Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts with the label The Great Fourth

What is it that makes me feel proud when i deliver talks in other countries?

After having completed my Bachelors in Forestry, i have been extremely lucky to have been gifted with an opportunity to work in the conservation and environmental institute in Lamai Goempa - Bumthang. It was mid - January 2007 and Lamai Goempa had its first snow fall of the year. My job demands me to teach, conduct research and make presentations. I will admit that, i have been given the great opportunity to attend quite a good number of international and regional conferences wherein I was also provided with an opportunity to give a talk. In July 2015, I was asked to talk on the climate change hazards and adaptation experiences based on natural resources and phenology in Kathmandy - Nepal; in August this year, I was asked to deliver a talk on Bhutan's Natural Capital in Goa, India; on 9th November I was made to talk on Sustainable Development Goals and linking GNH, in Bumthang; and yesterday I delivered a talk on Climate Change and Energy Security - Challenges and Strategies ...

The Great Fourth!

What A man can do? How can A man achieve the impossible? How can A man be architect of a nation? How can A man put his own life for the nation’s sovereignty? And many more ! All the un-answered answers are what defines The Great Fourth, His Majesty the King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the fourth king of Bhutan. November 11, 1955, a boy destined to rule Druk-yul, the land of Thunder Dragon was born to His Majesty the third king of Bhutan Jigme Dorji Wangchuck and Her Majesty Ashi Kesang Choden Wangchuck. A boy, upon whom the responsibility of guiding his people and developmental activities of the nation fell upon his shoulder at the tender age of 17, when His Majesty the third king passed away. Seventeen! When I was 17, I didn’t even know what was good for me and what was not, let alone differentiating between the two for the nation, but the young Prince did – Amazing! An IMPOSSIBLE is achieved. When the young Prince inherited the country, the country didn’t see much of the infras...