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Pride of Bhutan

The Pride of Bhutan

What is Bhutan proud of? It is a simple question but which I believe has a complex answer. We can give a numerous definition to this small land locked Himalayan kingdom like any other countries. But there is a growing concern in the international arena to have a closer look to this last Shangri-La.

Ever since the resettlement process of the Bhutanese refugees kicked off our fellow Bhutanese have encountered several questions raised by the citizens of the host countries. The exchange of names is mostly followed by a question `Where are you from`? And like a primary school children we say ´from Bhutan´. Bhutan ? Where is it? What is it? Infinite question shoots out like bullets from a machine gun and the recently resettled Bhutanese seems astonished to know that more than 70% of the world population is unaware of the existence of this tiny Himalayan country.

As a bonafide Bhutanese nationals we know the past, present, and to some extent the future of Bhutan but what if someone ask you a question What is Bhutan 's pride? To my opinion there are three possible answers 1. Archery 2. Hydro Power Plants and 3.Gross National Happiness. To the outsiders these three different prides of Bhutan sounds interesting when they hear the government version through the government representative. This is just an attempt to explain the readers how these three prides look like from the eyes of the Bhutanese refugees and the Bhutanese suppressed with in Bhutan .

Archery

The exact origins of archery cannot be traced, as there are examples of bows and arrows being used throughout the history by the deities and heroes of the world since time immemorial .Although there are several legends describing how bows and arrows were used as primary weapons to destroy anti-dharmic forces of evil. Since the declaration of Archery as national game in 1971 there has not been any significant development in practice and in the numbers of the participants. Archery in Bhutan today is rapidly turning elitist since few people can afford to use mechanized equipment. Only 10% of the population comprising of ruling elites and their subordinates are engaged in this sport other 90% do not know when, how and where it is played. I can still remember in 1989 the southern Bhutanese children were severely beaten by the Royal Bhutan Police while practicing Archery in Chirang district .Thus we cannot consider elite's sport as pride of Bhutan.

Hydro Power Plant

The present installed capacity of mainly run-of-river type hydro power feeding into the grid is 1,480 MW. However, during the lean season (winter months: November through April) the generation capability goes down to about 350 MW. Tala (1,020 MW), Chhukha (336 MW) and Kurichchu (60MW) can be identified as the major contributors to the generation capacity. In addition to these large hydro power stations, there are some mini and micro hydro power stations providing a combined generation capacity of about eight MW to 16 MW.

Approximately 87% of the country's generated hydro energy is exported to India . The power generated by mini and micro hydro power station is used by the government officers to illuminate their buildings. In most of the villages in Bhutan there is no power supply system and firewood has been the major source of energy for a large number of rural and urban households in Bhutan . Every night in Bhutan to stay warm a fire has to be started; to do this one should also have to collect fire wood every day. The only way to get heat is through a fire. You have to take your lantern with you everywhere you go just to see a couple feet in front of you. In the villages in Bhutan there is no electricity in schools and health post. The school children in most of the villages do their homework or assignments with the help of oil lamp or burning firewood. Pregnant women admitted in the basic health units in the rural areas often die due to the absence of electricity to keep them worm after delivery. Telecommunication has remained a far cry in Bhutan 's remote areas.

Gross National Happiness (GNH)

The term Gross National Happiness is desperately used by the Bhutanese government in order to hoodwink the entire world. Resettled Bhutanese and the Bhutanese in the refugee camps in Nepal are the direct result of the so called Gross National Happiness.

Jigme Y Thinley saw a dog smiling in the street of Bhutan but turned a blind eye to look up the tears shaded by the fellow citizens. He believes when a dog smiles the Bhutanese are just content and happy as the dog. How happy are the dogs in Bhutan ? We have seen with our naked eyes how the Royal Bhutanese Army was having shooting practice aiming at the domestic animals belonging to the southern Bhutanese.

Happiness for a Bhutanese means ability to conceptualize, implement, and express in a free manner. It means freedom to explore potentials and get equal chance to be recognized for ones actions. It means seek answers for random questions that come in mind every day. It means nurture a dream of happiness, hope, success and prosperity.

