The 16th SAARC summit is scheduled for this month end in Thimphu, the first summit of the regional body to be hosted by Bhutan in 25 years of its life. Preparations are in hectic schedule. Gates are erected along Paro-Thimphu and Phuentsholing-Thimphu highway for welcoming guests coming to this...

Bhutanese political participation was zero in constitution making. That could be the reason behind mismatch between the political needs and constitutional provisions. It was first the constitution born in Bhutan, if we disregard the presence of the banned political parties. The grave errors of the functioning of the constitution...

The ‘democratic government’ of Bhutan has given hints that this country is likely to face insurgency or the political turmoil in future. The government a few years back had announced its intention to form a counter-insurgency force, has finally been materialized. The youth sensitization, under police-youth collaboration, followed government’s...

The Sri Lankan poll on April 8 has shaped President Mahinda Rajapaksa as the sole and undisputed power centre of the country, with his alliance getting clear majority in the parliamentary elections. The result was short of expectation that Rajapaksha would win at least 2/3 seats to execute his...

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...

Two days after I read the 32-page essay in Outlook magazine by Arundhoti Roy about Maoists in Dantewada district, news poured in saying at least 76 paramilitary personnel of the Central Reserve Police lost their life in fighting the Maoists in the same district. To my analysis, the CRP...