More reading, and even more listening: How the pandemic has affected literature in Bhutan
Two lockdowns in the mountain kingdom have not blocked the effort to get more people to read. Bhutan Echoes festival: A reading session with Queen Mother Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck. | Bhutan Echoes Drukyul Festival
In the Kingdom of Bhutan, where Covid-19 is relatively well controlled, every new episode of the pandemic still leaves us wondering what’s next. Two nationwide lockdowns have disrupted the easy life in a country of 750,000 people. The pandemic has caused social and economic upheavals with the closure of borders, the stoppage of trading, the shut-down of schools and colleges.