OPINION

It need hardly be said it is an honour and a pleasure to have been asked to write a special tribute to his Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the Fourth Druk Gyalpo of the Kingdom of Bhutan. However, I must confess that I am probably the least qualified of all the …

I was among the eighteen boys privileged to attend school with His Royal Highness Crown Prince Jigme Singye at the Ugyen Wangchuck Academy (UWA) in Paro, over thirty years ago. I would like to highlight a few of the many qualities that I recall seeing in the young Prince, which, …

Among others, I believe, it’s our deepest gratitude and love for our kings that makes us who we are. It’s that special bond between our kings and our people that sets us apart from other countries. As November 11, the 60th Birthday of our beloved Drukgyal Zhipa, approaches, we can …

The diplomatic crisis between India and Nepal and the ongoing unofficial fuel blockade of Nepal is generating some interest in Bhutan, and rightly so. Bhutan, led by a practical and able Monarchy, has historically been very good at drawing practical lessons from the diplomatic mistakes of its neighbors and taking …

What does it mean to be Bhutanese, or not? Is there more to it than just being born in Bhutan of Bhutanese parents? I have a friend who was not born in Bhutan and whose parents are not Bhutanese, but who speaks Sharchokpa fluently, who is totally loyal to Bhutan, …

There is now little doubt that Nepal is undergoing an effective trade blockade by a combination of protesting Madhesi groups in Nepal’s southern border and Indian custom officials at the border who have used the excuse of the protests to strengthen checks and slow down or even stop trucks moving …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …