Mankind is the latest inhabitant of our planet. Evolution of homosapien could do well and take evolution to the next step OR completely destroy and annihilate the planet. We, Humans are uniquely positioned as we have the intellect and privilege of changing the fate of our planet for the better. Eventually the choice is ours to make. These are thoughts for a planet on the threshold; without a voice. "Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege."noreply@blogger.com (Karma Bhutia)Fri, 30 Aug 2024 17:12:37 +0530Blogger http://www.blogger.com26125http://blog.sikkimese.org/en-usnoAll Rights Reservedsikkim,culture,identity,people,politics,news,teesta"WE" the 'SIKKIMESE' people - encapsulates anyone who cares for or belongs to Sikkim regardless of caste, creed, colour, religion, gender, age or species. This is a platform where "WE" come together as a "PEOPLE"; voice our opinions; and discuss issues that affect "US"; our identity and our collectively destiny.sikkimese | our identity - our issues - our voiceKarma Bhutiainfo@sikkimese.orgKarma Bhutiahttp://blog.sikkimese.org/2009/12/my-earlier-facebook-status-updates.htmlFacebookStatusThu, 17 Dec 2009 18:50:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329295786045733990.post-3751359180933771968<div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia TV NEWS needs to be FIXED - 'coz it's always 'BREAKING'...</div><div>July 16 at 9:03am </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia At the end my friend - we are here to perfect failure...</div><div>July 16 at 9:03pm </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia REVERSE PREJUDICE - WTF???</div><div>July 16 at 7:44pm </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia Are Terrorist 'BRAND' conscious? Check out their targets: MUMBAI - TAJ / OBEROI || ISLAMABAD - MARRIOT || JAKARTA - MARRIOT / RITZ CARLTON... which brings me to another question... WHY HOTELS??? AND WHY ONLY 5 ***** HOTELS???</div><div>July 16 at 9:39am</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia I dreamt that I met St. Peters @ the pearly gates. He opened the gates, saluted and shouted 'Shallaam Shaab' with a clicking of the heels. WTF? I said when did you turn racist? Why are you racial profiling me? He shot back - "You idiot - I've been nominated 'patron saint' of the 'GateKeeping' security establishment." A sigh of relief - Phew! - For a moment I thot he was racist.</div><div>July 16 at 10:35am · Comment</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia VERBAL FACT : In Dilli - 'HERE' is pronounced as 'HARE' or 'HAIR'...</div><div>July 15 at 11:14am </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia TIME exists in the cavity of SPACE...</div><div>July 10 at 12:09pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia I don't want to know you like I do...</div><div>July 6 at 3:05pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia 'HOPE' is 'FORWARD' - like looking towards the future... while I am stuck @ 'PLAY'...</div><div>July 6 at 1:39pm · Comment </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia Q: What do 'Little Red Riding Hood' and 'Wolf in a Sheep Clothing' have in common? A: Identity Politics.</div><div>July 2 at 3:44pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia INTERNET says - 'Geography is History'...</div><div>July 1 at 1:32pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia WHY do people I meet feel that they have a book in them???</div><div>June 29 at 6:26pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia You are never too young to DIE...</div><div>June 29 at 1:32pm </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia Perceived to be 'BAD' &amp; 'DANGEROUS' while he was 'THRILLER' just 'OFF THE WALL'. One thing nobody denies is his checkered 'HISTORY'. Now in death he is what he wanted to be - 'INVINCIBLE'... 'FOREVER, MICHAEL' (1950 -2009) RIP</div><div>June 26 at 9:49am</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia "Cogito, ergo sum" - I think, therefore I am; NOT INSTINCTUAL??? Didn't they learn how to complete the sentence?</div><div>June 24 at 5:13pm </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia TYPE IN UPPERCASE, type only in lowercase, and dont use any punctuation either</div><div>June 22 at 6:57pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia ... and she said you were 'WORSE-A-TILE' ---</div><div>June 18 at 5:23pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia 'Definition of insanity- doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result' - Albert Einstein</div><div>June 16 at 11:47am </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia a sad thing to do... what a move to make... to make you plead like that and then make me say that I was only joking...</div><div>June 12 at 8:27pm </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia I can't understand you sometimes - too precocious - you need to FART your brains out... capiche???</div><div>June 11 at 7:46pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia "And all this time I thought Googling yourself meant the other thing!" - Marge Simpson</div><div>June 10 at 6:14pm </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia GOD is a VOYEUR!!!... omnipresent eyes &amp; ears - if that is not voyeuristic then what is???... HE watches your every move and hears every thought -- kinda like getting stuck in a bad episode of BIG BROTHER - only much worse... I can already feel the atheists smiling... :-)</div><div>June 9 at 6:14pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia "Don't drink and park - accidents cause people."</div><div>June 9 at 1:37pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia keeping up with the Joneses: the Indian National Sport... The national pastime for a billion people...</div><div>June 8 at 4:37pm </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia I never thot that I'd miss George 'Dubya' Bush... But I do... NEWS isn't the same anymore... :-( Dubya where are you???</div><div>June 1 at 6:45pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia "Kissing a smoker is like licking an Ashtray" - I'm sorry for the guy who first made that observation... Why go lick an ashtray in the first place??? Whatta sick b@$^ard...</div><div>May 29 at 4:07pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia “I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.” --- Socrates</div><div>May 26 at 11:41am</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia 100% discount is not FREE... It's something you will eventually have to pay a price for in kind... Is the air we breathe free????</div><div>May 26 at 10:27am </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia New updates available... Click here to proceed... OK...</div><div>May 22 at 10:25pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia I can see you dirty soul... Does it mean I have X-RAY vision???</div><div>May 22 at 3:11pm </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia The weather gets cool and the stomach hot... Global Warming on the inside... Huh???</div><div>May 20 at 9:00pm </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia There is no courtesy in death... Obviously Not - Be my guest... :-)</div><div>May 19 at 3:34pm </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia Man! I hate mysteries.. Whats the clue and whats my cue???</div><div>May 18 at 9:47pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia My soul is hungry while I'm pregnant with food; I'm breathless with air and thirsty at sea. I can hear with my eyes and my ears help me see; Is everything an illusion or is it only me.</div><div>May 14 at 6:28pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia --- You know its summer when your body dries up before you can wipe it with a towel, post shower...</div><div>May 10 at 8:31am</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia my current role in life is that of a "MOOD ENHANCER"... SPEEEEEEEDY... lol</div><div>May 8 at 11:47am </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia learnt the correct spelling of 'ORIGINALITY'. It is 6 'G's and 4 'T's... (aoru 'G', naal 'T')... yepadi?!!!</div><div>May 6 at 8:01pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia 'Tis for you my friend; while you were down and out getting kicked in your teeth; too old to fight and too young to die... The bright light you'll see @ the end of the tunnel is your final goodbye - your passport out of here from the struggle and into the other dimension... If that brings you down Cheer Up and remember "No Sucker gets out alive"... 'tis for you... Amen...</div><div>May 5 at 3:49pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia Power and Pelf; Money and Fame... How does it matter when you are already Insane???</div><div>May 4 at 7:03pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia resolves that eternity is not a human currency...</div><div>May 1 at 6:09pm </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia is the curator of 'HOPE'...</div><div>April 29 at 1:05pm </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia --- you can teach me IGNORANCE... Unfortunately, I'm past that stage...</div><div>April 27 at 3:52pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia CARAMEL MELT - BROWN SUGAR!!! HOW COME YOU TASTE SO GOOD???... :-)</div><div>April 24 at 5:35pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia The LAW is an ASS - so lets get the right folks to make amends. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE GET OUT AND VOTE...</div><div>April 22 at 8:43pm </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia to catch a glimpse of your face and a smile, I'd travel the world and an extra mile... the ROMANTIC has landed... :-)</div><div>April 18 at 9:39pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia Hi Illusion!!! Long time no SEE... Nice to have you back... :-)</div><div>April 4 at 7:50am </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia --- STUPIDITY is a DISEASE --- It KILLS people ---</div><div>March 18 at 10:10am</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia --- You think you are the only one --- You SCHIZO!!! --- but there's two of you...</div><div>February 27 at 3:00pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia THE HURT YOU FEEL IS MORE THAN THE QUANTUM OF HURT CAUSED; AND THAT IMBALANCE KEEPS YOU HOOKED...</div><div>February 24 at 6:57pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia --- pop quiz --- Why do dogs smell and then PEE on car tyres???