Category: Culture

Americans are free to chase happiness, but too few of us actually achieve it. The answer is in knowing how—and where to look By Jeffrey Kluger If you’re an American and you’re not having fun, it just might be your own fault. Our long national expedition is entering its...

By Vishal Arora The South Asian nation of Bhutan has been rocked by a sexual abuse scandal in which young Buddhist monks molested by older monks fled their monastery and reported the abuse to journalists. While rumors about child sexual abuse in monasteries have swirled around this tiny Buddhist...

South Australian parliamentarian Zoe Bettison has expressed happiness over the progress Bhutanese, resettled in South Australia, are making so far. She was addressing the annual gathering of Bhutanese who were celebrating their fifth year of arrival in Adelaide from Nepal. The first Bhutanese family under resettlement program arrived Australia...

Bhutanese community in Melbourne (Australia) hosted one of the biggest multicultural festivals over the weekend with an objective of promoting Nepali-Bhutanese culture and enhancing cross-cultural harmony and friendship. The government ministers, local leaders and veteran social workers appreciated the initiation taken by Bhutanese community, who have started resettling only...

As we come across the term reality show, it reminds us of stage performances where individuals or groups compete to achieve the status of celebrity. From what we have seen so far, dancing and singing are two major items for a reality show. Conventionally, anyone rarely thinks beyond this...

By Kim Honan An exhibition featuring subsistence farming in a Bhutanese village has raised more than $600 in donations. What makes this collection of 40 photos unique is that they were taken by 13 and 14-year-old girls who had never operated a camera before. Bhutan is a country nestled...