enjoy doing, you will never feel it as your obligation. With genuine passion and interest, one can fully commit effort in making something worthwhile. Whenever I am [...]
New Year is the time or day at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar's year count increases by one. Many cultures around the world celebrate the event on the 1st day of January every year. It is usually marked as holiday. For Bhutan, [...]
It is always a pleasure to reflect and enjoy on those beautiful droplets on leaves, petals and grass blades. The droplets display life in each of them by reflecting their surrounding environment. Yet it is momentary. Panicled Yellow Poppy (Meconopsis [...]
The National Memorial Chorten in Thimphu, Bhutan was built in 1974 in memory of His Majesty the Third Druk Gyalpo Jigme Dorji Wangchuck. It is one of the prominent landmarks in Thimphu. It was consecrated by Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje. [...]
Phobjikha valley (now people there prefer to call Gangtey-Phobji valley) under under Wangdue Phodrang district is situated at about 3000m above the sea level. It is one of the the popular and largest wintering habitats of Black-necked Cranes (Grus nigricollis). People [...]
On 18 December 2018, the residents of Thimphu and other places received first snowfall of 2018. They had full day to go out and enjoy rare moments with their family, friends and loved ones. The white flakes didn't stop for [...]
It is always a pleasure in viewing pictures of common architectures in 360º views. It gives us immersive experience. This is 360º view of historic Punakha Dzong in Punakha, Bhutan.
Thimphu, like other Northern regions of Bhutan, received bountiful snow on 18 December 2018. It was so auspicious to experience such a day. Only the day before, on 17 December 2018, we celebrated our 111th National Day in Samtse graced [...]
