Bhutan Speaks

Brain drain?

Jigsley — Wed, 29 May 2013 05:27:41 +0000

I was thinking, if many parties would come to run for governance, there will be dragging of people in the jobs into these parties. There left behind would be empty or inadequately filled positions that are very important because the cut-off criteria for the party candidate is high. Wouldn’t this migration of people in the job, especially the experienced and promising for the job, to the party lead to brain drain? What effect would this welcome?

Army Worm intrusion

Jigsley — Wed, 29 May 2013 05:13:41 +0000

Army Worm is taking toll over the stem of our survival – crop. It’s even believed to be the result of disturbance to it’s food chain. Would this be true? What can be the cause? Most importantly, how to combat when Buddhism pops out undeniable?

Was given the chance!

Jigsley — Wed, 29 May 2013 05:08:50 +0000

People are thinking of giving the chance of next governance to the other political parties saying that “DPT was given the chance to serve.” I fear that without informed thought, having decide to have other party taking the reign is really a fearful decision. If other party is equally or more capable than DPT, what was said can be justifiable, but if not, to give chance to inferior one would really put our Bhutanese Democracy at stake because it is yet to get established firmly.

Should positional scarfs such as, orange, blue, green etc be allowed to wear after their term?

SamtenY — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:03:13 +0000

This is a new argument, yet to pick up. As we see democracy through after every five years, at least over new 40 MPs will be seen as well as more then five new ministers will be out in the public while some may retake the ministerial post if the same party wins. if the party losses 47 MPs will be out as well as 10 ministers and how may orange kabneys and blue kabneys do we see in a small population. going by this Bhutan at some point will be full of dashos all wearing all sort of colored kabneys.
At the same time, Dzongdas, Dzongrabs, Drangpons and Drangrabs, share the same issue. In my view as some also share the same, only red scarf awarded by the king shall be allowed to wear and retain else…. the positional scarfs i think should be folded when one is out of that position…..? What do you think….?

How do we voice and not make noise…..!

SamtenY — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 05:29:49 +0000

Voicing and making Noise i thought is two different things. Media and people in general sometimes make noise in the pretext of voicing, while some media in my view also tend to create noise instead of providing a forum for voices….. Do you think making noise is a good culture practice over voicing……?

How can we strengthen civil society in Bhutan?

Pek Dorji — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:25:41 +0000

There are now 29 registered civil society organisations in Bhutan and numerous others in the community. How effective have the CSOs been? While we been complementing the work of the government so far, how else may CSOs serve an evolving democracy like Bhutan?

( CSO rules currently define CSOs as “service” providers in a social welfare context. The Anti-Corruption Commission of Bhutan recently described the possibility of CSOs taking on a watchdog role in society , holding government accountable. What are Bhutanese views on civil society and how may we strengthen civil society space in a new democracy?

Vote decision

sc — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:15:46 +0000

Elections is here, how to decide on who to vote, when you are told that one should look at a candidate’s efficiency and Not a party, but when, not one candidate is better than the other?

who is responsible?

Damcho Thrienlee Gyeltshen — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 07:09:17 +0000

“when we talk about media, i am always brought down to “ART” which is also one of the key factor to preserve and promote our cultural values beyond the border….but who should support those vanishing arts, who should make those artist live..is the question to all the concerned citizens..

Media for students at remote places.

ugyenpw — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 04:10:02 +0000

It seems that our students in town areas are very lucky to be surrounded by all kinds of media especially the ever growing internet but same cannot be said about our other group of students at the other end of the road. They are limited to the daily newspaper Kuensel that the school seldom supplies for their need and the only bhutanese channel BBS for some few who have Television at their house. Media literacy as a club in such school can bridge that gap for those kids by updating them about the current affairs and news up close. CHEERS!!!!!!!

Media Freedom

Damcho Thrienlee Gyeltshen — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 03:52:40 +0000

Should Bhutan government allow the films related to the government? Pointing out the faults of the government in a second person ship?