Tag: bhutan

Bhutan killing private media

The latest reports from Bhutan have clearly indicated that the current government is in the way to demoralise and kill the budding media industry. The government has targeted specially the private media, who are critical of the activities of the government and ruling party leaders. The opposition party, almost...

Yuba Sansar 5 August 2012

This is literary special episode Satire by Laxman Gamnagey Jhola by Krishna Dharabasi Bhudi Puran by Bhairav Aryal Jail Journal by B. P. Koirala Part I: Part II: Part III: Part IV: Part V: Part VI: Part VII: Part VIII:    ...

Christian pastor in Bhutan threatened for life

Though the constitution gives right to the people to choose the religion they like and conduct prayers as they wish, Bhutan continues to enforce the policy of zero tolerance against Christianity. Bhutan government has not so far recognized any institutions or church for Christians. Buddhists are supported by the...

Future of domestic air services in Bhutan

The domestic air service in Bhutan is not quite successful. The government had postponed the plans several times on pretext of good preparations. When it came into enforcement, government words turned out to be hoax and hindrances seen thereafter clearly indicated that there had never been enough homework and...

When the small dragon met the big one

The meeting between Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinley of Bhutan and Premier Wen Jiabao of China on 21 June 2012, on the sidelines of the Rio+20 Summit in Brazil, sprung a surprise for most India-Bhutan-China watchers. It stirred the calm waters of Bhutan-India relations. With headlines like ‘China’s coziness...