</div><div>February 19 at 10:23pm </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia --- turn turn turn ---</div><div>February 19 at 11:49am </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia --- I'm not good at the start so let's begin at the end...</div><div>February 11 at 6:34pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia --- HELLO!!! What happened to Nithari??? What happened to Arushi??? No MEDIA coverage anymore??? Now I understand why you surrendered in INDIA Ramalinga Raju -</div><div>February 9 at 1:46pm</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia --- Every LAW has a FLAW ---</div><div>February 5 at 9:00am</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia - is waiting @ the speed of thought---</div><div>February 4 at 2:59pm </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia --- drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die. ---</div><div>January 27 at 2:38pm</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia --- I know you from somewhere --- Past Life???</div><div>January 23 at 11:06am </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia --- Are you trying to drown yourself in the fountain of eternal life???</div><div>January 15 at 6:12pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia - a ROSE by any other name is a LOTUS... Mind it...</div><div>January 12 at 11:04am </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia - pain is the ultimate proof that we are alive... Does a person in a coma feel pain?</div><div>January 6 at 7:14pm </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia --- cold? what cold? can't feel my own hands now.. Can I?? Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...</div><div>January 2 at 5:32am </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia is the visibile manifestation of the Newton's 3rd law of motion...</div><div>December 16, 2008 at 9:02am </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia --- just for 72 VIRGINs??? - Is that worth more than lives of innocent people??? Wonder why the VIRGIN's always remain VIRGIN's. These Mental Midgets...</div><div>November 29, 2008 at 10:37am </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia --- Only the DEAD feel no PAIN --- Ouch!!! I am so alive... It HURTS ---</div><div>November 26, 2008 at 2:22pm </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia --- PORN is NOT a 'Documented Research' into 'Evolutionary Sciences' ---</div><div>November 24, 2008 at 7:47pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia --- Hope always dies last.</div><div>November 20, 2008 at 6:41am </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia --- Menstrual CYCLE is NOT a means of transport.... It's not like a BiCycle, MotorCycle nor a TriCycle.</div><div>November 16, 2008 at 7:05am </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia --- The mind is like a parachute. If it isn't open, we're f&amp;%ked!</div><div>November 7, 2008 at 7:58am </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia - Some women age like old WINE ----- the rest age like MILK...</div><div>November 4, 2008 at 8:22pm </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia - whose WAR is it anyway???</div><div>November 4, 2008 at 5:46pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia contemplates wearing his underwear on the outside... Maybe thats the first step to becoming a SUPER/BAT/SPIDER-MAN... Could use those powers right now...</div><div>November 3, 2008 at 11:28am</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia - When you are the last person on the planet - how does it matter what religion you subscribe to</div><div>November 1, 2008 at 9:19am </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia is letting REALITY hang loose...</div><div>October 26, 2008 at 9:41pm ·</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia is understanding the nature of MIND...</div><div>October 24, 2008 at 10:00am </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia is meditation in motion...</div><div>October 21, 2008 at 7:01pm</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia says: If you get this message, call me, and if you don't get it, don't call. :-)</div><div>September 29, 2008 at 4:47pm </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia is a state of MONK --- warm bath; fresh clothes and a cozy soft bed.. NIRVANA...</div><div>September 17, 2008 at 11:03pm </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia had an epiphany - This world is overflowing with MENTAL MIDGETs</div><div>September 16, 2008 at 5:02pm </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia figures that - mentally everyone is a PORNSTAR...</div><div>September 9, 2008 at 6:31pm </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia is The PAST is like VIRGINITY... Once you LOOSE it you can never get it back...</div><div>September 5, 2008 at 9:43am </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia If you need to SAVE something you have to KILL it</div><div>August 30, 2008 at 8:24pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia !!! have you got any Karma in you??? NO??? Want some??? :-)</div><div>August 15, 2008 at 9:56am </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia , inaudible, insanity, indefinitely., Yeah! Its IN definitely.......</div><div>August 13, 2008 at 9:38am </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia is a social experiment....... Join the experience....</div><div>August 6, 2008 at 9:01pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia is Mentally - EmptyHanded... Who's picking the tab???</div><div>July 21, 2008 at 7:09pm </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia Genius is my BirthRight!!!</div><div>July 14, 2008 at 9:47am</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia is FLIRTING with HEAVEN..</div><div>July 10, 2008 at 6:04pm </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia we are all the same - Nose Deaf &amp; Ear Blind - Can't you taste me???</div><div>July 8, 2008 at 7:36pm </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia free my tomorrow.. TODAY....</div><div>July 4, 2008 at 8:08am</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia dont disturb me.. entertain me instead..</div><div>July 3, 2008 at 3:13pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia DRYING OUR MENTAL UNDERWEAR.....</div><div>June 26, 2008 at 7:14pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia include me in your visible universe... before we all go blind....</div><div>June 24, 2008 at 3:02pm </div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia with a blink of an eye.. we finally see the light.....</div><div>June 23, 2008 at 5:59pm </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia look @ what we've become......</div><div>June 19, 2008 at 10:04pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia ?????????</div><div>May 29, 2008 at 5:48pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia Entropy.........</div><div>May 16, 2008 at 7:45pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia Points......... Score BIG now.......</div><div>May 13, 2008 at 11:58am</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia Chameleon.............</div><div>May 12, 2008 at 10:50am</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia whose FATHER what MEASUREMENT!!!</div><div>May 9, 2008 at 3:07pm</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia You got to cry without weeping; Talk without speaking; Scream without raising your voice...</div><div>May 8, 2008 at 9:58am</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia I would never make you CRY......</div><div>April 30, 2008 at 6:35pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia destiny in density...</div><div>April 30, 2008 at 9:41am</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia where destiny meets action..</div><div>April 28, 2008 at 12:29pm</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia this PLANET is ROASTING.. Its F&amp;^%ing HOT in here...</div><div>April 24, 2008 at 12:10pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia is Novocaine for the SOUL....</div><div>April 14, 2008 at 7:36pm</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia HELP WANTED!!! looking for a generous traveler to get me my guitar from Delhi to Bangalore...</div><div>March 31, 2008 at 6:04pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia is a kindered spirit</div><div>March 26, 2008 at 1:20pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia B +ve</div><div>March 24, 2008 at 2:07pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia is bringing down his carbon footprint...</div><div>March 17, 2008 at 9:49am</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia is NEWTON's third law of MOTION.</div><div>March 2, 2008 at 11:47pm</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia --grow your own dope... plant your own man...</div><div>February 29, 2008 at 7:41am</div><div><br /></div><div>Karma Bhutia never negotiate out of fear.. but never fear to negotiate..</div><div>February 20, 2008 at 8:52am</div>0info@sikkimese.org (Karma Bhutia)http://blog.sikkimese.org/2009/08/e-quality-equality.html'E'-QUALITYEQUALITYindiaMon, 17 Aug 2009 19:00:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329295786045733990.post-64183939604262542<h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message">India in it's 62 years achieved much in terms of - 'E'-QUALITY.<br /></h3><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message">I pray we don't spend the next 62 years pursuing - 'EQUALITY'.</h3>0info@sikkimese.org (Karma Bhutia)http://blog.sikkimese.org/2009/07/tv-news-needs-to-be-fixed-coz-its.htmlBREAKINGFIXEDNEWSTVMon, 20 Jul 2009 10:33:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329295786045733990.post-3019703116778558228<h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message" ft="{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;msg&quot;}">TV NEWS needs to be FIXED - 'coz it's always 'BREAKING'...</h3>1info@sikkimese.org (Karma Bhutia)http://blog.sikkimese.org/2009/07/are-terrorist-brand-conscious.htmlISLAMABADJAKARTAMARRIOTMUMBAIOBEROIRITZ CARLTONTAJFri, 17 Jul 2009 09:40:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329295786045733990.post-4226945163365816210Are Terrorist 'BRAND' conscious?<br /><br />Check out their targets:<br />MUMBAI 26/11/08 - TAJ / OBEROI<br />ISLAMABAD 20/09/08 - MARRIOT<br />JAKARTA 17/07/09 - MARRIOT / RITZ CARLTON<br /><br />That brings me to another question...