Tobacco affects Bhutanese leaders, not alcohol
A month after the finalising the draft regulation to control the alcohol consumption in the country, the government took steps that in fact encouraged people to increase it. The government officials say alcohol consumption among educated lot has gone down while the numbers among young people are growing. The...
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...
Parliamentary business for this session
The seventh session of the parliament (National Assembly and National Council) has begun in capital on May 20. Not all people know what the political leaders will be discussing during this session, which runs till July 8. As expected, the parliamentary schedule does not mention anything about the agenda...
Heart of matter
It was not a surprise but surely a setback to read in a recent interview with a Nepalese daily Bhutan’s Information and Communication Minister Nandalal Rai saying that he sees the possibility of communal violence in the country if the government revives the Nepali language version of the state-controlled...
Not Mountain Echoes
The Mountain Echoes, a first literary festival in the country, concluded in Thimphu recently exchanging the affections and creativity among the writers. It seems to be a great event, unprecedented, for Bhutanese who never had earlier experienced the right to expression. Initiative from within the royal family added color...