Inception of kh-yim

"It is not how much you do, but how much love you put in the doing."

That's the inspiration.

They say the first few moments/the first few steps are the most difficult/crucial in everything we do; and so is this start of kh-yim.

The name "kh-yim" was researched and sourced from wikipedia:
[The most widely accepted origin of the name Sikkim is that it is a combination of two words in the Limbu Su, which means "new", and Khyim, which means "palace" or house, in reference to the palace built by the state's first ruler, Phuntsok Namgyal. - SOURCE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikkim]

Invariably kh-yim means house/home in BHUTIA also.

START: Chung has the responsibility for the construction of kh-yim and she has started demolishing the wall that ran through the center of the floor and creating an open space to start with.

The windows have been brought down from wall and there is nothing looking down on MG MARG.

This is what the old building looked like abour 5 years ago:



















kh-yim will be located on the 2nd floor above the white colored Dr. Hanuman P. Marda floor.

On the left is the Oriental Hotel and the right is the CITIZEN showroom.

In 2006 the building got its much needed repair and later after much renovation and painting it looked like this: