· November, 2010

Stories about Bhutan from November, 2010

Bhutan: Books Or Bars

  26 November 2010

“Books printed in Bhutan are too expensive for an average income Bhutanese reading public,” informs Penstar and that explains why there are more bars than book shops in that country.

Bhutan: Tobacco Law And Village People

  26 November 2010

Passu is apprehensive about the impact of ban on tobacco in Bhutan. In almost every house of his village tobacco is still being used and they have to pay higher to get them.

Bhutan: Our Greedy Bank Accounts

  1 November 2010

“All because of our greedy bank accounts, we have corruption, fraud, fronting, theft, bribery, black market, vandalism, and desecration of ancient monuments, all that we the Buddhists utterly condemn,” opines Bhutanese blogger Penstar.