<br />WHY HOTELS??? AND WHY ONLY 5 ***** HOTELS???0info@sikkimese.org (Karma Bhutia)http://blog.sikkimese.org/2009/07/st-peters-is-patron-saint-of.htmlGateKeeperRacismSt. PetersThu, 16 Jul 2009 10:39:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329295786045733990.post-4011521996851311044I dreamt that I met St. Peters @ the pearly gates.<br /><br />He opened the gates, saluted and shouted 'Shallaam Shaab' with a clicking of the heels.<br /><br />WTF? I said when did you turn racist? Why are you racial profiling me?<br /><br />He shot back - "You idiot - I've been nominated 'patron saint' of the 'GateKeeping' security establishment."<br /><br />A sigh of relief - Phew! - For a moment I thot he was racist.1info@sikkimese.org (Karma Bhutia)http://blog.sikkimese.org/2009/06/michael-jackson-tribute.htmlBADDANGEROUSFOREVERHISTORYINVINCIBLEMICHAEL JACKSONOFF THE WALLTHRILLERFri, 26 Jun 2009 10:25:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329295786045733990.post-8972339730028069116<span id="profile_status"><span id="status_text">Perceived to be 'BAD' &amp; 'DANGEROUS' while he was a 'THRILLER' just 'OFF THE WALL'.<br />One thing nobody denies is his checkered 'HISTORY'.<br />Now in death he is what he wanted to be - 'INVINCIBLE'... 'FOREVER, MICHAEL' (1950 -2009) RIP</span></span>0info@sikkimese.org (Karma Bhutia)http://blog.sikkimese.org/2009/06/sdf-it-self-is-position-and-opposition.htmlfunnyOPPOSITIONPOSITIONSDFsingerTilak SharmaWed, 3 Jun 2009 19:48:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329295786045733990.post-6598338416253293254SDF IT-SELF IS POSITION, AND OPPOSITION AS WELL<br /><br />SDF: DEMOCRACY &amp; DEVELOPMENT<br /><br />Which already works to broke out the doctrine and destruction done before 15 years. Now 90% we are SDF in<br />the State. (remaining the ‘pieces’ still ‘pitches’ the palm even though we remain to calm).<br />Work of promotions, emotions, devotion, dedication and development deserves the determination of 90% democrats<br />decided to have delightful democracy of clear destination Denzong (Sikkim).<br />We need no any opposition who try to mislead the peoples applying by their own or selfishness of so much issue<br />unwanted and false.<br /><br />We are SDF: Position and Opposition too…we know what to do or not to do… we are very responsible on our<br />prestigious and honourable Sikkimese… as children, as a son and the daughter as a fathers and mothers. We are the<br />generation or the running wheels cooks different in styles and looking to go miles and miles.<br />Now, a doctorate in philosophy, a young father of Sikkim and lots of national level and international levels awardee<br />and a best friend of children and the poor peoples: Dr. Pawan Chamling is performing has duties accordingly when he<br />was 16 years rules and regulation emotions and promotions, loves and affections and to struggled hard for the<br />achievements of ‘Soul Goal’ of an every individuals, he stepped up with the friends (hearts &amp; minds) to established<br />SDF Party in Sikkim despite of facing great obstacles, problems, can say impossibilities we approach here at the stages<br />of joy and happiness, work and worship, care of customs and new creation, every positive efforts (possibilities &amp;<br />positivities) and all the solution now we have.<br /><br />Protest: not to flight and protect our all rights. Sikkim is introduced in the world our SDF government sacrificed<br />positively and contributed a lot to build our thoughts on the top heights which is observing by our naked eye so why<br />not the emotions fly to the sky and no children also can remain shy- yo sano sano a………………….<br /><br />YO SANO SANO ANKHALE<br />SAPNA THULO DEKHNA THALYO<br />YO ANPO SANO PAILALE<br />SIKHER KO SIDI TEKNA THALYO<br />TIHARA KO ZILMI DIYO<br />YO CHATI MA JALNA THALYO<br />HAMLAI THACHA KASLE HAMRO<br />GAON GHAR UJYALO PARYO…<br /><br />WE LOVE OUR SDF<br />WE LOVE OUR SDF<br />WE LOVE OUR SDF<br />AKASMA JUN SITA<br /><br />LAUCHAUN MITHO MITHO PRITA<br />HAMLE GAUNE PAWAN TIMRO<br />BIJAYA KO MITHO TIKA<br /><br />WE LOVE OUR SDF<br />WE LOVE OUR SDF<br />WE LOVE OUR SDF<br />WELCOME YOU TO OUR HOME<br />WELCOME YOU TO OUR GROUND<br />WELCOME YOU TO OUR HEARTS.<br /><br />Music &amp; Lyrics by Tilak Sharma (singer)<br /><br />The direction and dimension, liberty and equality, time: opportunity to serves, to serves the opportunities and all as<br />like as the natural ecological balance in the state of the Universe our Hon’ble C.M. Dr. Pawan Chamling and his great<br />gorgeous MLAs, MPs and the ministries.<br />Our central PM, and the politics: Pawan Chamling’s peoples salute you with peace progress, prosperous presentation,<br />green and glorious, clean and careful Sikkim of which politics stand on the great height which can be over the world<br />as a ‘lesson’ we learned and we are too happy and grateful to get an experienced beloved an Hon’ble Sir B.S. Pant in<br />our Temi-Namphing Constituency with new concept and creations as directed by him we work we walk.<br />A sincere youth singer<br /><br />Tilak Sharma0info@sikkimese.org (Karma Bhutia)http://blog.sikkimese.org/2009/06/north-korea-nuclear-tests-and-beyond.htmlAfganAxis of evilExpertIAEANorth KoreaNuclearPakistanTallibanWed, 3 Jun 2009 19:45:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329295786045733990.post-5829206951039970695People aren't stupid they understand what blasting plutonium measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale means... everyone know what launching 2 missiles immediately the next day means...<br /><br />There is a view the so called "EXPERTS" espouse - suggesting NK is just a spoilt brat seeking attention... and their advice is to turn a blind eye. This might be in line with the current US administration's foreign policy but it is a ticking bomb for the whole world.<br /><br />What perplexes me is how a country considered "AN AXIS OF EVIL" 5 years ago has become an insignificant/harmless real estate not worth bothering about today.<br /><br />Turning a blind eye so far has driven them to rekindle all their nuclear activities like as if the cooperation with IAEA didn't happen...<br /><br />It is also the turning a blind eye policy that made NK a pariah in the first place...<br /><br /><span> The same policy blunder we saw earlier with the Mujaheed/Al-Quaida/Taliban</span><div><wbr><span class="word_break"></span> clique is unfolding before our eyes... Only this time with its a billion times more destructive... We are talking Nuclear.<br /><br />What about those promises of engaging with the world...<br /><br />If NK is not dealt with properly this time it could very well lead to a whole host of very undesirable problems globally. And it would not be treatable easily...</div>0info@sikkimese.org (Karma Bhutia)http://blog.sikkimese.org/2009/02/india-home-of-millionaire-slumdog.htmlBuddhaGandhiMillionaireSlumdogMon, 2 Feb 2009 20:00:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329295786045733990.post-1134231485450009711All the hype and hoopla surrounding the awards and nominations for Slumdog Millionaire one can't help but wonder how Danny BOYle did it...<br /><br />Its got the same masala and gimmickry that Hindi movies have had for ages.<br />How a child who grew up in the slums of Mumbai goes to win 2 Crores in his adolescence.<br />A typical fairly tale. A story of hope, aspiration and fortune.<br /><br />An underlying message of positivity at a time when Mumbai has just been violated and maimed by the KASAB clique.<br /><br />Slumdog Millionaire provide us an aspiration and show us a path for the world pursuits.<br />Qualities that are aspirational in this material world we live in.<br /><br />In the past this country has been inspired and lead by people who have given up all material pursuits - Buddha/Mahatma Gandhi BTW both were NRI.<br /><br />People who have given up their millions and inheritance and all worldly pursuits to lead a life of an ascetic.<br /><br />Living for a bigger purpose a purpose larger than self /self indulgence and loathe.<br /><br />They were the Millionaire Slumdogs - people who had their millions and yet left for greater pursuits than their own selves.<br /><br />Buddha was a Prince and heir to a huge empire.<br />Mahatma Gandhi was a successful Barrister educated in London and South Africa @ a time where common people would never even travel beyond the vicinity of their villages.<br /><br />Yet they chose the lives of simplicity and renunciation and changed the world with their ideas.<br />They are the originals. They are the true Millionaire Slumdogs.1info@sikkimese.org (Karma Bhutia)http://blog.sikkimese.org/2008/11/oscar-academy-restores-satyajit-rays.htmlKolkatta Film FestivalOscar academySatyajit RaySikkimSun, 9 Nov 2008 14:49:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329295786045733990.post-1979554483676012754This is one of the biggest news to come out on Sikkim.<br /><br />http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-36383520081107<br /><br />God bless the guys at the Academy.<br /><br />Question: Why is it always that someone else from distant lands take up interest in preserving our heritage...<br /><br />Why do we Indian's collectively fail in this department.<br /><br />Thanks Arindam for the link.<br /><br />"Audiences in India can watch "Sikkim" for the first time at the 14th Kolkata Film Festival beginning next week. India lifted the ban about four years ago, Sikkim's art and culture trust said." The week from the 10th Nov 2008 to the 17th Nov 2008.1info@sikkimese.org (Karma Bhutia)http://blog.sikkimese.org/2008/08/sikkim-1971-satyajit-ray.html1971ChogyalDocumentaryHope CookRayRestorationSatyajitSikkimThu, 14 Aug 2008 14:43:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329295786045733990.post-3174646008565032075<a href="http://www.satyajitray.org/films/sikkim.htm">Sikkim</a> is a documentary by the Oscar winning directory <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyajit_Ray">Satyajit Ray</a> that was produced and commissioned by the Chogyal of Sikkim.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r5e2zmIekiA/SKP-Z8_Nv7I/AAAAAAAAAP0/Yk7lE3sqVis/s1600-h/sikkim_king.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_r5e2zmIekiA/SKP-Z8_Nv7I/AAAAAAAAAP0/Yk7lE3sqVis/s320/sikkim_king.