Bhutanese citizens in the rural areas are having a hard life without proper basic requirements. The rural areas in Bhutan are poverty stricken and saddled with largely inefficient and corrupt government servants, a situation which has worsened since the launch of nationwide peaceful movement demanding equal justice and human rights in 1990. Nobody turns a stone to address the villagers' health problems. Most of them live in two-storey homes, with their livestock on the first floor. The living quarters are generally one room heated by a central fire to protect them from the cold air emanating from the Himalayas , family members often sleep on small straw mat on the dirt floors. These subsistence farmers have to take a long walk in order to collect water and firewood. They are constantly exposed to the strong winds and dust. These folks are completely without medical facilities and there is a high rate of infant and child mortality mainly due to infectious diseases.

Urban areas have a different story to share. Educated youths are left jobless; recently the unemployment graph has reached its peak. Most recently the unemployed and frustrated Bhutanese youths are indulged in drugs trafficking in the Indo-Bhutanese boarder in order to eke out their living. Prostitution is going unchecked in the border towns like phuntsholing, Samchi and Gaylegphu.

The direct result of the so called Gross National Happiness can be seen in Jaigoan, West Bengal (Indian town bordering to Bhutan) where thousands of depressed Bhutanese have rented apartments.90% of them have left Bhutan in search of jobs and opportunities and 10% from them say that the house rent in Bhutan is too high for their income. The question again ‘What is Bhutan proud of`?

 

Ashok Budathoki

Munich, Germany

 

 

 

 

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Eat Rite in Bible and Quran

The Bible mentions Eat 617 times and the Quran 70 times.

Eat in the Bible:

The beginning was not encouraging:

Genesis 3:17

To Adam he said, "Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will Eat of it all the days of your life.

Genesis 3:18

It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will Eat the plants of the field.

Genesis 3:19

By the sweat of your brow you will Eat your food

Because of Jacob hip, the tendon attached to the socket of the hip is banned

Genesis 32:32

Therefore to this day the Israelites do not Eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob's hip was touched near the tendon.

Benjamin is a ravenous wolf devours the prey and divides the plunder.

Genesis 49:27

"Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder."

The Bible declares Racism even for food.

Exodus 12:43

No foreigner is to Eat of it.

Kill anyone who is Eats any meat of the fellowship offering belonging to the LORD.

Leviticus 7:20

But if anyone who is unclean Eats any meat of the fellowship offering belonging to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.

Leviticus 7:21

If anyone touches something unclean—whether human uncleanness or an unclean animal or any unclean, detestable thing—and then Eats any of the meat of the fellowship offering belonging to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.' "

Eat locust, katydid, cricket and/or grasshopper.

Leviticus 11:22

Of these you may Eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket or grasshopper.

Why they are detestable?

Leviticus 11:42

You are not to Eat any creature that moves about on the ground, whether it moves on its belly or walks on all fours or on many feet; it is detestable.

Kill anyone who Eats blood.

The life of every creature is its blood

Do not Eat the blood of any creature

This verse contradicts very much with the sciences. The life of every creature is not in blood. Some creatures that we Eat are bloodless e.g. the fungus(Mushroom).

Leviticus 17:14

Because the life of every creature is its blood. That is why I have said to the Israelites, "You must not Eat the blood of any creature, because the life of every creature is its blood; anyone who Eats it must be cut off."

Deuteronomy 12:23

But be sure you do not Eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not Eat the life with the meat.

Ezekiel 33:25

Therefore say to them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Since you Eat meat with the blood still in it and look to your idols and shed blood, should you then possess the land?

Eat the flesh of your sons and your daughters

Eat the fruit of the womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters

Fathers will Eat their children, and children will Eat their fathers.

Leviticus 26:29

You will Eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters.

Numbers 23:24

The people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion that does not rest till he devours his prey and drinks the blood of his victims."

