His Majesty Maha Vajiralongkorn the Rama X of Thailand does Bhutan proud. We are told that it is His Majesty’s first foreign trip after bei...

“ ……….. Got back from Sektena surveying tour. BPC officials will prepare a detailed report and present it to their authorities in the next c...

“Dad, do you know any gold smugglers in Bhutan?” “No, I don’t - but come to think of it - I did know few silver smugglers in my life”. That ...

Even as I was chasing birds - the feathered variety - in the wilderness of Yongkala in the east of the country …. someone in Thimphu even w...

Upon his retirement from the post of Trongsa Poenlop in 1867, Jigme Namgyel put his elder brother Doongkar Gyeltshen  on the seat as the n...

In his article titled “ Coinage in Bhutan ” , the coin collector and historian Mr. Nicholas Rhodes credits Trongsa Poenlop Jigme Namgyel a...

In June of 2008 I embarked on a marathon 48 days trek – the trek would have been even longer, had it not been for the sudden demise of my 10...

History records that construction of Paro International Airport was completed and inaugurated in the year 1968. Bhutan’s National Flag Carri...

Bhutan has close to 800 bird species. My favourite are the little fellows - they are cute and flighty and tough as hell to photograph. The f...

Bhutan is home to a staggering 2,000 - well almost - moth species. That is almost three times the number of butterflies we have. Not that I ...

I never expected that the enterprise of writing a book about Bhutan’s ancient coinage would be easy. But not in my wildest dreams did I fore...