It is almost six months that I became member of the Australian society. It was a mixture of excitement, hope, despair, loneliness and to some extent a bored life. Bhutanese resettled in Australia are luckier than those resettled in other countries in the sense that these Australian-Bhutanese have got...

Bhutan’s democratisation process gets further strengthened this month, at least for public consumption, when the country holds the first election to elect people’s representatives to local bodies. The first elected government of Jigme Thinley, on assuming office in early 2008, had promised to hold the local elections by the...

A creeping clampdown on Christianity in Bhutan poses the serious question of whether the kingdom has really set itself on the path to secular democracy. Centuries of theological guidance by a strong clergy has had a tremendous influence in shaping Bhutanese society. Propelled by the principles of Buddhism as...

“We look at the media as having no different a role as the kind of role that each of the other three branches of government has. And that is the public service.” So Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinley said, explaining to media experts and participants of the two-day dialogue...

2-day media dialogue finds fourth estate wanting insofar as its basic mandate goes Bhutanese Media 21 December, 2010 – If providing a common forum for different groups to deliberate on issues, involving them in decision making processes, is one essential role media should play, more so in a democracy,...

My dear people, As King, I have been deeply blessed by the satisfaction of seeing immense achievements in four short years, made possible only by the harmonious bond between the people and government, as we worked hand in hand. We have conducted our first general elections, formed the government...