DEMOCRACY IN ACTION

President of the Center of Bhutan Studies and one of the key architects behind Gross National Happiness, Dasho Karma Ura answers some critical questions on GNH in a series of in-depth interviews with The Bhutanese.   4. What is your reaction to the fact that most of the intellectuals and …

President of the Center of Bhutan Studies and one of the key architects behind Gross National Happiness, Dasho Karma Ura answers some critical questions on GNH in an interview with The Bhutanese.  1. Dr David L. Luechauer in a series of three interview articles has raised some fundamental questions about …

While some may consider much of what I have written to be “critical” of Bhutan, rest assured that I have nothing but praise for the Bhutanese press / media.  You do your country, you do your people and you do your leaders a tremendous service.  I would rank the Bhutanese …

1. Will Bhutan stand to benefit in a significant way by propounding GNH to the international community?   At some level it may attract attention and even a few visitors.  However, the let down was amazing.  Bhutan over promises and under delivers.  The more people who come to Bhutan, particularly …

In this second part of the interview with The Bhutanese Dr David L Luechauer stressed that he is neither for nor against GNH as a philosophy.  He feels that like all philosophies GNH has its strengths and weaknesses and the problems he sees is in its implementation and interpretation.   …

Dr David L Luechauer has caused quite a stir in Bhutan with his open criticism of GNH. He taught with the Gaeddu College of Business Studies as a lecturer for a year but had to cut short his two year stint due to his wife’s health concerns. He is teaching …

All financial liabilities resolved and its 2013 eligibility essentially confirmed with the Election Commission of Bhutan (ECB), the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is all set to ‘trot’ gently toward the big elections with new and improved philosophies… and a brand new logo. The PDP horse from yester years, which kicked …

Bhutan Kuen-Ngyam Party (BKP) made news when it entered the political sphere but it never dropped a hint as to which people stood behind the veil for the party. Last week the BKP spokesperson announced in a press conference the names of four BKP candidates, the spokesperson himself as one …

BKP spokesperson Sonam Tobgay said the party is more focused on equally empowering its members and shall not form any core group and will always abide by the ‘three Cs’ Bhutan Kuen-Ngyam Party (BKP) with its slogan ‘concern for all’ believes in collective consensus of its members and is of …

Bhutan’s Annual Status of Student Learning (ASSL) 2011 showed low performance by students compared to ASSL 2008. Students from governments schools in Bhutan performed lower than the international average in all classes and subjects tested. The ASSL 2011 brought out by a collaboration of Royal Education Council (REC), Ministry of …