The tales of Meretsemo’s rubber tree

Folklore: There is a story in Meretsemo that every resident shares to a visitor. It’s about a tree, a tall rubber tree that has for decades triggered the attention of strangers and one, which residents say is significant to their lives.

Wild boars reap Bumdeling’s paddy harvest

Farmers blame the ban on shifting cultivation for the damage caused...

Lauri and Serthi still in the dark

Power cuts last for weeks and months sometimes

Electricity: After...

20 birders contest in first birdathon

Team Hornbills won the daylong race by spotting 146 birds

Protecting children from violence

DANTAK: For 11-year old Anisha, her mother is her...

A saloon in a monastery

Barber donates equipment and conducts training on safe practice 

Service: ...

Power cut leaves Torsa residents anxious

Studies for about 112 students living in the makeshift huts along...

The last three blacksmiths of Woochu

With no takers to learn, the craft is on the verge...

The sour side of lemon grass business

Difficulty in getting helpers hinders farmers involved in the business 

Volunteers build house for a needy family

Community: Sherab Pemo, a divorcee and her nine-year-old son...

What’s tshechu really, and why do we observe it?

Tradition: The answer is simple you may think. It...

An expensive gala

Tshechu: It is 6am. Deki Yangzom, 16, of Yangchenphug...

Trong likely to be preserved as a heritage village

Culture: Preserving traditional stone masonry houses in Trong, Zhemgang...

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