The level of disability of a person with disability is not so much a reflection on the person with disability, as it is with Bhutanese society’s disability to accommodate and mainstream people with disability in Bhutan. While people with disability in developed and even developing countries around the world are …

Many Bhutanese breathed a sigh of relief when the Thimphu District Court dismissed the sedition case against Penjore in June this year. Most felt that justice and freedom of speech had won the day. However, in what can only be called a major lapse in judgment by the OAG and …

This paper, so far, has been exposing the harassment and extortion faced by those involved in exporting and importing Bhutanese products across the border by Indian customs, SSB, local journalists and others. However, it now appears that our officials on our side of the border are no better with prima …

An Instagram post highlighted a headline about a non-peer-reviewed study from Israel that found that unvaccinated people previously infected with SARS-CoV-2 had greater immunity against the delta variant than never-infected people fully vaccinated with Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine. But the social media post omitted the study’s other finding that one dose …

By Sonam Tobden Rabgye The following is based on a talk that I was privileged to deliver at the invitation of the UN Resident Coordinator, Gerald Daly on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of Bhutan’s membership to the United Nations. I was asked to give my perspective on Bhutan’s …

For centuries, Bhutanese society has been known to be a sexually liberal one with no major hang ups about the issue to the point that a man and woman living together are considered married even without a formal ceremony. This is a healthy trait for any society, however, the other …

NEW YORK – The philosopher Immanuel Kant famously said that, “Whoever wills the end also wills…the indispensably necessary means to it that is in his control.” Put simply, when we set a goal, we ought to take the actions needed to achieve it. This is an essential maxim for our …

While a lot of public anger has been directed at the Sherubtse management and the President for being insensitive and not taking strong enough action against the assistant lecturer, the real problem is much deeper. When the 10 female college students in Sherubtse came forward at great personal risk to …

DUBAI – The recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that the planet will warm by 1.5º Celsius by 2040 unless urgent measures are taken to eliminate greenhouse-gas emissions. After the report’s release, UN Secretary-General António Guterres aptly called it “a code red for humanity.” Global warming is becoming an increasingly urgent …