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234306913756102578" border="0" /></a><br />Sikkim is a documentary about the nation of Sikkim, made by Satyajit Ray in 1971. The documentary was commissioned by the Chogyal (King) of Sikkim at a time when he felt the sovereignty of Sikkim was under threat from both China and India. Ray's documentary is about the sovereignty of Sikkim.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyajit_Ray"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r5e2zmIekiA/SKP_Ido2V0I/AAAAAAAAAP8/4ygCOXEj5wI/s320/ray.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234307712794646338" border="0" /></a><br />The film had to undergo double censorship from both the film's commissioners and the Indian government, when Sikkim became a state of India in 1975. The documentary was banned by the Indian government, and all known copies of the documentary destroyed.<br /><br />For many years, it was thought that the only surviving record of the film is a scene-by-scene written reconstruction of the film by the remaining film team members. However, in January 2003 it was reported that a good quality print has been kept by the <a href="http://www.bfi.org.uk/">British Film Institute</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://satyajitrayworld.com/aboutray/sikkimrestoration.aspx">According to the BFI</a> - the print is in need for immediate restoration. But Sikkim is yet to be restored. According to AMPASA sources, the results of the photo-chemical tests run on the film were most discouraging, and digital tests did not yield enough color to work on either. The only solution lies in a shot by shot digital restoration by a digital artist. <a href="http://satyajitrayworld.com/aboutray/sikkimrestoration.aspx"><span style="font-weight: bold;">However, the costs are prohibitive --- about $250,000 for a 52-minute documentary. The good news, on the other hand, is that the digital costs are coming down rapidly. In a couple of years, it is expected to be down to $100,000. So, right now the plan is to wait.</span><br /></a><br />However, according to the AMPASA director Mike Pogorzelski, the Heffenrefer print, although almost without colour, is better than the other two. If and when Sikkim is digitally restored, it is the one that will be used.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The fate of Sikkim, therefore, is still hanging in the balance.<br /><br />GUYS! IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING FOR SIKKIM. PLEASE CONTRIBUTE!!<br /></span>3info@sikkimese.org (Karma Bhutia)http://blog.sikkimese.org/2008/05/article-371-f-of-indian-constitution.htmlThu, 29 May 2008 23:38:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329295786045733990.post-8727485626760470635<span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;">THE CONSTITUTION (THIRTY-SIXTH AMENDMENT) ACT, 1975 [16th May, 1975.]<br />An Act further to amend the Constitution of India.<br />BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-sixth Year of the Republicof India as follows:-<br />1. Short title and commencement.-(1) This Act may be called theConstitution (Thirty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1975.<br />(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the date_668 onwhich the Bill for this Act [introduced in the House of the People asthe Constitution (Thirty-eighth Amendment) Bill, 1975], as passed bythe House of the People, is passed by the Council of States.<br />2. Amendment of First Schedule.-In the First Schedule to theConstitution, under the heading "I. THE STATES", after entry 21, thefollowing entry shall be inserted namely:-<br />"22. Sikkim The territories which immediately before the commencement of the Constitution (Thirty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1975, were comprised in Sikkim.".<br />3. Insertion of new article 371F.-After article 371E of theConstitution, the following article shall be inserted, namely:-<br />"371F. Special provisions with respect to the State of Sikkim.-Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution,-<br />(a) the Legislative Assembly of the State of Sikkim shall consist ofnot less than thirty members;<br />(b) as from the date of commencement of the Constitution (Thirty-sixthAmendment) Act, 1975 (hereafter in this article referred to as theappointed day)-<br />(i) the Assembly for Sikkim formed as a result of the elections heldin Sikkim in April, 1974 with thirty-two members elected in the saidelections (hereinafter referred to as the sitting members) shall bedeemed to be the Legislative Assembly of the State of Sikkim dulyconstituted under this Constitution;<br />(ii) the sitting members shall be deemed to the members of theLegislative Assembly of the State of Sikkim duly elected under thisConstitution; and<br />(iii) the said Legislative Assembly of the State of Sikkim shallexercise the powers and perform the functions of the LegislativeAssembly of a State under this Constitution;<br />(c) in the case of the Assembly deemed to be the Legislative Assemblyof the State of Sikkim under clause (b), the references to the periodof five years in clause (1) of article 172 shall be construed asreferences to a period of four years and the said period of four yearsshall be deemed to commence from the appointed day;<br />(d) until other provisions are made by Parliament by law, there shallbe allotted to the State of Sikkim one seat in the House of the Peopleand the State of Sikkim shall form one parliamentary constituency tobe called the parliamentary constituency for Sikkim;<br />(e) the representative of the State of Sikkim in the House of thePeople in existence on the appointed day shall be elected by themembers of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Sikkim;<br />(f) Parliament may, for the purpose of protecting the rights andinterests of the different sections of the population of Sikkim makeprovision for the number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of theState of Sikkim which may be filled by candidates belonging to suchsections and for the delimitation of the assembly constituencies fromwhich candidates belonging to such sections alone may stand forelection to the Legislative Assembly of the State of Sikkim;<br />(g) the Governor of Sikkim shall have special responsibility for peaceand for an equitable arrangement for ensuring the social and economicadvancement of different sections of the population of Sikkim and inthe discharge of his special responsibility under this clause, theGovernor of Sikkim shall, subject to such directions as the Presidentmay, from time to time, deem fit to issue, act in his discretion;<br />(h) all property and assets (whether within or outside the territoriescomprised in the State of Sikkim) which immediately before theappointed day were vested in the Government of Sikkim or in any otherauthority or in any person for the purposes of the Government ofSikkim shall, as from the appointed day, vest in the Government of theState of Sikkim;<br />(i) the High Court functioning as such immediately before theappointed day in the territories comprised in the State of Sikkimshall, on and from the appointed day, be deemed to be the High Courtfor the State of Sikkim;<br />(j) all courts of civil, criminal and revenue jurisdiction, allauthorities and all officers, judicial, executive and ministerial,throughout the territory of the State of Sikkim shall continue on andfrom the appointed day to exercise their respective functions subjectto the provisions of this Constitution;<br />(k) all laws in force immediately before the appointed day in theterritories comprised in the State of Sikkim or any part thereof shallcontinue to be in force therein until amended or repealed by acompetent Legislature or other competent authority;<br />(l) for the purpose of facilitating the application of any such law asis referred to in clause (k) in relation to the administration of theState of Sikkim and for the purpose of bringing the provisions of anysuch law into accord with the provisions of this Constitution, thePresident may, within two years from the appointed day, by order, makesuch adaptations and modifications of the law, whether by way ofrepeal or amendment, as may be necessary or expedient, and thereupon,every such law shall have effect subject to the adaptations andmodifications so made, and any such adaptation or modification shallnot be questioned in any court of law;<br />(m) neither the Supreme Court nor any other court shall havejurisdiction in respect of any dispute or other matter arising out ofany treaty, agreement, engagement or other similar instrument relatingto Sikkim which was entered into or executed before the appointed dayand to which the Government of India or any of its predecessorGovernments was a party, but nothing in this clause shall be construedto derogate from the provisions of article 143;<br />(n) the President may, by public notification, extend with suchrestrictions or modifications as he thinks fit to the State of Sikkimany enactment which is in force in a State in India at the date of thenotification;<br />(o) if any difficulty arises in giving effect to any of the foregoingprovisions of this article, the President may, by order, do anything(including any adaptation or modification of any other article) whichappears to him to be necessary for the purpose of removing thatdifficulty:<br />Provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of twoyears from the appointed day;<br />(p) all things done and all actions taken in or in relation to theState of Sikkim or the territories comprised therein during the periodcommencing on the appointed day and ending immediately before the dateon which the Constitution (Thirty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1975, receivesthe assent of the President shall, in so far as they are in conformitywith the provisions of this Constitution as amended by theConstitution (Thirty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1975, be deemed for allpurposes to have been validly done or taken under this Constitution asso amended.".<br />4. Amendment of Fourth Schedule.-In the Fourth Schedule to theConstitution, in the Table,-<br />(a) after entry 21, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:---<br />"22. Sikkim 1";<br />(b) existing entries 22 to 25 shall be renumbered as entries 23 to 26respectively;<br />(c) for the figures "231", the figures "232" shall be substituted.<br />5. Consequential amendments.