Athang people wish for a road The financial crunch at Air The absence of a proper road in two chiwogs in lower Athang has time-tested the will and patience of the villagers while three chiwogs have never seen a road going out or coming into their villages. The road in …

A headline story of The Bhutanese published over a week ago read, ‘RTI Bill to die an early death in the National Council.’ Amongst others, it reported that while the bill was supported by some members, it drew criticism from me and one of my colleagues. This upset some readers …

After defying the market trend for a long time the New York Times recently was resized as a smaller paper. The paper had to follow the popular demand of readers who found it more comfortable to read a smaller paper. The Bhutanese based on popular demand has decided to resize …

Whatever actions we initiate are to achieve joy and happiness. One must avoid actions that bring more harm than good. Some actions must even be avoided if benefit and harm are equal. This is repeatedly mentioned in the teachings of the Buddha and in the holy commentaries. The result of …

If an argument had to be made in favor of the RTI Act in Bhutan then the Ministry of Health procurement scam would be an apt example. Due to corruption in the tendering process Bhutanese patients for years were subject to sub standard drugs and medical equipment. This was while …

  Stop network problems, start CIC say the residents      The construction of a Community Information Center (CIC) has been completed since last year but it has not started its functions. When the CIC starts, the village residents can avail IT enabled services such as photo copy, printing, internet etc. “Even …

Sangay Khandu An intent to introduce the RTI Bill along with a draft was submitted to Honorable Thrizin on March 16, 2012 for debate in the 9th session of Parliament and subsequently distributed to all other Honorable Members of the National Council. The Honorable Chairperson then forwarded the draft to the Legislative Committee for comments. …

While the 2013 general election is the main topic of discussion these days what is more relevant to Bhutan is the growth of our young democracy from 2008 to 2012. The last four years of our democracy have been importantly mainly from the point of the evolution of our young …

Begging ‘in The Name’… is common place everywhere, I suppose. Elsewhere they do it neatly dressed all prim and proper, in properly designated locations, some do it under huge and well established banners, the flagship of which you submit-to graciously, and you are compelled to give till it hurts. Back …

A peculiar practice common to most Bhutanese meetings is that getting official feedback from the members present is almost as difficult as finding mineral water in the Sahara desert. However, as soon as decisions are made and the meeting is over then the powerful medium of rumor mongering, distortions, ineffective …