As Bhutan’s fifth King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck arrives in Delhi on Monday afternoon at the invitation of President Droupadi Murmu, all eyes will be on his talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, and any possible discussions on the progress in Bhutan-China boundary talks. While the Bhutanese King last met Mr. Modi in September last year, when he …
On October 1-4, Bhutan hosted an international conference on Vajrayana Buddhism. China, which played a major role in Buddhism’s survival when it had declined and all but disappeared in India, is deploying its own Buddhist soft power to project a softer image of itself and boost its credentials as a guardian of Buddhism. In addition to separately deploying their Buddhist …
