The CHOLAs Chorus – free & random thoughts!!!

The Changing Social Etiquette

Traditional Bhutanese social hierarchy is slowly changing, some for better, and some for worse. I daresay that it’s coming apart at the seams. The magnitude of the change either way cannot be definitely determined offhand. It’s imperative not to be judgmental irrespective of how irresistible it’s. Traditional Bhutanese social hierarchy is slowly changing, some for better, and some for worse. I daresay that it’s coming apart at the seams. The magnitude of the change either way cannot be definitely determined offhand. It’s imperative not to be judgmental irrespective of how irresistible it’s. (more…)

Parliamentary Democracy: A Historic Change for Bhutan

Struck by the silent grandeur of the reminiscences of 17 December 1907, Bhutan is poised on the cusp of phenomenal political change. A centenary ago, our forefathers wholeheartedly and unanimously swore the oath of allegiance to Gongsar Ugyen Wangchuck as the first hereditary King of Bhutan. (more…)

A Flash Back

‘No Reply’ – Yea or Nay or Abstention?

Did he write love letters to begin his romantic relationships? He does not recall. Inasmuch as he fondly recalls writing many to sustain romantic relationships, he’s had rather whirlwind romances. What intrigues me a lot is that the black Chinese Hero pen he had had as a schoolboy wrote many love letters to girls who became his boy friends’ girlfriends. (more…)

Something Better Than Nothing(but not Shakespeare’s Nothing)

For want of anything better to write about, I look back on my life with my fingers on the keyboard. I didn’t know what I’d keyed in after Clt+F. This came to the fore. Then and now, personally, the highlight of the series of events organized by the Citizens’ Initiative for Centenary and Coronation Celebrations (CICCC) in 2008 was the Grand Quiz Challenge. (more…)