Bhutan - Himal Southasian (Page 6)

Be happy

Early in March, Bhutan's Planning Commission Secretariat brought together some 30 policy makers, 'thinkers', government officials and donors at a conference on Gross National Happiness (GNH)

By The Editors

/ 31 Mar 1999

Bhutan-Nepal Missive

It is a rare occasion when the Kathmandu government can be roused to strong action in its dealings with Thimphu on the issue of Bhutanese refugees who started streaming into

By Sudhir Sharma

/ 31 Mar 1999

HMG, RGOB & GOT: The triumvirate of inaction and Bhutans refugee crisis

When New Delhi and Thimphu fail to act, that's to their perceived benefit. When Kathmandu fails to act, that's to its detriment, and to that of

By Karin Heissler

/ 30 Sep 1998

Protecting journalists by committee Oppressive governments and terrorist organisations have a propensity to confuse the truth with bad news and to further confuse the news with the messenger. They labour

By The Editors

/ 1 May 1998

Triple Trouble

There was a time, until the mid-1980s, when Bhutan was thought by many to be an exemplar of a multi-ethnic nation at peace with itself. The country´s three communities

By The Editors

/ 1 Feb 1998

Video Nights in Thimphu

As recently as the late 70s, it was possible for the Berkeley professor Leo Rose to write in his Politics of Bhutan that most families had as much land at

By The Editors

/ 31 Dec 1997

It’s Now Bodo vs Druk Yul

"If Bhutan tries to throw out the rebels, it gets involved in what essentially are India's problems. If it shies away from action, it risks the wrath

By Subir Bhaumik

/ 1 Dec 1997

Roads without borders

If one does not count the Indo-Pakistan land border, which has to have its own solutions, the problem of closed terrestrial crossings may be resolving itself elsewhere in South Asia.

By The Editors

/ 1 Jul 1997

Tamils and Lhotshampas

The case of "up-country Tamils" of Sri Lanka, highlighted in a recent article in The Hindu by V. Suryanarayan of the University of Madras, suggests some interesting possible

By The Editors

/ 1 Mar 1997

Regionalism Washed Away

An important element which was included in the 1977 agreement, and a point that has come up again and again in the Indo-Bangla water talks, was the need for "

By Ajaya Dixit

/ 1 Jan 1997

The Ethnic Statement on Bhutan: Who Will Upset Whose Applecart?

Druk Yul, the Kingdom of Bhutan, is within striking distance of what all South Asian countries want-development But now it has an unsettling refugee problem on its hands. Less than

By A.C. Sinha

/ 1 Jul 1996

Dish-liking Television

Thimphu houses do not sport rooftop antennas, but the video parlours stock enough options. It is Saturday night in Thimphu and in this quiet town without bars, clubs or night

By Elisabeth Kalbfuss

/ 1 Jun 1996