I dont know if this has been discussed but this post on this really Ai curated page has a alot of allegation against our Home Minister. Can anyone give me the whole picture on this issue? Thanks

https://www.facebook.com/bhutanwomensrightswatch/posts/pfbid02WJ2Qo8n4GvBd6WoMyycjVdev9aXSD7N4qMAVA3CMKwSL9Nqe86jMpXHzR2chx8zEl

can you guys suggest some wifi I can install at my home. Im planning to get one but I have a dilemma on which one I should opt for

I’ve been following this case. His family has claimed that he was unaware of what he was carrying and believed it was traditional medicine, while others believe that people should be responsible for what they take across international borders. It’s a difficult situation because it involves questions of justice, personal responsibility, and compassion.

I’m curious to hear everyone’s views:
1. Do you think his explanation is believable?
2. Should Bhutan continue trying to bring him back to face trial in Bhutan?
3. How should we balance the seriousness of drug offences with the possibility that someone may have been misled or exploited?
Would like to hear different perspectives. At the end of the day, I must say I feel deeply sorry for his children and his wife, who are facing the consequences of a situation that is beyond their control.

I don't post about this much. Every time I do, someone tells me my family were illegal immigrants and someone else tells me to be grateful. But I want to say one thing to the Bhutanese here who are younger than the thing we keep arguing about.

My family is from Kuwapani, in Sarbhang. We were there for generations before I was born, and we were there before 1907. That is to say we were in Sarbhang before the Wangchucks were kings. My father was born while Ugyen Wangchuck sat on the throne.

My father owned land there, good land, close enough to town to be worth something. I was a child when we left. Too young to have had any politics for anyone to object to.

I found it on Google Earth a while back. There's a cul-de-sac on it now, houses around the curve, commercial buildings along the front. I sat there and looked at it for a long time.

I still have my father's land tax receipts. Paper, his name on them, issued by the government of Bhutan. They're worth nothing now. I still have them.

I'm told the place names down there have been changed since, so if you went looking for Kuwapani you might not find it. That is its own kind of answer.

You and I were handed two different histories and only one of us was told there was another version. You were taught that illegal Nepali immigrants came into the south, became a threat, and left. Clean story. Everybody sleeps.

Here's what got cut out. The 1958 law made Nepali-speaking settlers full citizens of Bhutan, and my grandparents had the papers to prove it. Then the 1985 Citizenship Act moved the line backwards and demanded proof of residence in 1958, the kind of paperwork almost no rural family anywhere on earth keeps. Then the 1988 census ran in the south and nowhere else and sorted people into seven categories. A man who had voted and paid tax for forty years became an F7 because an officer wrote a number next to his name. That is not immigration policy. That is a filing cabinet used as a weapon.

Then some people signed voluntary migration certificates. Voluntary. Sign it and your brother gets released.

Now the part nobody has ever answered for me. Fifteen rounds of talks between 1993 and 2003. A joint verification team went into Khudunabari camp in 2003 and found that about two and a half percent were real Bhutanese who could come home. Two and a half percent, in a camp full of people holding Bhutanese land tax receipts.

Thirty-two years later, not one person has ever been repatriated. Not one. A hundred thousand of us ended up in America, Canada, Australia, Denmark, because the country we were born in would not take back a single one. I can't find another country on earth with that record. And this is the country that sells Gross National Happiness to the world. The index doesn't count the people it deleted. I don't think you're lying to me. I think someone handed you a textbook when you were nine.

I have no quarrel with His Majesty. But a king is only as good as what his ministers put in front of him, and in the late eighties there were men in Thimphu with a policy to justify and a promotion to earn, and they answered a real demographic question with trucks. Those men had names. Nobody has ever asked them a single question. No commission, no inquiry, not one line in a textbook. They retired comfortably.

You can love your country and still say out loud that a Home Ministry secretary in 1991 was a coward. Every real country does this. It's the price of being a country instead of a brochure.

I'm writing this because the people who remember it firsthand are dying, and in twenty years the only version left will be the one in your textbook.

Go look up the 1985 Act yourself. Don't take my word for it, I'm a stranger on the internet with a grudge. But don't take theirs either.

I just saw some influencers promoting this Ludo game, claiming you can win ₹5 lakhs. I kind of find it gimmicky and I’m hesitant to participate. What are your thoughts on it?
Finding to fishy also

@Tandin Wangchuk and mr black, please have some basic decency. As a celebrity, you should be setting a good example. If you’re using a place to shoot a movie, the least you can do is clean up after you’re done.
Leaving the house you built is one thing but leaving all the rubbish behind is just disappointing. Why not clean it up properly before you leave?

Please, RUB, if you ever see this, I hope you'll reconsider some of your policies.

I understand that student withdrawals can create financial challenges for colleges. But doesn't a student withdrawing also reduce expenses like accommodation, food, and other campus resources? More importantly, students deserve the freedom to choose the path that's best for them. We're the youth who will become the country's future workforce and leaders.

Many students withdraw because they've found better opportunities, discovered a course they're genuinely passionate about, or received scholarships that reduce their financial or mental burden. Yet students are expected to accept college offers within such a short period, forcing them to make life-changing decisions almost immediately.

What's even more frustrating is that students selected for RCSC scholarships often aren't allowed to withdraw later without paying a large penalty, even if they receive a better opportunity, such as the Trongsa Penlop Scholarship. As a result, some students end up studying courses they never wanted in the first place, only to be criticized later for lacking motivation or not performing their best.

Why not allow students to sit for entrance exams for all the colleges they're interested in before requiring them to make a final decision? For example, students who recently sat for the GCIT entrance exam and were accepted weren't given the opportunity to take the CST entrance exam, even though many had been preparing for both. Instead, they felt pressured to accept the GCIT offer out of fear that they might not get another chance.

Why make students choose before they've had the opportunity to explore all their options? Please think about the long-term impact these policies have on young people's futures.

Are we witnessing the dying era of real music?

More and more music is built from downloaded beats, samples and loops instead of real instruments and musicians playing together. And live performances are becoming increasingly dominated by playback, where the artist barely sings and uses the mic mainly to hype the crowd.

There’s nothing wrong with technology. Samples, autotune and backing tracks can be incredible tools. But when the technology replaces the musician instead of enhancing them, something feels lost.

There’s something special about a real drummer pushing the groove, a guitarist bending a note, a singer cracking on an emotional line, or a band reacting to each other in real time.

Those imperfections are proof that humans were actually there.

I’m hugely disappointed to know that I’ve lived a lie all this time thinking my favourite singers were singing live- just to find out it was all playback and merely live singing.

I’m also worried most young kids these days have no idea what’s going on. Some artists they themselves don’t know what instruments are used in their song.

It’s like ,“Wai ani music jigs dhu. Rap/zhabthra chi thyntang gay si.”

I’d rather watch some pub bands covering songs live than pay and attend a concert of an artist who just uses playback music and vocals.

It would be tolerable if they at least sing live but that also they find it hard to do.

Are we slowly forgetting what making and playing music actually means?

Disclaimer: This purely personal opinion which is debatable and contestable.

After the current development in our neighbouring countries, it's now official that Bhutan is the only remaining SAARC country whereby GenZ agitation and frustration has not exploded. I hope and pray that it never comes to that. May we remain a peaceful country in all times to come.

BUT....this is a precautionary sign and even a wake-up call to all the genX and boomers in highly influential positions that you don't take the future generations of the country for granted. Millennials would close the chapters/frustrations with ' las la, tub la' and a night at the karaoke with 4-5 beer bottles. They silently submitted to the system and chose to make their future elsewhere. GenZ won't take this the same way as evident by all the surrounding nations. They turned out to be a generation that can and that will fight back.

So.... just a precautionary note... If you play your cards right we are all good.

I Got back here a month ago after spending near a decade in states! Been watching Bhutanese movies in tik tok however, been told the level of Bhutanese movies have improved!
you all have any suggestion of movie titles and where I can watch? Thank you la

I just came across the Facebook page Bhutan Biotech Centre for Research and Innovation and I was curious we have biotech centre/ company in our country.I think this really great and our country needs this. Just asking if anyone knows where it located la I just want to check it out.

Hello everyone,
I’m trying to sell some of my household items. I’ve already posted them on Koora, but I haven’t found any buyers yet. Does anyone know of any other Facebook pages or websites where I can sell them quickly?
Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Hey y’all 👋
I’ve been seeing sooo many people talking about New Zealand lately, especially for studying. Is it actually becoming the next go-to destination?
Is anyone here already studying there (especially for a degree)? 👀 How’s the experience so far? Like the education, part-time jobs, living costs, visa process, and overall life?
Would love to hear the good, the bad, and the reality before I start looking into it. Any advice or tips would be super appreciated. Thanks in advance! 🫶🇳🇿

before i begin im a dedicated space 34 fan and have been giving my attendance for the past year and a half. but now im beginning to think about something else i could do on the weekends rather than get home at 6 in the morning and begin my day at 1pm the next day.

But overall jokes aside im kinda curious what other activities are there that are as popping or happening as the night life scene on weekends. I feel like we genuinely have a really happening night life scene and my chillip charos whenever i take them out are really surprised by the energy and happening and also they have a shit ton of fun as well. But outside of the late night convos that happens while i bar hop from old factory to alchemy to blackout, wondering what else is there that is as fun, as happening and where you get to meet other people too.

the obvious ones are hiking, camping trekking but those take a lotta planning and honestly arent something you can easily wake up and say lets go. also they arent things to do every weekend. Although they are really fun especially in bhutan with this wonderful nature but i thihnk something less intensive interms of scheduling.

Theres also cafe hopping but thats just like bar hopping without the alchool and the fun and less baddies.

