Govinda Rizal's Writings
|
Article
Jan.02.2013
http://www.bhutannewsservice.com/column-opinion/commentry/bhutan-china-border-mismatch/
Bhutan-China Border MismatchPublished on Jan 01 2013 // COMMENTRYBy Govinda Rizal, Philippines
Bhutan shares 470 km border with China in North and 605 Km with India in East, South and West. To a giant China and tiny Bhutan it is 2 and 44 percent of their total border length, respectively. Today the two neighbors have disputes over 4500 sq km of...
|
Dec.31.2012
Date: November 19, 2009 (6:30 GMT)
An Open letter to the Bhutanese parliamentarians for discussion during the 4th session of the parliament
Dear Parliamentarians,
On the eve of the 4th session of the first Bhutanese parliament, we want to put forth the immediate...
|
|
Dec.31.2012
Date: November 19, 2009 (7:00 GMT)
Honorable Members of the Bhutanese Parliament,
Tashichho Dzong,
Thimphu Bhutan.
On behalf of the Bhutanese people in general, we take this privilege to draw your concern and positive intervention to some of the glaring issues facing our nation today.
It has been a painful experience...
|
Article
Nov.26.2011
Bhutan News Service
Bhutan’s Race to Security Council Posted on 02 May 2011 by editor By Govinda Rizal
Bhutanese Prime Minister Jigme Y. Thinley has been touring SAARC capitals under the auspices of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) chairperson and taking opportunities to seek support for Bhutan’s election to the United Nation’s Security Council (UNSC).
PM...
|
|
Column
May.05.2011
http://sites.google.com/site/govindarizal2/bhutan/bhutan-nepal
Bhutan-Nepal
Govinda Rizal[*], Kyoto Japan
Synopsis
More than one hundred thousand Bhutanese citizens evicted from Bhutan, on pretext of “population-scaping” by the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) during 1990s, live in UNHCR monitored camps in Nepal waiting for a day to return to Bhutan. In its...
|
May.05.2011
http://www.bhutannewsservice.com/opinion/bhutan%E2%80%99s-race-to-security-council/
Posted on 02 May 2011 by Editor By Govinda Rizal
Bhutanese Prime Minister Jigme Y. Thinley has been touring SAARC capitals under the auspices of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) chairperson and taking opportunities to seek support for Bhutan’s election to the United Nation’s Security Council (UNSC).
PM Thinley returned happy from Maldives...
|
|
Article
May.05.2011
http://www.bhutannewsservice.com/untold-story/noc-for-rain/
Posted on 02 September 2010 by Editor
By Govinda Rizal
“Did you get your NOC?’’
Jamyang asked me this whilst closing his umbrella, then proceeding to the police head quarter.
“No, not yet,” I replied. I knew Jamyang through a few encounters. For the first time I saw him in Thimphu.
One of my brothers, Hem was studying in Khaling. Once Hem came to Thimphu with...
|
May.05.2011
http://www.apfanews.com/commentary/royal-democracy-in-bhutan-steps-ahead-against-the-current/
Posted on 16 April 2009 by editor By Govinda Rizal
A year of democratic practices in Bhutan has brought numerous reforms and left almost no stones unturned to demystify the suspicion of throne-gifted democracy. To begin with, the election of 20 members for the upper house, later, five deputed by the monarch, formally lifted the ban on the word ‘democracy”. Then,...
|
|
Article
May.05.2011
http://www.nepalitimes.com/issue/2008/11/28/Review/15433
Pratap Subba
FROM ISSUE #427 (28 NOV 2008 - 04 DEC 2008)
KELLY STACY By bringing Pratap Subba to sing at Paleti on Friday night, nepa-laya is honouring this great Bhutani singer who was driven out from his motherland with 100,000 of his compatriots who have lived as refugees in Nepal for the past 18 years .
Subba was a household name in Bhutan in the 1980s, and...
|
Article
May.05.2011
http://www.apfanews.com/news-analysis/eastern-bhutan-closed-to-conserve-happiness/
By Govinda Rizal
Twelve years ago, eastern Bhutan was closed to trap and kill the rebels who raised voice against the autocratic regime in Thimphu. At least one hundred and fifty eastern Bhutanese were arrested and tortured to coerce them to confess being the supporters of Rongthong Kunley Dorji of Druk National Congress (DNC) and United Front for Democracy (UFD...
|