Deuteronomy 28:53

… You will Eat the fruit of the womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters…

Numbers 24:8

They devour hostile nations and break their bones in pieces;

Deuteronomy 32:42

I will make my arrows drunk with blood, while my sword devours flesh: the blood of the slain and the captives, the heads of the enemy leaders."

Psalm 27:2

When evil men advance against me to devour my flesh, when my enemies and my foes attack me, they will stumble and fall.

Psalm 53:4

Will the evildoers never learn— those who devour my people as men Eat bread and who do not call on God?

Proverbs 30:14

those whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are set with knives to devour the poor from the earth, the needy from among mankind.

Isaiah 9:20

On the right they will devour, but still be hungry; on the left they will Eat, but not be satisfied. Each will feed on the flesh of his own offspring :

Lamentations 2:20

"Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have you ever treated like this? Should women Eat their offspring, the children they have cared for? Should priest and prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?

Ezekiel 5:10

Therefore in your midst fathers will Eat their children, and children will Eat their fathers. I will inflict punishment on you and will scatter all your survivors to the winds.

Ezekiel 39:18

You will Eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as if they were rams and lambs, goats and bulls—all of them fattened animals from Bashan.

Habakkuk 3:14

With his own spear you pierced his head when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though about to devour the wretched who were in hiding.

Galatians 5:15

If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.

Revelation 19:18

so that you may Eat the flesh of kings, generals, and mighty men, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, small and great."

Eat their own filth and drink their own urine

2 Kings 18:27

… who, like you, will have to Eat their own filth and drink their own urine?"

Isaiah 36:12

… who, like you, will have to Eat their own filth and drink their own urine?"

Is the stomach of the wicked (only) goes hungry?

Proverbs 13:25

The righteous Eat to their hearts' content, but the stomach of the wicked goes hungry.

Do not Eat the food of a stingy man

Proverbs 23:6

Do not Eat the food of a stingy man, do not crave his delicacies;

The lion will Eat straw like the ox, but dust will be the serpent's food

Here is another verse that contradicts with the sciences.

The lion does not Eat straw and the serpent's food is not the dust.

Isaiah 65:25

The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will Eat straw like the ox, but dust will be the serpent's food.

The carcasses of people are food for the birds and the beasts

Jeremiah 7:33

Then the carcasses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to frighten them away.

Jeremiah 15:3

"I will send four kinds of destroyers against them," declares the LORD, "the sword to kill and the dogs to drag away and the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy.

Jeremiah 16:4

"They will die of deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried but will be like refuse lying on the ground. They will perish by sword and famine, and their dead bodies will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth."

Jeremiah 34:20

I will hand over to their enemies who seek their lives. Their dead bodies will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.

Ezekiel 39:4

I will give you as food to all kinds of carrion birds and to the wild animals.

They Eat their food in anxiety and drink their water in despair

Ezekiel 12:19

… They will Eat their food in anxiety and drink their water in despair,

Eat fat till you are glutted and drink blood till you are drunk.

Ezekiel 39:19

At the sacrifice I am preparing for you, you will Eat fat till you are glutted and drink blood till you are drunk.

Eat the flesh of Jesus and drink his blood.

This very important theological concept is mentioned only in John.

Matthews, Mark and Luke never said that.

John 6:53

Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, unless you Eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.

John 6:54

Whoever Eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.

John 6:57

Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me.

John 6:58

This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your forefathers ate manna and died, but he who feeds on this bread will live forever."

The faith of the vegetarian is weak

Romans 14:2

One man's faith allows him to Eat everything, but another man, whose faith is weak, Eats only vegetables.

If the dead are not raised, "Let us Eat and drink"

1 Corinthians 15:32

If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for merely human reasons, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised, "Let us Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."

The beast and the ten horns will hate the (naked) prostitute, Eat her flesh and burn her with fire

Revelation 17:16

The beast and the ten horns you saw will hate the prostitute. They will bring her to ruin and leave her naked; they will Eat her flesh and burn her with fire.

The Quran teaches us to Eat in a healthy way and not to be extravagant in Eating.