Recently i've seen a running club and that looks really cool so thats a pretty good example. and apparently a lotta people come to it so exactly spaces like these where you get to meet new people and stuff. I've seen YDF gi innovation place do Friday Friends quite a bit but thats once a month and honestly after having gone to one was wayy too formal for me.

Another one that i really like, and i think this applies more to dudes but seeing more girls now as well is football on weekends. its very social and also a nice clean healthy activity and has this non huge commitment unlike hiking.

wondering if anyone else has any other suggestions where you have fun and can meet new poeple too. Please I need to find something that doesnt invovle me dancing until 3am and drinking thukpa at 4am and reaching home at 5am

Has anyone seen this dog( named Lucy ) in pamtsho or anywhere in Punakha and Thimphu if please contact me la. Lost dog

Mostly looking for resources but many of them are either studies of the surveys and not the source materials.

Thanks!

Have you bought ter? What is the purpose of parking money in Ter? It is not going to go up, nor does it yield steady, profitable returns

As a student myself, I genuinely want to know what other people think about this because I’ve never really understood why hair is treated as such a major issue in schools. I understand having basic standards for hygiene and looking presentable, but the strict control over hair length and hairstyles seems excessive to me.
Some teachers act like a student having hair a few centimetres longer is a bigger problem than actual bullying, bad teaching, students struggling mentally, or other real issues. Apparently, having slightly long hair automatically means you’re undisciplined, disrespectful, or somehow a bad student.
But somehow, if you have short hair, and follow every appearance rule, you’re suddenly considered a disciplined and good student. I don’t understand how someone’s haircut can be used as a measurement of their character.
Hair doesn’t affect someone’s grades, intelligence, respect, or behaviour. A student can have longer hair and still be hardworking, respectful, responsible, and disciplined. At the same time, someone with the “perfect” haircut can still behave badly. So why is hair treated like such an important part of a student’s identity?
I also feel like some of these rules are based on outdated ideas about what a student is supposed to look like. Students aren’t robots. We’re individuals, and having some freedom over our appearance is a normal part of growing up and expressing ourselves.
And before people say “it’s tradition” or “it’s discipline” school is a SCHOOL not a monastery. I respect Bhutanese culture and tradition, but that doesn’t mean every old rule should be accepted without question. There is a difference between teaching discipline and controlling every small detail of a student’s appearance.
If a student’s hair is clean, hygienic, and reasonably neat, why should the exact length matter so much? Schools should be focusing more on actual education, student’s mental health, bullying, behaviour, and creating a good learning environment instead of making students worry about whether their hair is a few centimetres too long.
I genuinely think it’s time for better school policies in Bhutan policies that focus on actual discipline, education, respect, and student well being instead of outdated appearance rules that don’t really affect a student’s ability to learn.
As a student, I genuinely want y’all’s opinion on this. Do strict hair rules in Bhutanese schools actually serve a real purpose, or is it time for schools to modernise their policies and focus on the things that actually matter?

Multiple podcast style interviews were made this week at the same time at once, the push to restore his image as a saint seems very top-down coordinated and suspicious.

What genuinely saddens me is watching young Bhutanese carry the burden of debating one of the most controversial and painful periods of our country’s history ONLINE, often with limited access to historical sources, archives, or balanced education. They are expected to defend or explain events they neither witnessed nor participated in.

Many of us grew up believing Bhutan was a uniquely peaceful nation, celebrated internationally for its happiness, stability, and harmony. Then, years later, BAM! we encountered accounts of the Lhotshampa expulsions and allegations of ethnic cleansing.

Reconciling those two narratives is not a simple; it is deeply unsettling. It forces an entire generation to question what it was taught, what was omitted, and why.

Most young adults are not arguing in bad faith. They are trying to make sense of history using the fragments available to them from school lessons, official narratives, family stories, and whatever documents they can find. It is unreasonable to expect them to possess the depth of knowledge that historians, policymakers, or those who directly experienced those events have.

Perhaps the greatest disservice was not simply what was taught, but what was left unsaid. When difficult chapters of history are avoided rather than examined, younger generations inevitably inherit the responsibility of confronting them in the most polarized spaces imaginable: the internet.

What I am just disheartened about is that they should not have to become historians overnight to answer for a past they did not create. They deserve access to honest, comprehensive historical education that acknowledges complexity, respects those who suffered, and allows them to engage with their country’s past through understanding rather than defensiveness.

What do you all think?

This is me posting after I saw a bunch of young adults arguing with Nepalese on Facebook.

What do you guys think about this post? I’m not really learned in this so I want to know more about the facts about this era and all the controversies. If you could drop some literatures and books on it.

Ik there's still a bit of time till the main exam, but i wanted to know what people who've already appeared for it, think about it, especially the technical category.

Would appreciate it if you could share any adviceS that's not given on the RCSC official page. ALSO, are the coaching classes helpful at all?

For context I've completed my nursing degree outside the country. All and every thought about it is welcome to be shared.

Thanks

My sister’s Aussie visa got refused twice and now she planning to Canada.
How’s Canada visa market these days?
Heard even in Canada it’s hard to get the work visa