Bhutan
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2008-06-23/bhutan
After 100 years, Bhutan's royal family has stepped aside to allow a peaceful and well-planned transition to democracy. A look at how the once isolated Himalayan nation, often romanticized as a living Shangri-la, is taking on modernity and political change.
Guests
Kunzang Choden
writer; became Bhutan's first female novelist with the publication of "The Circle of Karma" in 2005; her latest book is "Chilli and Cheese: Food and Society in Bhutan."
Kinley Dorji
founding editor of Bhutan's first national newspaper, "Kuensel"
Preston Scott
curator, Bhutan program of the 2008 Smithsonian Folklife Festival
William Frelick
refugee policy director at Human Rights Watch
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