Eat of what is on earth, lawful and good

Eat of the good things that We have provided for you and be grateful to Allah

Eat of the things which Allah hath provided for you, lawful and good

What the Believers will Eat in the Paradise?

What the Unbelievers will Eat in the Hell?

The Policy of Eating

The Quran teaches us to Eat in a healthy way and not to be extravagant in Eating.

Excess Eating is a very bad habit that causes many medical problems.

This meaning is not found in the Bible.

7:31

O Children of Adam! Wear your beautiful apparel at every time and place of prayer: and Eat and drink and be not extravagant; surely he does not love the extravagant

The Food we are allowed to Eat:

6:121

Eat not of (meats) on which Allah's name hath not been pronounced: that would be impiety. But the evil ones ever inspire their friends to contend with you if ye were to obey them, ye would indeed be Pagans.

16:5

And cattle He has created for you (men): from them ye derive warmth, and numerous benefits, and of their (meat) ye Eat.

16:14

It is He Who has made the sea subject, that ye may Eat thereof flesh that is fresh and tender, and that ye may extract therefrom ornaments to wear, and thou seest the ships therein that plough the waves, that ye may seek (thus) of the bounty of Allah and that ye may be grateful.

16:114

So Eat of the sustenance which Allah has provided for you, lawful and good; and be grateful for the favours of Allah, if it is He Whom ye serve.

23:21

And in cattle (too) ye have an instructive example: from within their bodies We produce (milk) for you to drink; there are, in them, (besides), numerous (other) benefits for you; and of their (meat) ye Eat;

36:33

A Sign for them is the earth that is dead; We do give it life, and produce grain therefrom, of which ye do Eat.

2:168

O ye people! Eat of what is on earth, lawful and good; and do not follow the footsteps of the Evil One, for he is to you an avowed enemy.

2:172

O ye who believe! Eat of the good things that We have provided for you and be grateful to Allah, if it is Him ye worship.

5:88

Eat of the things which Allah hath provided for you, lawful and good; but fear Allah, in Whom ye believe.

22:28

"That they may witness the benefits (provided) for them, and celebrate the name of Allah, through the Days Appointed, over the cattle which He has provided for them (for sacrifice): then Eat ye thereof and feed the distressed ones in want.

What the Believers will Eat in the Paradise?

This meaning is not found in the Bible

43:69-73

[69] (Being) those who have believed in Our Signs and bowed (their wills to Ours) in Islam.

[70] Enter ye the Garden, ye and your wives, in (beauty and) rejoicing.

[71] To them will be passed round, dishes and goblets of gold: there will be there all that the souls could desire, all that the eyes could delight in: and ye shall abide therein (for aye).

[72] Such will be the Garden of which ye are made heirs for your (good) deeds (in life).

[73] Ye shall have therein abundance of fruit, from which ye shall have satisfaction.

52:17-19

[17] As to the Righteous, they will be in Gardens, and in Happiness,

[18] Enjoying the (Bliss) which their Lord hath bestowed on them, and their Lord shall deliver them from the Penalty of the Fire.

[19] (To them will be said:) "Eat and drink ye, with profit and health, because of your (good) deeds."

69:22-24

[22] In a Garden on high,

[23] The Fruits whereof (will hang in bunches) low and near.

[24] "Eat ye and drink ye, with full satisfaction; because of the (good) that ye sent before you, in the days that are gone!"

What the Unbelievers will Eat in the Hell?

This meaning is not found in the Bible.

15:3

Leave them alone, to enjoy (the good things of this life) and to please themselves: let (false) Hope amuse them: soon will knowledge (undeceive them).

2:174

Those who conceal Allah's revelations in the Book, and purchase for them a miserable profit, they swallow into themselves Naught but Fire; Allah will not address them on the Day of Resurrection, nor purify them: grievous will be their Penalty.

56:50-56

[50] "All will certainly be gathered together for the meeting appointed for a Day well-known.

[51] "Then will ye truly, O ye that go wrong, and treat (Truth) as falsehood!

[52] "Ye will surely taste of the Tree of Zaqqum."

