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August 2014 – Thoughts of the moment!
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Thoughts of the moment! A fine WordPress.com site. The exodus of educationists. Is something wrong in the teaching profession? This is one pertinent question that deserves some deep reckonings, considering the exodus of educationists from this profession. Whatever may be the reasons, an increasing number of people are opting to find a way out from this profession. While some have left for greener pasture, it seems some are impatiently waiting for that golden opportunity to bid adieu. Take for instance, t...
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November 2013 – Thoughts of the moment!
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Thoughts of the moment! A fine WordPress.com site. Contrary to ground realities, Bhutan has done better on the business front if the ‘Ease of Doing Business’ report published by World Bank last week is any indication. The country’s rank moved up from 148 to 141 this year out of 189 countries. This is definitely a good indication as it exhibits the country’s seriousness over curtailing red-tape or bureaucratic rigmarole on the business front. These will definitely be new challenges and tough decisions we ...
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September 2014 – Thoughts of the moment!
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Thoughts of the moment! A fine WordPress.com site. The sidekick of youth issue. Few days back a foreigner took to social media platform, Twitter, tweeting: Sad. Travel operator suggests you avoid tussles with the [Bhutanese] younger, raucous boys if you don’t want to get into trouble. Is this what the image of our youth has become? The youth that we pride in so much that they would be the torchbearers of our future and the reverence that the future of our nation lies in their hands. The point here is not...
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Women & politics – Thoughts of the moment!
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Thoughts of the moment! A fine WordPress.com site. October 23, 2014. It’s just not easy for women to get into politics. At least this is what many of the surveys and studies have been indicating so. This predicament is further espoused by the report on the situation of low representation of women in elective offices that Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB) released last week. It was timely and befitting too as we continue with our efforts to augment women’s representation in politics. Firstly, gender ste...
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Thoughts of the moment! – Page 2 – A fine WordPress.com site
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Thoughts of the moment! A fine WordPress.com site. It’s regrettable as well as very upsetting, but none the less true. Suicide is gradually creeping into our society. Just about a month back, we saw two students in Bumthang commit suicide where the disturbing photograph depicting the deceased with graphic details was even going viral on social media like Facebook and WeChat. The soaring suicide cases are also a vindication of our collapsing social system. There was more altruism in the past. Peop...Accor...
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June 2014 – Thoughts of the moment!
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Thoughts of the moment! A fine WordPress.com site. Not a game of quid pro quo! A rift of a certain kind between the two Houses the National Assembly (NA) and National Council (NC) was apparent since the first Parliament. However, it has only ballooned now, perhaps rampant with the two Houses at loggerhead on almost every trivial issue deliberated in the Parliament. Should there be a mechanism where differences are sorted out even outside the Parliament? It would be wrong if NA rejecting recommendations f...
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It’s dig out, silly! – Thoughts of the moment!
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Thoughts of the moment! A fine WordPress.com site. It’s dig out, silly! July 12, 2015. Teaching can be fun, at least if you’re not doing it full time. That is what I was told and that is what I thought so. And having had worked in the media for long, a teaching opportunity seemed to me like a sensible break. Plus if additional money is coming into your pocket, it’s all the way better. Blank faces stared at me an apparent reaction that perhaps they didn’t want to. No one interested? I went to teach again ...
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Civil service setbacks – Thoughts of the moment!
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Thoughts of the moment! A fine WordPress.com site. October 25, 2014. Call it one’s disinterest or the stringent rules and regulations, but not many seem to be swayed in setting foot in politics, especially civil servants. All said and done, we just can’t ignore that there are loopholes in the civil service rules and regulations. Why would a civil servant resign, deliberately knowing that he/she will never be able to join back? Then there is the three-year cooling period a person affiliated with a politic...
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October 2013 – Thoughts of the moment!
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Thoughts of the moment! A fine WordPress.com site. The appropriateness of the revision. The government has cast aside doubt on pay revision for civil servants for the time being, after announcing that it had recommended the pay commission to look into the matter, but this has not stopped exchange on social networking sites and online forums. But a question that deserves reckoning is whether the salary raise is timely or not? And especially when donor countries’ aid and support are getting limited. House ...
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The darker side – Thoughts of the moment!
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Thoughts of the moment! A fine WordPress.com site. October 17, 2014. It’s regrettable as well as very upsetting, but none the less true. Suicide is gradually creeping into our society. Just about a month back, we saw two students in Bumthang commit suicide where the disturbing photograph depicting the deceased with graphic details was even going viral on social media like Facebook and WeChat. The soaring suicide cases are also a vindication of our collapsing social system. There was more altruism in ...
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