Expression from an Idiot by birth:

Laying a transact to estimate biomass A typical camp of Cordyceps collecto It was May 25, 2010, I landed in Bagdogra international airport (india) on my way back from USA for my graduate thesis research. Upon arriving in Phuentsholing I saw my daughter waiting for me and my wife to reach. It was one of the best-“test” days which I dare not to forget.  My happy day was short lived as I had to leave to Thimphu the very next day as I was informed that Cordyceps (see "Floral and Faunal gallery" for photo) collection has already begun and only 15 days was left to legally harvest the much coveted medicinal mushroom. On 26 th I drove to Thimphu (as I left my car in Samtse with my Ajang and Ani) before leaving to the U.S. By 11 AM on 27 th I was done with whatever I needed to do in Thimphu and moved to Bumthang. I spent a day in Bumthang shopping whatever I might need in the harsh alpine environment. On 29 May, 2010, I was on “DRUK 11” towards Chajeyna to study “Fuelwood c...

Ga-lo-ma I was in Thimphu recently for a treatment as my back started to give some problem. I stayed in Thimphu for four days. I have a dog and a cat (I don’t know what breed they are). I could not find anyone trustworthy to leave my pets which compelled me to take them with me all the way to Thimphu with me from Bumthang. In Thimphu, I put-up myself in my sister’s house. The building is relatively new, 5 storied and well painted. Three days went by, everything was fine. It was fourth day, 6.00 AM, I was with Ga-lo-ma outside the building. There were many passers-by who appreciated Ga-lo-ma and tried talking to him. I was playing with him, when I was interrupted by a lady in mid-fifties. Before she talked to me, I already noticed her about 5 minutes counting rosary beads reciting Om-Mani-Pad-Mi-Hung. Finally she spoke: Lady:  where are you staying? Me: I live in Bumthang. Lady: pet dogs are not allowed in the building (I realized that she was the house owner) Me: (Startled) Wh...

  This article is part of my thesis “Fuelwood Consumption and Production in Alpine Bhutan: A case study in Wangchuck Centennial Park, Bumthang, Bhutan). I have also worked on uses of Cordyceps in Pharmaceutical industries long time back, but could not trace out as of now. If people are interested I will try to re-write it and publish it. I have also cited references, in-case if any readers is interested to explore further. I will also try to provide papers to those who are interested to know more about the organism. What is Cordyceps Cordyceps sinensis is an Ascomycetes medical fungus with a long and illustrious history. The genus Cordyceps is mostly entomophagous flask fungi belonging to the family Clavicipataceae (Winkler, 2008). Although it is not actually a mushroom in the taxonomic sense, it has been regarded as a medicinal mushroom for centuries. The name Cordyceps comes from the Latin words “cord” and “ceps”, meaning, “club” and “head”, respectively (Holliday et al., 2005)...

Rainy Lake   I strongly believe in religion and support all the noble acts, but avoids unnecessary and craze to receive “wang” from every religious figure that I encounter. Everyday I start my day with water and butter lamp offering and reciting short prayers. I believe, this keeps me going and makes my day worth. As I child, I had my own catapult which I used to hunt birds just for fun. It was fun for me during that part of my time but not for the poor birds, probably about 3 birds I remembered hitting. I guess I was not turning out to be good human being than. The change in my attitude towards them came when I was in class IV. From the very beginning of my life, I was trained as a cook (probably, this may be the reason of my passion towards cooking and my craze to try and prepare different cuisine) to prepare meals to my Lt. Grand Father who would spend his time meditating. Once, I set a trap to catch fish which would come right by our house during summer as there used t...

Source: http://hubpages.com   Have you ever wondered on what Sir. Issac Newton formulated as his “THIRD” law of motion, “Every action has equal and opposite reaction”. I read somewhere that, one new and young brain trying to prove it wrong. I am sorry I couldn’t follow it for long. But, as for me I guess “Third law of motion” proves its validity everywhere in our day to day activities and new inventions. Human beings are known as “super power” and I guess whosoever coined that term has undergone in-depth analysis and proposed the phrase. But, super power in what?? It can be defined and looked from various angle by different people with different brains. May be construction as well as power to destroy the natural beauty (thinking right) and again trying to get back to natural beauty, though artificially (probably thinking, what one thought right earlier was wrong). That is the power possessed by human beings to alter things in his/her own desire with the brain that he/she pos...

I guess I have taken a long break from blogging. Quite long that some of my blog’s reader might have drawn conclusion of my losing interest in blogging. It wasn’t intentional but my busy schedule barred me from doing so. Today I forced myself a time and thought of writing what has bothered me for quite a long time. Source:  http://www.youracreator.com Did you ever ask yourself, what is the purpose of life? Why am I born? for what? Such are the questions capable of making you feel dumb headed animals. For the past few years these questions have been and still troubling me. Why am I born? The biological answer is to reproduce!!! The answer from the religious perspective will be to help all sentient beings liberate!!! From parents’ perspective, they needed a child to help them during their old age, as they would prefer to live with their children rather than “old aged home” before they breathe their last. If you ask anyone, you would land up coming across countless answers but not...

A Professor in India (one of my Professors) remarked, “I trust your way of driving, but I don’t trust the driver coming from another direction”, when he was given a lift by one of his friends. Over time, I started to realize that his “16” word has more meaning than I imagined and condenses everything. It is always scary to drive in Bhutan’s never ending snake winding narrow roads accelerated by the Bhutanese “style” of driving. We (Bhutanese) lake sensibility of driving and respect for another driver. Disrespect and mutual understanding between the drivers may be the rationale for increasing number of accidents in the country. Source:   http://www.movetransport.com Honking has become the part of Bhutanese drivers. Honking is imperative, but making use of it in right time and place is more important. It is disheartening to see people honking for everything, right from teasing those people walking to embarrassing another driver, instead of honking in turnings to warn another driv...