Dorji Tenzin: Random Thoughts like Cries of a Clown

The Ministry of Labour and Human Resources has launched the regulation on recruitment and selection process as the guidelines to employees and job seekers. How effective will it be is yet to be seen. In Bhutan, most Public Corporations are run by Family & Friends. Out of 300 employees in one of the corporations in Bhutan, the rough estimate of insider show that the families and friends recruitment employees constitute roughly 80 percent of the total employees of the company. The other 20 percent who managed to break through the chain shall be victimized in many different ways. Since it is run by family and friends, the internal vacancies which are tailored made shall be announced. A guy from family and friends shall be selected and placed at unbelievably high grade in through so-called open competition. The hardworking employees without backing from Family and Friends shall be given regular or double promotion as an eye wash for unflinching hard work but the hardworking guy wo...

The Trongsa Dzong was founded by Pal Ngagi Wangchuk as the monastery as prophesied by Palden Lhamo, the guardian deity of Bhutan. Later it became the seat of Choetse Penlop after the appointment of Chhogyal Minjure Tenpa as the first Choetse penlop by Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal in 1647. In 1646, fifty two years old Ngawang Namgyel has succeeded in unifying the western Bhutan under his theocratic rule. He felt that the Trongsa by virtue of being in strategic location would play crucial role in bringing centre and eastern Bhutanmunder theocratic rule and the in the process unifying the whole country. Zhabdrung found ideal person in Chogyal Minjur Tenpa who had unquestionable loyalty and integrity who could bring feudal lords of Sharcho Khorlo Tsipgay under rule of Zhabdrung. Taking the unification of eastern Bhutan as good omen, Minjure Tenpa built the so-called Druk Minjure Choekhor Rabten Tse Dzong in 1644 as commanded by Zhadrung Ngawang Namgyel. The structures and extra bui...