Building a Diaspora
The year 2011 seems to be the year for Bhutanese in diaspora for reorganising or getting more organised. It is the fourth year Bhutanese started moving western countries in mass. The first year lapses silently and the second year saw germination of number of community organisations across the globe....
Bhutan land scam
Following Tenzing Lamsang’s report on land grab history in Bhutan, hot public debate has surfaced. There are so many resources through which Bhutanese citizens could know the fact about unreported massive corruption prevailing in Bhutan under monarchy. No matter, the whole of southern Bhutan’s land was grabbed illegally by...
Voice of Shangrila 21 August 2011
Voice of Shangrila, 21 August 2011 has the following: 1. News from Bhutan, Nepal Gorkhaland (India) 2. Talking with Nawaraj Dahala and Indukesh Pandey about Nepali literature and reciting their poems 3. Soothing Nepali songs...
A history of torture
SURESH PRANJALI Based on the first-hand experiences of the refugee leader of the Bhutanese democratic movement, TekNath Rizal, Torture: Killing Me Softly shares many elements with Michel Foucault’s Discipline and Punish, which deals with the history of the modern penal system. Foucault’s book had introduced the brilliant ideas of...
Voice of Shangrila 14 August 2011
This episode of Voice of Shangrila has: 1. Latest news from Bhutan, Nepal 2. Discussion with Raju Upadhyaya about his literary career and Bhanu Jayanti held recently 3. Nepali music...
Welcome to America. Now Get to Work
Every day, while his nephews watch television and niece chats with friends online, Prithi Rai scours the classifieds. He and his brother, Man Bahadur Rai, started looking for jobs shortly after arriving in Twin Falls from a Nepali refugee camp onMay 5. Though they speak English fluently, they are...