Bhutanese king born in Nepal
On Friday, April 30, 2010, two dailies in Kathmandu — Kathmandu Post and Nagarik – leaked out some secrets that I had never known. I think, majority of the Bhutanese population was unaware of this important fact. In end 70s and early 80s, Bhutan had good relationship with Nepal...
Two years on the hot seat
The Bhutanese government, properly called the first elected government of the kingdom, has completed its second year on the hot seat, without any significant progress at hand to boast for. The biggest achievement for it will be this month end when it holds the SAARC summit for the first...
200,000 jobs on cards
The new DPT government, celebrating its super majority in the government and the first elected establishment, even after two years in helm, continues to fool the national populace with assumptive projections. The latest of the fooling tool is that the country will create additional 200,000 jobs. The high hopes...
Largest producer faces power shortage
The stories of black evenings are common in Nepal and India, for they lack adequate power supply to meet the consumer demands. But Bhutan remained exception to this; at least the country supplies power to those bulbs where wires are connected. To remain out of connection, which is the...
Economic empire under social service disguise
The wangchuk dynasty not only has its economic dominance, it also expands its hands in all forms of social activities in its best effort to look good in the face of isolated Bhutanese society. This is an open secret that most donations and money these days are poured into...
A new beginning
Bhutan-Nepal relations go back to the days of Shabrung Ngawang Namgyal. It was a profound, sublime and symbiotic relation. History tells us how Bhutan helped Prithivi Narayan Shah in unifying Nepal, who in return gave the Bhutanese complete authority over all Gompas in Nepalese territory. There were postal services...