Here are 15 keys to happiness from Bhutan, a country where Gross National Happiness is considered more important than Gross Domestic Product.
1) If you search for happiness, you will not find it. If happiness searches for you, it will always find you.
2) A flea springs up from a cozy blanket, a hero springs up from a rocky ledge.
3) A yak herder takes the credit, but it is the poor yak which carries the heavy load....
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12:14 PM, May 18, 2013
Thimpu: Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai arrived here on Wednesday to hold consultations with senior Bhutanese officials during which status of India-assisted projects and other key bilateral issues will be discussed. Mathai is scheduled to meet the Chief Adviser of the Interim Government Lyonpo Sonam Tobgay and call on the King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck apart from meeting other senior officials, during his three-day visit. Earlier this year, External...
06:05 PM, May 15, 2013
The Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature is organising a SAARC festival of literature in this Taj city March 10-11. ...
05:22 PM, Feb 21, 2013
A tense game is being played out on Bhutan's border with China where Beijing is demanding territorial concessions that could bring it closer to India's sensitive Siliguri Corridor. Visiting Bhutanese Prime Minister Jigme Thinley is expected to brief Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday. ...
08:14 AM, Feb 08, 2013
Bhutan on Friday said its friendship with India is indispensable for its success in the future and reiterated that New Delhi will remain the cornerstone of its foreign policy. ...
08:53 AM, Jan 26, 2013
India celebrates its 64th Republic Day on Saturday. The King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Wangchuk, will be the chief guest for the event. The Delhi Police and the paramilitary forces have left no stone unturned in ensuring that the event passes off peacefully. According to the Delhi Police, a tight security cover will be in place across the capital with around 25,000 security personnel of the police and the paramilitary...
07:17 AM, Jan 26, 2013
King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema are in India. ...
01:08 PM, Jan 24, 2013
Pakistan saw the highest number of journalists losing their lives in South Asia with 13 of them dying in the line of duty, followed by India with five among a total of 25 mediapersons falling victim to violence. "In 2012, South Asia, the most volatile region, mourned the murder of 25 media persons, with Pakistan again remaining in the lead. 13 journalists lost their lives in Pakistan, followed by five...
07:54 PM, Dec 30, 2012
Shillong: China, Pakistan and neighbouring Bhutan have agreed to provide information on water levels of rivers flowing into India, inputs that could help lessen casualty from floods, Minister of State for Water Resources Vincent Pala said. Water levels in these countries are directly related to the flood situation in our country and hence the Ministry took the decision to have a tie-up with these countries, he said. The ministry, through...
06:49 PM, Jul 08, 2012
As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visits Myanmar, another country in the neighbourhood dealing with rapid change has dismissed talk of India's big brother attitude. The Prime Minister of the world's youngest democracy Bhutan Jigme Thinley, spoke exclusively to CNN-IBN's Amrita Tripathi on elections, India, and more. Here is an excerpt of the interview: Amrita Tripathi: We're very privileged to be speaking to his excellency the Prime Minster in Thimphu, Bhutan....
08:59 AM, May 29, 2012
Bhutan is one of those places that just leaves an imprint - but as I write that, I think of other places visited, people met, ...
06:50 PM, May 28, 2012
New Delhi: Literature, the soul of cultural exchange, is giving conventional diplomacy a run for its space in South Asia with the mushrooming literary festivals that are provoking, discussing and building new bridges across cultures. Five major literature festivals - the Jaipur Literature Festival, Mountain Echoes in Bhutan, the Kathmandu Literary Yatra, the Galle Literary Festival in Sri lanka and the Karachi Literature Festival - which have been showcasing literature...
10:45 AM, May 28, 2012
The sound of music resonated in the most unlikely fashion - After being treated to a dose of "high culture" music, if you'll allow me ...
10:37 AM, May 23, 2012
New Delhi: Diplomat and writer Pavan K Varma, the author of 16 books, is campaigning for literature in the mother tongue. And his debut fiction, set in India and Bhutan, also offers a dialogue between Hinduism and Buddhism. "Any writing becomes bad if it is derivative - and not rooted in culture," Varma, the Indian ambassador to Bhutan, told IANS in an interview. "Ideally, people should write in their own...
02:10 PM, Jan 13, 2012
Royalty has many hobbies. Prince Charles liked to collect cheap plastic toys, Queen Victoria liked to play cards and insist that losers cough up newly minted coins, King Jagajit Singh of Kapurtala built French chateaus, and Marie Antoinette loved watches. However, the worlds youngest monarch, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, the Dragon King of Bhutans hobby is far more laidback. When he is not cycling down the streets of Thimpu, stopping...
05:56 PM, Nov 15, 2011
New Delhi: Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck arrived in New Delhi on Sunday on a nine-day state visit, their first foreign trip after their marriage. The couple were received at the Indira Gandhi airport in New Delhi. During his visit, the king will hold bilateral talks with the country's leadership. He will meet President Pratibha Patil, who will host a banquet in his honour....
04:15 PM, Oct 24, 2011
Thimphu: For a sign of things to come with isolated Bhutan's young democracy, look no further than a draconian smoking law, some bar talk, and a Facebook page. For decades, Bhutan has been the world's most reclusive kingdom, with conservative villagers living under an absolute monarch. The introduction of parliamentary democracy in 2008 by the then-king was forced on many reluctant subjects who still look to the monarch as the...
01:27 PM, Oct 16, 2011
Thimphu: Bhutan's newly-wed Royal couple joined thousands of people on Saturday, singing, dancing and graciously accepting their greetings as celebrations continued to mark their fairytale wedding and the Royal Army hosted a reception, an event where Rahul Gandhi was the only foreign guest. King Jigme Khesar Nagyel Wangchuck, who wed commoner Jetsun Pema two days back, also reassured the seven-lakh population of this tiny Himalayan Kingdom that he and his...
06:53 PM, Oct 15, 2011
