Category: Media

News, Tobgay and Dipika

In recent days, I wished following what new journalists in Bhutan have been writing and how they make their sources for news they compose. I found very few journalists on their job also running blog. Few days back I read Dipika Chhetri’s blog where she had mentioned that blog...

One more terrorist tag

After two years a document come to the public view that says a normal boy was charged for acts of terrorism and acting against the country and the government. And interestingly, this is the one whom family members said have gone mentally unsound for sometime. The citizenship act of...

On the RTI highway

The first thing that indicates how much freedom you enjoy is determined by how freely you speak and write। To speak or to write, you obviously, need things to read. In other words, you should have the right to information. Bhutan stands at zero on this issue। But I...

Of two-teethed communist

This is not once. We have repeated several requests to them, yet their manner has not changed over the time. Their biggest slogan is for joint action against the government brutality but their actins target general refugees who have been the victims of brutality, terming them to be spies....

Media not objective, impartial towards Terai movement

The ABCs of journalism – Accurate, Balanced and Credible – are most debated in the Nepali media. Throughout our history, media has been praised for its positive and effective role in favour of democracy, human rights, freedom and equality. But are they balanced and impartial? For all the years,...

PMO lacks effective channel to impart information

At a time when experts and media analysts are debating the need to introduce Right to Information Act to formalize the relations between media and public service agencies, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) itself is found to be lacking effective channel to deal with media queries. Controversies regarding statements...