http://gigaom.com/2006/08/10/bhutan-to-get-broadband-finally/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:58:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/2006/08/10/bhutan-to-get-broadband-finally/#comment-122023 Sun, 13 Aug 2006 06:42:16 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/10/bhutan-to-get-broadband-finally/#comment-122023 This has got nothing to do with democracy in Bhutan… Bhutan is not democratic but is ruled by benevolent king whose dynasty has ruled Bhutan for ages and the Bhutanese people love them. The king has delibarately kept Bhutan tied to the old traditions but who says that is bad? Give me the blue skies and the white mountains and the aga old traditions anyday over you gory war and modern gizmos that make humanity more and more isolated than ever.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2006/08/10/bhutan-to-get-broadband-finally/#comment-122022 Fri, 11 Aug 2006 20:09:22 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/10/bhutan-to-get-broadband-finally/#comment-122022 More info on the refugees:
“Bringing Bhutan closer to the world” -
http://www.bhootan.org
Amnesty International -
web.amnesty.org/library/eng-btn/news
UN Refugee Agency -
http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/country?iso=btn

]]> http://gigaom.com/2006/08/10/bhutan-to-get-broadband-finally/#comment-122021 Fri, 11 Aug 2006 20:06:47 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/10/bhutan-to-get-broadband-finally/#comment-122021 Further reading on plight of the Bhutanese refugees:
UN refugee agency – http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/country?iso=btn
Amnesty International – http://web.amnesty.org/library/eng-btn/news
“Bringing Bhutan closer to the world” – http://www.bhootan.org/

]]> http://gigaom.com/2006/08/10/bhutan-to-get-broadband-finally/#comment-122020 Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:45:45 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/10/bhutan-to-get-broadband-finally/#comment-122020 why sigapore morocco jordan people do not demand demand more democacy. what iran became after get rid of monarchy.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2006/08/10/bhutan-to-get-broadband-finally/#comment-122019 Thu, 10 Aug 2006 20:31:52 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/08/10/bhutan-to-get-broadband-finally/#comment-122019 may be this will really show the people of Bhutan how far the rest of the world has moved on compared to the way of their government. and they may finally rise to demand more rights from the autocratic regime that runs their country. and finally those who demanded such right in the past and were driven out of the country by the goverment, and living as refugees in neighboring countries, can return back to their homeland.

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