-The following consequential amendmentsshall be made in the Constitution, namely:-<br />(a) article 2A shall be omitted;<br />(b) in article 80, in clause (1), the words and figure "Subject to theprovisions of paragraph 4 of the Tenth Schedule," shall be omitted;<br />(c) in article 81, in clause (1), the words and figure "and paragraph4 of the Tenth Schedule" shall be omitted;<br />(d) the Tenth Schedule shall be omitted.</span>2info@sikkimese.org (Karma Bhutia)http://blog.sikkimese.org/2008/05/china-india-fighting-over-finger.htmlTue, 20 May 2008 19:20:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329295786045733990.post-5550850935728118077<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r5e2zmIekiA/SDLjvUm25II/AAAAAAAAAOE/N-JAGNOCEXY/s1600-h/N8553.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_r5e2zmIekiA/SDLjvUm25II/AAAAAAAAAOE/N-JAGNOCEXY/s400/N8553.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202470921691391106" border="0" /></a><br />The news just in says that China has attempted encroachment and laying <span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_DlstNewsDtls_ctl00_LblDtls">claim to an area in North Sikkim, called the "<a href="http://www.timesnow.tv/NewsDtls.aspx?NewsId=8553">Finger Area</a>".<br /><br />My first reaction.. WOW!!! Can they get away with such a name? Does it NOT have any other nomenclature / Is it not known by any other name? Something more polite/decent?<br /></span><br /><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_DlstNewsDtls_ctl00_LblDtls">Its like mapping out distant galaxies like "</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_4567_and_NGC_4568">NGC 4567 and NGC 4568</a>" in the <span style="font-weight: bold;">VIRGO</span> constellation. How do they get away naming places after appendages and body parts.<br /><br /><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_DlstNewsDtls_ctl00_LblDtls">I was curious to understand more about the Finger Area. Unfortunately I came up empty handed as this </span><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_DlstNewsDtls_ctl00_LblDtls">"</span><a href="http://in.news.yahoo.com/indianexpress/20080520/r_t_ie_nl_politics/tnl-india-sets-up-permanent-post-in-fing-0058794.html">area falls north of Gyangyong in Sikkim and overlooks a valley known as the Sora Funnel, and is considered a strong defensive position to ward off any move by China to enter the Sikkim plateau.</a><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_DlstNewsDtls_ctl00_LblDtls">". The name </span>"Finger Area" <span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_DlstNewsDtls_ctl00_LblDtls">has been given by the Indian ARMY.<br /><br />It almost sounds like a title for a bad porn movie or <span style="font-weight: bold;">an area where a practicing </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proctology">proctologist</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> would get rash</span>.<br /></span><br /><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_DlstNewsDtls_ctl00_LblDtls">Finally the <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/story/311810.html">Indian army has woken up and is creating a permanent post in the "Finger Area".</a><br /><br />Better late than never and its not late to start anyways. But we should learn our lessons of the past. Infact, it looks like we have learn very little from the 1962 experience. Maybe for most politician 1962 seems like a distant memory but it would be wise coz it is an experience not worth forgetting.<br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r5e2zmIekiA/SDQs5Em25JI/AAAAAAAAAOM/21BiKS8A8tA/s1600-h/kid-middle-finger.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_r5e2zmIekiA/SDQs5Em25JI/AAAAAAAAAOM/21BiKS8A8tA/s400/kid-middle-finger.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5202832828520653970" border="0" /></a><br /><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_DlstNewsDtls_ctl00_LblDtls"><br />This is an image that our minds conjure up most when we hear the words "Finger Point"..<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hindi - Chini - Kum - Bhai!!!!!!!!!!!! FINGER THAT ONE OUT.. :-)</span><br /></span>2info@sikkimese.org (Karma Bhutia)http://blog.sikkimese.org/2008/04/olive-ridley-turtles-please-write-to.htmlThu, 10 Apr 2008 12:39:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329295786045733990.post-2248296722550226861Hi!<br /><br />I've just written to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratan_Tata">Ratan Tata</a> asking him to not to go ahead with <a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/india/press/releases/greenpeace-activists-blockade">building a port in Dhamra, Orissa</a><a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/india/press/releases/greenpeace-activists-blockade">,</a> dangerously close to one of the world's largest sea turtle nesting grounds for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Ridley">Olive Ridley Sea Turtle</a>.<br /><br />I think its a good idea for Mr. Tata to move the port to another location rather than endanger the turtles.<br /><br />By living up to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tata_Group">TATA</a> environmental legacy, Ratan won't just save the highly-endangered <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Ridley">Olive Ridley Turtles</a>, he will also end up making <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tata_Group">TATA</a> a better company.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.greenpeace.org/raw/image_full/india/photosvideos/photos/greenpeace-turtles-protest-t"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www.greenpeace.org/raw/image_full/india/photosvideos/photos/greenpeace-turtles-protest-t" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >Greenpeace 'turtles' protest TATA Steel's involvement in the Dhamra Port Project, Orissa, by blockading the entrance to Bombay House, TATA's head office. The Dhamra port is coming up near one of the world's largest nesting grounds for the olive ridley sea turtle.</span><br /></div><br /></div><br />The only problem is that I can't bring about that change alone. I need help from lots of people, especially you.<br /><br />Please do what I've done. Write directly to Ratan Tata <a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/india/turtles/write-to-tata">by clicking here</a><br /><br />Thanks a million,<br /><br />Karma106info@sikkimese.org (Karma Bhutia)http://blog.sikkimese.org/2008/03/gaiy-nay-with-sarangi-singing.htmlSarangi - Gaiy Nay traditional Nepali folk music singer JaigaonMon, 10 Mar 2008 11:40:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329295786045733990.post-6658603427695235052<p><em><strong>Sarangi</strong></em> is a bowed string instrument of India, Nepal and Pakistan. Even though it has its origin in Indian Classical Music - the <em>Sarangi </em>with its accompaniment the <em>Maadal</em> has been pivotal in shaping the folk music landscape of Nepal. in the hinterland where even to this day it is still preserved in it purest form without the influence of modern music. </p><p>The <em>Sarangi</em> is synonomous the traditional Nepali folk musicians/singers called <strong><em>Gaiy-Nay</em></strong> {meaning Singer - in colloquial Nepali} - they are an annual event around the foothills of Nepal and the border regions of Sikkim, Darjeeling and Siliguri in the dry winter months of December/January. </p><p>The <em>Gaiy-Nay</em> are vocationally farmers by tradition but during the cold himalyan winter nothing grows on the Himalayan slopes bringing agriculture to a standstill - hence to supplement their income and support their families they venture out with their Sarangi to the bordering areas to sing and make some money. They return back just in time before the first showers of monsoon hit the dried and parched himalayan slopes bringing the earth to life and ready for the next round of cultivation.</p><p>Culturally the <em>Gaiy-Nay</em> form the bedrock of folk/traditional music of Nepal. It is this practise that puts them in the forefront of upholding a dying tradition and imparting a glympse of a heritage/culture to the migrants who left their homeland long time back. This practise of also similar to the JOGI tradition which deals with a TANTRIC practise. </p>The following video was shot in JAIGAON while I was on my way to Thimpu/Bhutan and had a stop over at my cousins place.<br /><br /><p><br /></p><p align="center"><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/u1uGV38sphU"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/u1uGV38sphU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object></p><p><br /></p>0info@sikkimese.org (Karma Bhutia)http://blog.sikkimese.org/2008/01/kudos-tshering-ongda-indian-civil.htmlWed, 23 Jan 2008 18:35:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329295786045733990.post-8725842647649469672<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Indian Civil services : Final Result 2005-2006</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Based on the results of the written part of Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2005 held by the Union Public Service Commission in October-November, 2005 and the interviews for Personality Test held in April, 2006, following is the list, in order of merit, of candidates who have been recommended for appointment to: -<br /></div><br />[i] Indian Administrative Service;<br /><br />[ii] Indian Foreign Service;<br /><br />[iii] Indian Police Service; and<br /><br />[iv] Central Services, Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">A total number of 425 candidates recommended for appointment include 210 General (including 06 Physically challenged candidates), 117 Other Backward Classes ( including 03 Physically challenged candidates), 57 Scheduled Castes (including 02 Physically challenged candidates) and 41 Scheduled Tribes(including 01 Physically Challenged candidate) candidates.</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">2. Appointment to the various Services will be made according to the number of vacancies available with due consideration to the provisions contained in Rules 2 and 19 of the Rules for the Examination and subject to the final decision of the Supreme Court / High Court / C.A.Ts. on the S.L.Ps. / R.As / W.Ps. O.As. pending therein. The number of vacancies reported by the Government for the Indian Administrative Service is 87 (45 General, 22 Other Backward Classes, 14 Scheduled Castes and 06 Scheduled Tribes); for the Indian Foreign Service is 20 (10 General, 06 Other Backward Classes, 02 Scheduled Castes and 02 Scheduled Tribes); for the Indian Police Service is 103 (51 General, 27 Other Backward Classes, 08 Scheduled Castes and 17 Scheduled Tribes); for the Central Services Group ‘A’ is 221 (116 General, 58 Other Backward Classes, 32 Scheduled Castes and 15 Scheduled Tribes) and for Central Services Group ‘B’ is 26(20 General, 04 Other Backward Classes, 01 Scheduled Caste and 01 Scheduled Tribe). This includes 12 vacancies for physically challenged candidates in Indian Administrative Service, Indian Foreign Service and Central Services Group-“A”&amp; “B”.