WITH HUMILITY ON YOUR DOORSTEP
By Akash Much like the father in ‘The Parable of the Prodigal Son’, if King Khesar were to invite with open hands everyone that was a citizen of that tiny Himalayan Kingdom prior to the 1990 uprising – Bhutan could thrive in the community of nations. Dear Mr Bunting,...
The tobacco debate
The announcement by the king to marry later this year did not heat up buzz in Bhutanese parliament this session rather the controversial law on smoking rein on. Ever since a monk was jailed for three years for carrying few packets of tobacco, the anti-tobacco activism rose sharply in...
Bans, bans and bans
An increasing number of people have started venting their frustration that Bhutan has too many unnecessary bans and restrictions. Some contentious laws have been the plastic ban, the ban on selling meat on religious days and months, the ban on commercial billboards, and of late the tobacco ban and...
ULFA leaders in Bhutanese jail
Latest news from Assam mentions that five senior leaders of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) are still under the captivity of Bhutan government. Top ULFA brass viz Major Bening Rabha, Major Ashanta Baghphukan, Major Jeeban Moran (Senior), Lt Nilu Chakravarty and second Lt Sarat Sarania alias Abhijit...
Ban on facebook
The government has recently banned using facebook in offices citing reasons that staffs spent so much time in chat and looking at photos that office progress went badly slow. Bhutan moved to liberal politics in a situation when media has over diversified. The countrymen have already entered into the...
Rivers continue to kill students
Nearly a year and half has passed by when the Wangchu swept away a student to which government turned a deaf ear. A group of Thimphu residents, failed to get response from the government, took a peace march to parliament to submit petition to the government. The peace march...