Central schools – sustainability and dependency

When education was being initiated and expanded across the country in the early years of our planned economic development, many schools across the country were identified as central schools.

BKP questions distribution of 205 utility vehicles

The government’s decision on distributing utility vehicles to the 205 gewogs...

Food safety lapses can be costly

In the light of high pesticide concentrations in some imported vegetables,...

Tashigomang- The portable temples of Bhutan

The sacred national treasure, Tashigomang is largely indigenous to Bhutan. It...

Circular Economy: A solution for waste management in Bhutan

It is important that we find new ways of consuming and...

In Vajrayāna today: Faith is readily lavished on recognised lamas (trulku)

An excerpt from my presentation in the International Conference on Tradition...

Climate-Related disaster risk reduction needs concerted actions

Last month, the Department of Hydro-Met Services (DHMS) and the Japan...

Defining the Constitutional provision of 60 percent minimum forest cover

The minimum 60 percent forest cover was first mentioned in the...

Lives and knives

I write this with a sense of chronic pessimism. That’s because...

Brexit, and its likely outcomes

June 23, 2016 will be marked as a historical event that...

Reflections from the Inaugural Batch of the Young Professionals Leadership Program (YPLP) at RIGSS

Today, institutional coordination is the most significant challenge that we need...

Understanding ‘Brexit’

Please note this is not meant to be a comprehensive article...

Celebrating Guru Padmasambhava – the one who was never born and never died

Has Guru Padmasambhava physically visited Sikkim is a question often asked...

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