</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;" >Rank: </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">385 </span><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;" >Roll No: </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">157619 </span><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;" >Name: </span><span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">TSHERING ONGDA</span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande;">source: </span><a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://www.threeauthors.com/upsc-exams/upsc-exam-result-cse-final-2005-2006.asp?x=sno"><span style="font-size:85%;">http://www.threeauthors.com/upsc-exams/upsc-exam-result-cse-final-2005-2006.asp?x=sno</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kudos!! Keep the flame burning.<br /><br />We all wish you the very best..<br /></span></span>1info@sikkimese.org (Karma Bhutia)http://blog.sikkimese.org/2007/09/decline-in-state-sex-ratio.htmlFri, 7 Sep 2007 16:59:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329295786045733990.post-763603402608494916<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivhbxmja-L4eo3jKFL9YocoMuQyENgvGU0IugoK0Np7KlWsOnqwGmfFtrCDa4a5nt5AC83pPla7YBFtza6wsjBMKO-hZjL70yFdAZtIFxDCM0PC_o8ovVzh38n0rtZJ-vWZY0Dl_EDi2Y/s1600-h/Population-Totals-Sikkim.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivhbxmja-L4eo3jKFL9YocoMuQyENgvGU0IugoK0Np7KlWsOnqwGmfFtrCDa4a5nt5AC83pPla7YBFtza6wsjBMKO-hZjL70yFdAZtIFxDCM0PC_o8ovVzh38n0rtZJ-vWZY0Dl_EDi2Y/s400/Population-Totals-Sikkim.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107423147513547778" /></a><br /><br />The 2001 Census recorded 875 as the state Sex Ratio (the number of females per 1000 males). <a href="http://www.censusindia.net/profiles/sik.html">It’s a decline from 878 recorded in the previous census in 1991.</a> While the state does us proud in terms of increase in the literacy rate, the slight decline in the sex ratio somewhat concerns…<br /><br />We seem to stand much below the national average of 933, which is an improvement of 6 points over 927 recorded in 1991. Like the 1991 Census, the highest sex ratio (1058) was reported in Kerala and Haryana (861) the lowest.<br /><br />The numbers recorded in Haryana doesn’t surprise me at all. We all have read and seen so much about the <strong>female foeticide </strong>in the states like Haryana, Punjab, Bihar and UP from decades. Unfortunately, we know its nothing but the repercussions of the heinous crime committed decades ago, which sadly still continues.<br /><br />But the question that comes to me now is – but what about Sikkim? Why so low? Why the decline? <br />We have never heard of female foeticide in our state! Nor I think any such case has been reported so far. This just makes me vaguely wonder if this atrocious crime is also happening at our homes covertly.1info@sikkimese.org (Karma Bhutia)http://blog.sikkimese.org/2007/07/democracy-101-of-by-for-its-people.htmlDemocracy 101 :: OF | BY | FOR - it's people {Sikkimese - Style}Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:14:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329295786045733990.post-3773289554830011009<p align="center"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/125px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png"><img style="WIDTH: 147px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 205px" height="322" alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/125px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png" border="0" /></a></p><br /><br />The Preamble to the Indian Constitution, summarizes the aim and objective of the Constitution:<br /><br />"<span style="color:#ff6600;"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">WE THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to Constitute India into a Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic Republic and to secure to all its citizens:</span></em><br /><br /></span><span style="color:#ff6600;"><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">JUSTICE, social, economic and political;<br />LIBERTY, of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship;<br />EQUALITY, of status and of opportunity; and to promote among them all;<br />FRATERNITY, assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the nation;<br /></span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family:times new roman;">IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this 26th day of November, 1949, do HEREBY ADOPT, INACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION.</span></em></span>"<br /><br /><strong>The Preamble to our Constitution serves two purposes: -<br /></strong><span style="color:#6600cc;">a) It indicates the source from which the Constitution derives its authority;<br />b) It also states the objects, which the Constitution seeks to establish and promote.</span><br /><br /><strong>Representation/Proportionment:</strong><br />Members are elected by the Legislative Assembly of Each State. Seats are fixed for each state on the basis of its population, and not equality. The numbers of seats as of 2006; according to the <a href="http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/AlphabeticalList.asp" target="_blank">official website</a> are:<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajya_Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> [Upper House]: <strong><span style="color:#6600cc;">242</span></strong> members<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lok_Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> [Lower House]: <strong><span style="color:#6600cc;">545</span></strong> members<br /><br />Total strength of both houses of Parliament = <strong><span style="color:#6600cc;">787</span></strong> representatives<br /><br />Sikkim has only <strong><span style="color:#6600cc;">2</span></strong> representative; <strong><span style="color:#6600cc;">1</span></strong> each in both the houses of Parliament based on its population of <a href="http://www.censusindia.net/profiles/sik.html">540,493</a>.<br /><br />Looking at those figures it is <strong><span style="color:#6600cc;">NOT</span></strong> that hard to imagine; how our issues are hardpressed getting noticed in the corridors of powers in our nation of <a href="http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/National_Summary/National_Summary_DataPage.aspx">1,028,610,328</a> people???<br /><br />Another significant barometer of SIKKIM's relative obscurity is to analyse how much airtime issues concerning SIKKIM get on News Broadcast Channels.<br /><br />Generally you learn that - "<strong><em><span style="color:#006600;">NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS</span></em></strong>" and I subscribe to that perspective but only when everything is <em>honky dory;</em> BUT sometimes we have issues that need a little more visibility than it is afforded to it on the mainstream media.<br /><br />Well it all boils down to - the hard fact of how? we are <strong>NOT</strong> that significant as far as Indian national <strong>POLITY</strong> is concerned; and the numbers are there to prove it. Hence, we are forever relying on the sympathies of someone else in <em><strong>DELHI</strong></em> to take up our causes'.<br /><br />Another anomaly of the same phenemenon is that; MP's [Members of Parliamant] from Sikkim always side up with whichever party is in power at the <strong>CENTRAL</strong> Government. This must be a phenomenon unique to Sikkim. It definitely shows our politicians and "We" Sikkimese in poor light as far as political maturity is concerned; illustrating we do not have any political agenda/identity/idealogy/affiliation and principle. The politicians will call it a compulsion but the truth is that those <strong><span style="color:#6600cc;">2</span></strong> seats are so insignificant that noone takes it seriously among the <strong><span style="color:#6600cc;">785</span></strong> other seats.<br /><br />Don't lose hope.. Yet!! There is a remedy to the situation; though it is sometime in the future. If we have to change this prevailing scenario then we need to find a powerful voice <strong>by-of-from</strong> Sikkim to represent us at Parliament; a voice that can <strong><em>lead</em></strong>, <strong><em>motivate</em></strong> and <strong><em>move</em></strong> the masses at the National level. That day my friend is visibility for Sikkim.<br /><br />"<em><span style="color:#ff6600;"><strong>ONE DAY OUR GENERATION - IS GONNA RULE THE POPULATION</strong></span></em>"-- John Mayer3info@sikkimese.org (Karma Bhutia)http://blog.sikkimese.org/2007/07/planet-in-peril-cnn-ac-360-special.htmlCNN Anderson Cooper 360 Planet in PerilMon, 23 Jul 2007 14:36:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329295786045733990.post-8006552166099909832<a href="http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2007/planet.in.peril" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">CNN Anderson Cooper 360 Special - Planet in Peril</span></strong></a><br /><br />"<em><span style="font-family:arial;color:#666666;"><strong>If you've been wondering why we're going to such great lengths -- and distances -- to tell the stories of threats to our planet and its inhabitants, now we can finally tell you.</strong></span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;color:#660000;"></span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff6600;"><strong>We'll take you around the globe and show you how all of these threats aren't just future predictions but instead are happening right before our eyes. Through reports from Anderson Cooper, wildlife biologist Jeff Corwin and Dr. Sanjay Gupta, you'll meet the people working to address these issues; you'll also see a shadowy world of wildlife trading where billions of dollars, and lives, are at stake.