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I finally understand why photo copy machines are a top priority in gewogs. Because each one of us need at least a hundred copies of our citizenship identity card. This must be the most common statement you hear from public service delivery agencies: ‘fill the form, submit two passport- sized photographs, and attach a copy of your ID card’. And of course the form inevitably asks for the ID card number despite your attachment, and of course the... (more...)

Not all populist are bad Informal chitchats bring out interesting perceptions. The question of what makes a ‘leader’ would have to probe into how people define leadership, the characteristics they associate with a ‘good’ leader (well, ‘bad’ does not go alongside ‘leader’ now does it?) and so on. But since this is not a study, I take all liberties of directly corresponding the question ‘what makes a leader?’ to ‘would you vote... (more...)

Few lessons Bhutan can learn from Switzerland The beautiful municipality of Ballwil in central Switzerland has a story in a gravel pit. A story to possibly learn from. Ballwil has about 2,500 inhabitants, and has a political system consisting of three levels – the uppermost level is considered to be the Voters; then a Municipal Assembly (with certain functions similar to our Gewog Tshogde and Dzongkhag Tshogdu but with significantly greater legislative... (more...)