[53] "Then will ye fill your insides therewith,

[54] "And drink Boiling Water on top of it:

[55] "Indeed ye shall drink like diseased camels raging with thirst!"

[56] Such will be their entertainment on the Day of Requital!

It follows that man is one of two:

47:12

Verily Allah will admit those who believe and do righteous deeds, to Gardens beneath which rivers flow; while those who reject Allah will enjoy (this world) and Eat as cattle Eat; and the Fire will be their abode.

Back to the main issue of my series of articles; this is my question to you smart readers: "Is the Quran quoted from the Bible"?

About the Author

Professor Dr. Ibrahim Khalil
Prof. of Clinical and Chemical Pathology,
Head of Clinical Microbiology and Infection Control Unit,
Ain-Shams University. Cairo, Egypt.
And,
President of the Egyptian Society of Inventors.
Member of the Egyptian union of Writers

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Ball Trail

Ball fields, playground, walking trails for Landing

ROXBURY TWP. – A long-discussed and anticipated park and ballfield in the Landing section of the township is about to become reality. In April, the Township Council introduced an ordinance authorizing the acquisition of nearly 16 acres of land on Landing Road in Landing.

Camping and Horse Trails in Colorado

The beauty of Colorado is quite inviting to nature lovers everywhere and the miles and miles of scenic trails winding through the state make Colorado even more appealing.  There are thousands of miles of trails in Colorado, ranging from easy to quite challenging and strenuous.  Some trails are designated for hiking and bicycling, while some are used for all terrain vehicles and off-roading.  There are also hundreds of miles of bridle trails winding through the gorgeous landscapes of Colorado.

There are 54 national recreation areas in Colorado that offer several miles of trails for horseback riding, including 6 national parks, as well as 20 Colorado state parks with equestrian trails.  Three US Forest Service campgrounds provide horse camping sites and 2 of Colorado's state parks offer campgrounds with nearby horse corrals.  There are also horses for rent at several of the recreation areas and state parks.

San Isabel National Forest in central Colorado has four designated trails for horseback riding and 2 campgrounds that offer horse sites.  Alvarado Reservation Campground has 3 horse camping sites that allow 8 people each.  Toilets and drinking water from a hand pump are provided and the campground is near the breathtaking and challenging Sangre de Cristo wilderness trails.  Don't forget to carry a Coleman emergency poncho in case you're caught in one of the common afternoon thunderstorms.

The Purgatoire Reservation Campground also accommodates 8 campers with horses and provides a selection of 8 horse camping sites.  Jacks Gulch campground in northern Colorado just west of Fort Collins offers 5 horse camping sites with corrals and several nearby trails for riding.  Visitors to Jacks Gulch can also enjoy bicycling, hiking, fishing, riding ATVs, and observing a variety of wildlife, especially an abundance of birds.

Vega State Park in central Collbran, Colorado has convenient parking for horse trailers with access to hundreds of miles of trails for horseback riding in the Grand Mesa National Forest.  Horse camping is not available in this Colorado state park, but corrals are located next to the rustic cabins and not far from the family campgrounds.  Corrals can be reserved ahead of time.

One of the four developed campgrounds in Colorado State Forest State Park, Brockman Campground, has recently added corral facilities for horse camping.  State Forest State Park offers over 50 miles of trails and roadways that can be used for horseback riding, as well as hiking, bicycling, boating, and fishing opportunities.  This park also has cabin and yurt rentals year round.

If you're interested in camping and horseback riding in Colorado but don't own a horse, both Cherry Creek State Park and Chatfield State Park have stables conveniently located within the facilities that offer guided tours and horse rentals.  Just south of Denver, Cherry Creek State Park is quite popular year round because of its extensive and scenic trails and wide array of amenities, including a marina and a model airplane field.

If you are horse camping in Colorado, it is important to remember that all the horse feed used on state or national grounds must be certified as weed free.  This includes hay and pellets.  Check with the campground or park you plan to camp at ahead of time for other regulations regarding your horse.  Some corrals do not have water so it may be necessary to bring buckets or a hose.

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