Culture reflects how well you can do business
Politics is the major factor that spoils economic environment, beside natural disasters and calamities. Lets forget about the cracks within the economic theories whose implementation results catastrophic such as ‘Efficient Market Hypothesis’ nearly collapsed US economy in 2007-08. In recent days, I feel myself more interested to the cultural...
Bhtuan’s Buddhist monks accused of sexually molesting boys
By Vishal Arora The South Asian nation of Bhutan has been rocked by a sexual abuse scandal in which young Buddhist monks molested by older monks fled their monastery and reported the abuse to journalists. While rumors about child sexual abuse in monasteries have swirled around this tiny Buddhist...
Bhutanese in Australia host multicultural festival
Bhutanese community in Melbourne (Australia) hosted one of the biggest multicultural festivals over the weekend with an objective of promoting Nepali-Bhutanese culture and enhancing cross-cultural harmony and friendship. The government ministers, local leaders and veteran social workers appreciated the initiation taken by Bhutanese community, who have started resettling only...
Bhutani Awaj 20 September 2012
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Modern Bhutanese ’embarrassed’ by phallus art
By Adam Plowright In the insular Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, the phallus is an ancient symbol commonly painted on houses to ward off evil spirits, but it is increasingly rare in the modernising national capital. The demise of this traditional motif, still seen all over in rural areas, points...