This newspaper, ran a story around two weeks ago on three children who were begging for food as their family was going through very difficult circumstances. The paper brought out the story to highlight the growing phenomena of urban beggars in Bhutan. We expected some reaction and then the interest …

On August 26th 2015 by the time I reached home I was ready for a nap because it was a long day at the training centre followed by the long walk back home but I saw my neighbor was taking all their furniture out. I thought the young couple was …

When was the last time, while browsing through your Facebook newsfeed that you came across some shocking news, which you later found out was false news? This could be about the death of an international celebrity or one asking you to click and contribute to something. The news often comes …

The context of this post is the communal joke that was widely circulated on the badly abused social media platform, WeChat. Yes, WeChat has been already used as the launchpad for the three worst things to happen in Bhutanese social media which are leaking private movie clips, spreading hoaxes, and …

With the High Court convicting the Member of Parliament (MP) Rinzin Dorji in the DCM case, he now stands to lose his position as a MP if he does not appeal within the next 10 days or if the Supreme Court upholds the High Court verdict. This is because the …

Though the main focus of the current debate around the Business Information and Opportunity Centre (BoIC) is on its legality, the main heart of the controversy around BoIC is political in nature. It is this political element that has brought up BoIC before discussions in the Parliament, where even its …

An important precedent was set earlier this week when the Prime Minister called the contractors executing the Nu 8 bn East-West Highway from Thimphu to Trashigang and asked them to do a good quality job. The precedent was not so much in the meeting but in the PM warning of …

There are 53 countries that Bhutan has formal diplomatic relations with, are there any plans from the government’s side to further increase the number? For the moment, we will focus on consolidating relations with countries with which we already have diplomatic ties rather than expand ties for the sake of …

Rocky and Mayur in conversation with Rachana Sharma.  Foodies and best friends Rocky Singh and Mayur Sharma brought a healthy appetite and a large serving of irreverence to food journalism in their showHighway on My Plate but their next journey to Bhutan might not just be about a Lit Fest …

I n school we were told plastic was among the worst things that could pollute our environment because it would not disintegrate in 800 years, just say forever. It means the very first batch of plastic mankind produced, which was in 1862, hasn’t yet disappeared and in the last many …