The vendors of Kheri
September 11th, 2017
It is a hot afternoon. This is summer in Trashigang. Temperature is almost 32 degrees Celsius.
Inside a makeshift hut near Kheri junction are two women, Tandin Wangmo and Dechen Dema who are busy preparing selroti and jabebi. They are sweating.
A poor lhakhang in a rich community
August 26th, 2017
Gangkha village in Chapcha, Chukha, is considered one of the richest...
“I wanted to try”
August 24th, 2017
More than 500km away from his village of Berdungma in Thrimshing,...
The informal boarders of Tsirang
August 14th, 2017
It is early morning. Anita Tiwari rushes to the water tap,...
Yosha, the highlander’s speciality
July 12th, 2017
I am in Merak, Trashigang, the land of yosha, fermented cheese...
The season for power tiller operators
July 11th, 2017
For Wangchuk, 40, from Khamina in Gaselo, Wangduephodrang, this season is...
Merak highlanders return for the annual kurim
July 8th, 2017
Like the people of most of the nomadic communities, herders of...
Choeten and the man
July 1st, 2017
Located in a spacious valley along the river Kholongchu, the quiet...
On the West-East highway
June 29th, 2017
Never imagined a bus ride from Thimphu to Trashigang could be...
Surplus milk sours farmers’ income in Gelephu
June 14th, 2017
Summer is not good for livestock rearing farmers in Gelephu. There...
A Bhutanese recounts his first journey to Japan
June 12th, 2017
It was around end of February 1989. Paro was still...
“All I wanted in my life was some peace of mind”
June 5th, 2017
It was 2005. A 15-year-old boy, who was a victim of...
Smoked fish business doing good in Zhemgang
May 23rd, 2017
Smoked fish is made not only in Wangdue, but also in...