I wasn't surprised by this beautiful catchphrase "Spent Less, Saved More" on the eve of 2021 by BBC. It was intended for two good reasons. Firstly unlike other years 2020 was horrible with exponential spending. Secondly it talks about the importance of saving culture.
It also meant to caution people on eating habits, buying habits, spending habits, cooking habits, dieting habits and wasting habits. The limited resources are getting depleted overly in the hand of gruesome people. However, given the power of this mainstream channel, I am sure everyone must have realized the value of resources –both natural and man-made need care and need to be preserved.
Bhutanese complaining on skyrocketed prices on consumer goods is a reality. As a dependent society we must realize that every material and consumer goods comes with heavy cost and sacrifice. Recently I came across two very interesting Kunesel headlines. One says 'CFM vendors fight for chillies' and other states 'lack of coordination amongst officials impacts farmers' '. I could see nothing but a rally for a very inefficient system in place for a small nation. Such issues have been going on for quite some time. It needs some serious change. We need good players on the ground that can bulldoze the change we look for and not merely in the office cubicle.
Due to the pandemic, many developed nations, which are geographically blessed and laboriously powerful, were left bemused by the chaos of insufficient food supply is a lesson especially for Bhutanese people, who survive in the hands or sacrifice of our Indian farmers. It is a warning that the worst is not yet seen.
This is no joke.
Therefore, we need to be extremely careful in every single grain we consume. We need to make sure no food we prepare goes to waste. Remember cooking, eating and storing the right amount would save others from starvation.
So, let us learn to "save more, spend less" is more than the BBC slogan.
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