flying roofs

When the Cyclone Aila aftermath stuck: The glacial river Punatsangchu flooded in minutes. People where evacuvated. The hostel students of the vocational training institute near the river had their dinner on the national highway. I stay around 200 meteres above the road seen in the picture

This is not a true story: Once upon a time there was a boss who had read animal farm and decided that in the school he runs he would follow the same policy when it came to salary - all teachers are equal, but some are more equal. One day, in a class manuscript magazine an article written by the class teacher contained the following sentences. "We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much for so long with so little. We are now capable of doing anything with nothing." And, the teacher was called by the boss for a friendly talk...

A traditional Bhutanese flying roof which allows the free passage of winds and ghosts. It doesnt trap hot air, neither cold air keeping the house cool in summer and warm in winter

A fresh voice from the backbench. It was Passang Passang - Madam, Yesterday i saw you with a small boy. Me- Yeah, he is my son Passang- It is the first time i am sawing your son

photograph: Main academic block, Ugyen Academy, Punakha, Bhutan. Law mandates that all buildings in the country to follow traditional building styles with paintings of intricate vajrayana buddhist images and... the roof will always be flying From extremist-hit Nagaland and Manipur - bE cOOL - lOVE yOUR dRESS - wHEN iN pRAYER tHINK gOD nOT gUNS from newly democratic Kingdom of Bhutan, the last Bastion of Tantric Himalayan Buddhism - hOW tO iNHALE hAPPYNESS eVEN wHEN pISSED oFF - nOBODY iS a sINNER - tEACHING iS lIKE tHE raIN, iT nURTURES tHE lEAVES aND tHE rOOTS -jESUS sHOULD lEAVE hIS sANDALS wHEN eNTERING tHE bUDDHA'S hOUSE -wORK wHILE yOU pLAY aND pLAY wHILE yOU wORK