Continued from Thimphu and Punakha Part 3: Paro After a breakfast that included a masala omelette and an aloo paratha, we set off for Paro. While on the latter dish and food in general, from what I understand folks in Bhutan don’t really like roti. They’re pretty happy to eat rice all day, happily acknowledging their […]
Continued from Thimphu Part 2: Punakha We had to make an early start as we wanted to get to Punakha by lunch. Early during vacation is around 8AM. The journey time itself isn’t much – between 2 to 2.5 hours, but we had a few things to finish off before that. The first stop was Dochula, […]
Bhutan was always a when, and never an if. And our program management now is such that we are fairly clear of the when-where for the next 3 years, assuming life doesn’t throw tantrums. We also realised that what gets lost in us planning everything down to the last detail are the aha moments. So now, […]
No, not the help. A different kind of noun. Reflecting on a few recent events, I realised that we are capable of providing different kinds of help. There’s the help that we think we can give. It’s the story we tell ourselves so as not to make ourselves seem unkind or miserly with respect to […]
Scott Hutchins As a character in the book asks, “What is love?” He proceeds to provide at least three alternatives to his own question – a biochemical emergent property of evolution? A social construct? Or just acquisition and deal making involving assets two people have? In ‘A Working Theory of Love’, Scott Hutchins takes a […]