What will SAARC give us?
It is no more likely that Nepal and Bhutan would sit in near future to sort out the long standing Bhutanese refugee crisis, yet Bhutanese leadership in exile continue to comment on actions of the Nepalese government. Like Nepalese citizens, the Bhutanese in exile had greater hope when Dr...
BCCI seeking legal identity after 31 years
After 31 years of its existence, the Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) felt the need to get a legal certification. The Annual General Meeting of the BCCI this week decided to push the agenda through upcoming parliament session in January to pass law which gives it a...
RAW and Bhutan’s foreign relations
Around 8,000 sq km of land in northern border of the country was ceded to China some year back (during the reign of King Jigme Singye). Even after that Chinese presence in northern Bhutan did not go off. And this has sparked heated debate in Indian parliament. However, the...
Additional pain to DNC
The judiciary in Bhutan is still under influences of the autocratic regime of the past upholding verdicts that are intended to crush all possible oppositions in the country. Few days before the death of freedom fighter Rongthong Kunley, his supporters in Bhutan, now serving jail sentence, have been given...
A man to herald an era
In early 2008 when I visited Delhi for the first time, I was inspired the way Rongthong Kuenley Dorji briefed me about the importance of taking Indian leadership into confidence to push Bhutanese democratic struggle. And enduring through torturous restriction within capital city, he stirred the movement gradually and...
Buddhist Bhutan realises importance of Hinduism
Good news to read in Kuensel this week is the initiation of the Bhutanese government for construction of a Hindu temple in the capital city of Bhutan, Thimphu. After a long wait, this is small step to end suffocation of the Bhutanese Hindus. It is an exciting news. At...