</strong></span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family:arial;color:#660000;"></span></em><br /><em><strong><span style="color:#6600cc;"><span style="font-family:arial;">It will air on CNN October 23rd and 24th</span>.</span></strong></em>"<br /><br /><div align="right">-- By <a href="http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/anderson.cooper.360/blog/2007/07/planet-in-peril.html" target="_blank">Charlie Moore, "360" Senior Producer</a></div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">Those of you who watch Anderson Cooper on CNN - 360; this is an opportunity to watch the Planet in Peril segment of the show in full episode formats. Coming to you on the 23rd and 24th of October. Please watch.</div><div align="left"> </div><div align="left">The threats to our planets are not somewhere/sometime in the future. It is a CLEAR &amp; PRESENT danger and is heppenning right before our eyes.</div>0info@sikkimese.org (Karma Bhutia)http://blog.sikkimese.org/2007/07/1787-ad-teesta-changes-course.htmlTeesta changes course Landslides aboundSat, 21 Jul 2007 21:02:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329295786045733990.post-1759170511120023680<span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(153,51,0)font-size:100%;" ><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">"<span style="color:#ff0000;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,51,0);font-family:lucida grande;" >Tista is notorious for changing courses. The excessive rains of 1787 caused heavy floods in Tista valley and the river instead of following the original course to meet the Ganga River directly, changed its original course and captured a minor river, Ghaghat......</span> </span></span></span></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" ><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,51,0);font-size:11;" ><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;"></span></span></span><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italicfont-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;" ><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,51,0);font-size:11;" ><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:100%;color:#009900;">......As long as the river gradient and the mountain slopes are in a state of balance, the incidents of landslides are minimized. However, <span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,153)">whenever due to natural or anthropogenic reasons if this precarious balance is upset a landslide starts</span>. A river that changes course frequently is bound to erode the toe of the mountains along the new course and lead to landslides.</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(153,51,0)"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">"<br /><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(153,51,0)"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"></span></span></span><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >source - <a href="http://www.boloji.com/environment/75.htm">V K Joshi</a> </span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(153,51,0)font-size:100%;" ><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"></span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(153,51,0)font-size:100%;" ><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:11;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color:#006600;"><strong>In the year 1787 AD approximately 220 year ago Teesta changed her course. It will again in the future and is "<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">notorious</span>" for it.</strong></span><br /><br /></span><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2005/09/27/1469741.htm"><span style="font-size:100%;">September 2005</span></a><span style="font-size:100%;"> another landslide claimed 15 lives - among them 10 locals and 5 members of a climbing expedition.<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></span>0info@sikkimese.org (Karma Bhutia)http://blog.sikkimese.org/2007/07/landslide-relief-camps-ganesh-tok-might.htmlLandSlide RELIEF CAMP Ganesh TokFri, 20 Jul 2007 14:36:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329295786045733990.post-7258047660569951582<strong><span style="font-size:85%;">"<em><u><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0)">Is this the real life - Is this just fantasy - Caught in a LANDSLIDE; </span></u></em></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:85%;"><em><u><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0)">No escape from reality- Open your eyes - Look up to the skies and see.</span></u></em>"</span></strong><br /><div align="right"><strong><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0);font-size:85%;" >- Bohemian Rhapsody - QUEEN</span></strong></div><strong></strong><br /><strong><u>25 families have been evacuated in the past few days from Upper Chandmari.</u> </strong><br /><br /><strong>RELIEF CAMPS</strong> are setup at panchayat office complex, Enchey School premises and the Doordarshan complex in Chandmari. Ganesh Tok also faces the danger of being washed away.<br /><br />Does it sound like the Sikkim you know??? Did you ever imagine <strong>RELIEF CAMPS</strong> in <em>Su-khim</em>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070717/asp/northeast/story_8067554.asp">Mother Nature is definitely cross with the way we are treating the planet that she decided to shower incessantly and wreak havoc; triggering landslides and blocking roads in several parts of the state. </a><br /><br />The districts [Gyalsing/Namchi/Mangan/Gangtok] are SILOS onto themselves; cut off from each other logistically and paralysing communication.<br /><br />"<em><a href="http://www.sikkimtimes.com/News/Sikkim-districts-out-of-bounds.html">More than 15 landslips on state highways have cut off South and West Sikkim from the rest of the state. Rabongla remains inaccessible from all sides. </a></em><br /><br /><em><a href="http://www.sikkimtimes.com/News/Sikkim-districts-out-of-bounds.html">Gyalshing remains cut off because of landslides near Tashiding Fatak, close to Legship.</a></em><em>" </em><em>Source - SikkimTimes.com</em><br /><br />Landslides have cut off Singtam Dikchu Road in east Sikkim. Chungthang, remained cut off from Mangan.<br /><br />National Highway 31A was blocked with slush/debris for several hours at 20 Mile between Singtam and Rangpo.<a href="http://www.sikkimtimes.com/News/NH-due-to-landslide.html"> About 500 vehicles were stranded throughout the day on the 16th of July 2007</a>.<br /><br />The road at Indira Bypass at Lower Sichey has caved in. <a href="http://sikkimnews.blogspot.com/2007/06/gangtok-amdogolai-landslide-slips-again.html">This is in addition to the landslide at Amdo Golai last month which had already left the Bypass closed to traffic</a>.<br /><br />Are we PREPARED???<br /><br /><a href="http://www.geocities.com/allentownchess/terms.html">POST MORTEM</a> is all we are good at; we never are <a href="http://www.pfmt.org/aesthetics/glossary.htm">PRO-ACTIVE</a> and we never initiate preventive measures. In many ways we are akin to the BIG Pharma companies producing medicines to fight existing DISEASES but never produce medicines to PREVENT those DISEASES {maybe except for pregnancy :)}. Preventive medicine is left to holistic healers/Yoga/Sadhu/Babas/ under the ambit of <a href="http://www.healthinsurancesort.com/health-insurance-terms.htm">alternative medicine</a>. Somewhere; somehow - economics and commerce dictate the path they take and choices they make.<br /><br />Among the 4 major <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_landslides">causes of landslide</a> listed namely Geological, Morphological, Physical and Human causes; the Human causes makes the most interesting reading:<br /><ul><li><strong>Excavation</strong></li><li>Loading</li><li>Drawdown</li><li><strong>Land use change</strong></li><li><strong>Water management</strong></li><li><strong>Mining</strong></li><li><strong>Quarrying</strong></li><li><strong>Vibration</strong></li><li>Water leakage</li></ul><p>Hmmmm....!!!! </p><br /><a href="http://lh3.google.co.uk/sikkimese.org/RoziWH_S_TI/AAAAAAAAAFo/q2_xnOvngLk/s400/IMG_1911.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 400px" alt="" src="http://lh3.google.co.uk/sikkimese.org/RoziWH_S_TI/AAAAAAAAAFo/q2_xnOvngLk/s400/IMG_1911.JPG" border="0" /></a>0info@sikkimese.org (Karma Bhutia)http://blog.sikkimese.org/2007/07/weepingsikkim-wrote.htmlFri, 20 Jul 2007 14:21:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329295786045733990.post-8119430244289924929<span ><em><span style="font-size:85%;">"The sense of development of the the present policy makers is much to be desired and it is scarySikkim does not need a broad gauge train. As it is the monsoons cause havoc and the roads keep getting blocked. </span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">I am sure there will be major accidents. </span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">Rangpo will be like any other train station in India with the typical calls and cries of " chai"..."chai"......hordes of people coming in for god know what........Maybe this train service will do to Sikkim what the Beijing Train service did.....I mean..why cant we have a toy train service.....like the Kalka Simla or the Darjeeling one. I dont see nay logic in a Broad Gauge service to Sikkim and to Nathula, they must be crazy!As for the tunnel, what can i say. </span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:85%;">The President of the Sikkim Chamber of Commerce only cares for the moneyy, not the fragile ecology. Looks like he's very inspired by the Chinese feat of Engineering. A tunnel to Yakthung!!!!!!!!!!!ha !! ha!!! ha!!! ha!!!!!!I'm seriously going crazy in this place!!! Nobody wants to tALK SENSE ANYMORE!!!" </span></em><br /><br />-Please visit </span><a href="http://weepingsikkim.blogspot.com/"><span >http://weepingsikkim.blogspot.com/</span></a><span > to get the latest on the ACT [Affected Citizens of Teesta] indefinite hunger strike.</span>0info@sikkimese.org (Karma Bhutia)http://blog.sikkimese.org/2007/07/rail-connectivity-worth-thought.htmlSikkime Rail connectivityFri, 6 Jul 2007 14:45:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329295786045733990.post-9122679293464277633While I see no tangible outcome of the protest against the hyel power project, the mere thought about another ubranization leap in the pipeline has started bothering me. The initiative of connecting Sikkim with the broad gauge railway network to West Bengal sounds promising. Well the thought of further extending the railway link upto Nathula sounds even more promising. But I wonder, what surprises it might bring along...