To my dear brother

Dear to my heart,

Pride of the family,

My dear brother,

How did you grow up so fast. 

Little boy to a gentle man,

Time glided away so fast.

Now you are leaving,

Little did I prepare for this departure.

A brother, teacher and a best friend,

You have been all.

Now here I am left,

With none to share those moments with. 

Journey of success you are on,

Shield all the challenges,

Uncover all the wonders and amazements,

And conquer the world.

When you have it all,

Return to us.

For we will be waiting for you,

With our hearts and arms open.

My favourite picture of us.

Agriculture fair (26/5/23)

Our country has come a long way in so many terms and I got to reflect on some as I was attending the Agriculture fair at Paro. We had participants from all parts of the country including passionate entrepreneurs, donor agencies and government officials. A platform created to expose entrepreneurs to opportunity doors to take their business on a higher level. Products even from the far flung east were on display but I could see none from my Dzongkhag. This was a harsh blow on me especially being the person working in the field, rooting and doing all in my means to take my entrepreneurs upfront. I never felt Thimphu dominate other Dzongkhags, especially western region, like it did on that day. Nevertheless, it was an opportunity door for me to do more to take my entrepreneurs on the same level. 

We talk about balanced economic growth but can this be achieved if the rest of the places are ignored as always. Not complaining here but just something I felt.

As someone working the Dzongkhag I really want to bring my people to the front line as well. I may not be able to contribute through big projects with huge turnovers but  I want to make a change in very simple ways like making people remember that our country is beyond Thimphu. 

Marketing at its best

Product development training at Sufficiency Economy Philosophy(SEP) communities of Gangtey and Phobjikha

The One Gewog One Product (OGOP) project has been adopted from One Tampoon One Product (OTOP) of Thailand in 2015 and is being implemented in 6 Districts across Bhutan including Wangdue.

The experts and volunteers from Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA) came to provide hands on training on various product development 21/9/22 to 22/9/22.

Potato being available in abundance at Gantey and Phobji the products were also developed using potato mainly to make zero waste from potato. The products include potato chips, potato peel tea, potato wine and bio-fertilizer. These products will be marketed in their local market especially the homestays and in future to other parts of Bhutan as well.