Explosions on eve of Royal wedding
The Royal wedding was already getting more than enough publicity in Bhutan and the latest blast has given it more. Two powerful Improvised Explosive Devises (IEDs) exploded in the southern capital of the country, Phuentsholing, on Monday evening. There are no reports of any casualties but four non-Bhutanese pedestrians...
Bhutan plays it safe with neighbors
By Vishal Arora THIMPHU, Bhutan – Three years into power, the first democratic government of Bhutan is treading cautiously as it leads the tiny land-locked Himalayan kingdom tucked between the two Asian rivals, India and China. Thimphu’s geopolitical concerns seem to be a key component of its foreign relations...
Bhutan ties relation with Cuba!
I wake up this morning and astonished to see Sonam Ongmo writing in her blog breaking news from the UNGA premises. And this tip of American of Bhutanese origin, encouraged me to search more about Bhutan-Cuba relations. According to her, today, Bhutan and Cuba signed agreement to establish diplomatic...
Right to vote: one scraps, others give
Adult franchise and voting rights are only stories that over 108,000 Bhutanese in exile and another 80,000 in Bhutan heard of. This has never turned to be a reality in their life. They saw several elections in Nepal, India and in western countries where they have been resettled through...
A personal story of discrimination in Bhutan
This is a personal story of a Bhutanese failing to obtain citizenship due to discriminatory policy of the country. There are thousands of such citizens currently living in the country as they fail to find any appropriate forum to speak of their grievances. To obtain the citizenship of Bhutan,...
Of ‘people in the camps’
As expected, Bhutan restated its ‘fake’ commitment to the donor communities during the 11th Round Table Meeting in Thimphu that it is very much concerned for resolving the Bhutanese refugee issue. The government informed the donors at the RTM that it has asked the Nepalese government to resume bilateral...