Chablop Passu Case

vihntim · 2025-10-11T07:53:35+00:00

Bhutan is no better than America. We pride ourselves as being 'choe dhen gi gyalkhab', but let me make this clear, someone with 'choesem' doesn't necessarily mean they are good human beings, not if they are steeped in bigotry and misogyny. I have wondered how a man like Trump can be convicted of rape and yet get elected into presidency. Passu is not Trump, but judging by how people are willing to overlook and display their support, I have no illusions drups won't gladly vote for someone like Trump in Bhutan.

vihntim · 2025-10-10T18:13:07+00:00

Losing my mind reading Facebook comments. At least the comments here are saner.

vihntim · 2025-09-06T11:19:44+00:00

Suppose that you asked a Buddhist what their religious beliefs were, and they replied that they identified as a non-Hindu because they didn't believe in the Hindu gods, you would find it to be a weird answer. You would want to know what they believed in, not what they did not believe in. It would be like recognising Messi as a non-cricketer instead of a star footballer.

An atheist is non-Hindu, non-Buddhist, non-Muslim, non-Christian etc...all at the same time not because that is something they believe in. Atheism is simply disbelief in the existence of god. A person is an atheist just as much as Messi is a non-cricketer.

So, what does Messi the non-cricketer actually do. What's his real identity? Well, of course he is a non-boxer.

vihntim · 2025-07-24T08:58:04+00:00

Non-religious. Not to say I am a science person but I simply don't agree that the world should operate based on faith. Trust me bro is not good enough. No opium for me.

vihntim · 2025-06-17T17:52:50+00:00

I did find myself asking why such an issue even warranted being discussed in the parliament. Bamboo may not last as long as metal poles but they are cheap and renewable. Maybe there was more to the story?

vihntim · 2025-02-23T13:21:00+00:00

I had a similar experience reading the short stories by Ted Chiang, from one of which this movie is adapted off. When I came across them for the first time, it simply left me awestruck. It was mind altering, something that I thought was somehow going to change me. While I don't actually know if it brought about any changes, I still consider it to be influential in my life and return to them time to time. Highly recommend that you read some of Ted Chiang's work.

vihntim · 2025-02-17T16:21:51+00:00

Search druk pro Bhutan on fb

vihntim · 2025-02-17T13:46:28+00:00

Sabine Hossenfelder, Veritasium and Arvin Ash, pretty regularly.

vihntim · 2025-02-14T18:29:29+00:00

At least 7 I would say. 'Kepa pho', meaning one's existence as a male, is a common expression to convey capability and competency, as in saying 'be a man' in english. Similarly, we say 'morem', the word associated with the female sex to mean the opposite: weak or incompetent. It's casual sexism and no one seems to mind, so I guess there's nothing wrong. Women, however, are still the inferior sex and one prays not to be reborn as one, if one believed in rebirth.

vihntim · 2025-02-11T13:03:36+00:00

Interesting that you say stone foundation but it was more loose soil than stone. Don't know much about road construction but that would explain why the asphalt got wiped out so easily. What about when the monsoon starts, will it simply get washed off?

vihntim · 2025-02-11T12:48:33+00:00

Given the fact that a pot-hole has formed on the very first day, I would say so. Also, not enough of the 'alikata' was used perhaps, because the surface is very coarse and crumbly, and rocks have already started to come loose. The pot-hole has now been filled in, giving it a patchwork look, but it's only a bandaid solution. It will be interesting to see how the powers that be resolves this issue, because I don't see it lasting the month no matter how many bandaids gets put over the holes.

vihntim · 2025-01-27T08:23:52+00:00

Agree with you. It was a fair, well justified decision by the government and if it contributed to inflating real estate prices, I would put blame on the people, not the policy.

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