The anthropologist, publisher and editor spoke about new writing from Bhutan and how the country’s independent past is allowing it to look at anthropology without being burdened by the discipline’s colonial baggage Dolma Choden Roder Tell us about Riyang Books, the family-run publishing house that you work with. We had a really hard time finding a publisher for our book …
In the eastern edge of the Himalayas, the Kingdom of Bhutan is one of the most isolated nations on the planet. Bhutan's Prime Minister Lotay Tshering has acknowledged successive governments may have failed these people and, with such growing discontent, it has put the country's happiness philosophy into question. Since June last year, 1.4 per cent of Bhutan's population has …
