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Asian Window,19 May 2010   Bhutan King at the Literary Festival Pavan Varma and Gulzar Namita Bhandare from Thimphu on Day 2 of Bhutan’s first-ever literary festival: Her Majesty the Queen Mother, Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck, inaugurates the Mountain Echoes literary festival as Indian ambassador Pavan K Varma (Right) looks on. Photo: Kuensel The Bhutan […]

Asian Window,19 May 2010    Mountain Echoes Day 3: Media and happiness Namita Bhandare, Jai Arjun Singh, Tshering Tobgay and Siok Sian Pek Dorji Namita Bhandare from Thimphu on Day 3 of Bhutan’s first-ever literary festival: Kinley Dorji, Secretary in the ministry of Information, points out that the main competitors of newspapers in Bhutan are

Kuensel,19 May 2010   “Be yourself and be honest to yourself” Iconic Indian poet, lyricist, filmmaker and writer, Gulzar, who is in the country for Mountain Echoes, the literary festival, talked to Kuensel about poetry, art and its importance to humanity 19 May, 2010 – What does Gulzar mean? I have cut, subtracted, added, divided

Asian Window,20 May 2010   Bhutan: the “cool” side Namita Bhandare from Thimphu on the last day of Bhutan’s first-ever literary festival: Namgay Zam, Bhutan television anchor Popular culture is often a measure of a country’s social priorities and Bhutan is no different. Television was first introduced in 1999 and several speakers at Bhutan’s first

Kuensel,20 May 2010   The honesty of Bhutanese writers Mountain Echoes 20 May, 2010 – Like the recently held SAARC summit, the Bhutanese environment seems to be having quite an effect on visiting writers attending the ongoing literary festival, Mountain Echoes. But perhaps because it involves writers, instead of politicians, sexual jokes, night hunting and

Kuensel,20 May 2010   Mountain Echoes Music 20 May, 2010 – Shillong band Soulmate end their two hour performance at the Clock Tower in Thimphu yesterday evening with a cover of the Chuck Berry classic “Johnny B G oode”

Express India,21 May 2010   Feel Good Factor Everybody in Bhutan talks about Gross National Happiness (GNH). The Prime Minister His Excellency Lyonpo Jigmi Yoezer Thinley introduced the Indian contingent to GNH at the inaugural ceremony of Mountain Echoes, Bhutan ‘s first literary festival. The three-day festival at Thimphu, that began on Monday, has been

Beautiful Bhutan Tour,21 May 2010   Bhutan: Literary festival, Mountain Echoes Like the recently held SAARC summit, the Bhutanese environment seems to be having quite an effect on visiting writers attending the ongoing literary festival, Mountain Echoes. But perhaps because it involves writers, instead of politicians, sexual jokes, night hunting and gossip accompanied some of

Republica The Week,21 May 2010   Mountain echoes When two people who have grown up in the mountains meet, they often start discussing the nuances about life in the mountains that can shock people who haven’t lived in the mountains. The challenge of mountain life makes one to be aware and adaptable, be it the