<br /><br />The Union Minister of State for Railways, R Velu during his recent vist to Gangtok claimed that the railway project for Sikkim - West Bengal link is on the advanced stage of submission to the Central Railways Board. This would definitely bring down the cost of transportation, leading to some industrial growth and tourism benefits, but I wonder if the due diligence has been done in terms of geological research and survey.<br />The road that has been carved in the fragile Himalayas suffer innumerable landslides every monsoon, so I wonder if the same terrain can bear the construction of the broad gauge railway track.<br /><br />What I find even more concerning is the proposition to construct the direct tunnel between Gangtok and Yatung (located in Tibetan Autonomous Region) in order to make the all weather, safe and shortest route as a part of the Indo-China connectivity initiative. <a href="http://www.tistarangit.com/english/news_detl_e.php?pid=50">The Sikkim Chamber of Commerce (SCC) President quotes that the tunneling will not affect the over land fragile environment as everything will be underground. </a>I admire the faith that's being reflected by the SCC on the world class technologies.<br /><br />We are aware of the high-end technology and machineries used for tunneling the hard rock. But here we are talking about tunneling in the terrain that literally permits only G +2 wooden constrution? Is it possible to build a 20 km long tunnel through the soft rock? I wonder...<br /><br />We are already observing the changes in climate drastically - higher temperature and change in rain pattern being the most evident ones. We are seeing multi-storey buildings tilting and collapsing during monsoons every year. I can't even begin to imagine the possible natural disasters that might come as a bonus to this developmental leap. Its high time we stop playing blind...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.wtc2008.org/index.html">The Central Board of Irrigation and Power and Tunnelling Association of India is organizing the World Tunnel Congress “Underground Facilities for Better Environment & Safety” &amp; 34th General Assembly of ITA-AITES in September, 2008 at Agra.</a> The objective is to provide a forum for exchange of information on the new practices and technologies to ensure sustainable life for future societies.<br />Hope such initiatives make some difference. Hope we'd be able to reach a healthy balance between development and sustainability soon...1info@sikkimese.org (Karma Bhutia)http://blog.sikkimese.org/2007/07/business-real-estate-designation.htmlSikkim Fight for Real EstateThu, 5 Jul 2007 00:41:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329295786045733990.post-6133327919421139113<span style="font-family:georgia;color:#333333;"><strong>REAL ESTATE - CLASSIFIEDS</strong></span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#333333;"><strong>WANTED</strong></span>:- <span style="color:#666666;"><em>arable/agricultural LAND that can nurture and sustain approximately </em></span><a href="http://www.censusindia.net/scstmain/dh_st_sikkim.pdf"><span style="color:#666666;"><em>40568</em></span></a><span style="color:#666666;"><em> people of a </em></span><a href="http://www.textbookx.com/detail-book-8120706854.html"><span style="color:#666666;"><em>Vanishing Tribe</em></span></a><span style="color:#666666;"><em> that are on the verge of displacement and extinction due to the construction of a Hydro electricity project in their backyard. </em></span></li></ul><em><span style="color:#666666;"></span></em><p>Not to trivialize the issue but I tried to identify the root cause of the problem faced with both sides of the debate - FOR and AGAINST the construction of the <a href="http://projects.indiatimes.com/default.asp?t=1&stext=Sikkim&amp;stype=3">PANAN Hydel Project</a>. After much deliberation and scratching my head for long periods; I conclude that Sikkim is just another piece of real estate that has to be explored and exploited.<br /><br />And the problem gets acute if the real estate happens to be PRIME & STRATEGIC one as is the case of Sikkim as a whole and Dzongu in particular the last bastion of the "ravine folk" or RongPa' or the Lepchas'.<br /><br />Ironically this piece of land which this website claims and I quote "<em><a href="http://sikkim.nic.in/south/peoples.htm">The Government has reserved the Dzongu area, in North and Central Sikkim for Lepchas only ,to preserve this vanishing tribe</a></em>" is almost being brought to its demise.<br /><br />The question to ask is; what is the price you would put on a piece of prime real estate which would immediately displace its current inhabitants/tenants and eventually drive them to extinction?<br /><br />Charles Darwin and his theories be DAMned and THANKS to the powers that be we the citizens of the world and Sikkim in particular can witness the destruction and extinction of an entire species of the an indigenous people. I think we live in amazing times where the greed of a few can spell extinction for a whole people. I think this would make good Reality TV. Hello! <em>Endemol</em> Listening????<br /><br />Like I heard it before "<em>Nature can provide for mankind's every <strong>NEED</strong> but never for his <strong>GREED</strong></em>"; well that does sum up.<br /><br />I know there are those who will talk about the merits of the DAM being built for the greater common good. The question <em>IS</em> and always <em>HAS</em> been; FORGET the "greater" or "common"; atleast start with the 'good' first. And if the intentions were not noble to start with then what is the point?</p>0info@sikkimese.org (Karma Bhutia)http://blog.sikkimese.org/2007/07/please-remember-its-our-sikkim.htmlSupreme Court Sikkim Ruling EnvironmentTue, 3 Jul 2007 22:41:00 +0530tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3329295786045733990.post-6992151938075287956<span style="font-family:courier new;color:#ff6600;"><strong>Despite many initative, the quality of the urban and rural enviroment continues to decline. The root cause of this problem is the slack performance of the enforcement agencies. </strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Recently, the Supreme Court Lamented :" <em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#9999ff;"><strong>if the mere enactment of the laws relating to the protection of enviroment was to ensure a clean and pollution free enviroment, then India would, perhaps, be the least polluted country in the world. But, this is not so. There are stated to be over 200 central and state statues which have at least some concern the enviromental protection, either directly or inderectly. The plethora of such enactment has unfortunately, not resulted in preventing enviromental degradation which, on the contrary, has increased over years</strong></span></em>"</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We the people of "SIKKIM" might be oblivious about this fact, that although Courts are ill-equipped to take over enforcement functions, the dismal performance of Governmental agencies has compelled a higher judiciary to secure compliance through Public Interest Litigation.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#ff6600;"><strong>The only thing that is ' Constant' in this world is change, forget the question ' ARE WE READY' rather stress on 'DO WE REALLY' need change.????????????</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The enviroment is not just pretty trees and tigers, threatened plants and eco system. It is literally the entity on which we all subsists , and on which the entire agriculture and industrial development depends. Development can take place at the cost of the enviroment only Until a point. Beyond that point it will be like the foolish man who was trying to cut the very branch on which he was sitting.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:0;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="color:#009900;"><strong>DRAMATIC EXAMPLES</strong> of changes can be seen where man has altered the course of nature. It is vividly evident in his well- intentioned but poorly thought out tampering with river and lake ecosystem . The 'ASWAN DAM' was primarily built to generate electric power. It produced power, but it also reduced the fish population in the mediterranean, increased the number of disease bearing aquatic snails and markedly lowered the fertility of the NILE VALLEY.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;color:#6600cc;"><strong>NOW LETS TALK ABOUT URBANISATION......................... SHALL WE???????????</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Many people prefer to call the urban migrants economic refugees from the countryside. But, in fact many of them are really ecological refugees, displaced by dams, by mines, by deforestation,by destruction of grazing land, by floods, by drought, by urban expansion and what not. We have today the world's 4th largest urban population. Before the end of the century we will be the largest.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br />A cognizance of eco system services, expressed in terms of their loss, dates back at least to Plato and probably much earlier:<br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;"><em>what now remains of the formerly rich land is like the skeleton of a sick man with all the fat and soft earth wasted away and only the bare frame work remaining. Formerly, many of the mountains were arable. The plains that were once covered with forest and produces abundant pasture now produce only food for bees. Once, the land was enriched by yearly rains, which were not lost, as they are now, by flowing from the bare land into the sea. The soil was deep, it absorbed and kept the water and the water that soaked into the hills fed springs and running streams everywhere. Now the abondoned shrines at spots where formerly there were springs atleast that our description of the land is true</em></span><br /><br /><strong>I quote:</strong><br /><br />"<em><span style="font-family:arial;"> thy shall not shift into someones shoes, to be someone famous ..... someone known.... someone great.... thy shall still be recognised, by being what you are.... thy don't need to change thy shoes, to walk through the lane of fame and success...........</span></em>0info@sikkimese.org (Karma Bhutia)