[Bhutan] the negative impact of television

["Irfan Khan" <khania2@super.net.pk>]

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Fast forward into trouble

The Guardian (June 14, 2003)


Four years ago, Bhutan, the fabled Himalayan Shangri-la, became the 
last nation on earth to introduce television. Suddenly a culture, 
barely changed in centuries, was bombarded by 46 cable channels. And 
all too soon came Bhutan's first crime wave - murder, fraud, drug 
offences. Cathy Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy report from a country 
crash-landing in the 21st century 

read complete story at 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,3605,975769,00.html


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read a discussion on the above story at
http://slashdot.org/articles/03/06/14/2226227.shtml?tid=129&tid=188

[disclaimer: this discussion is a typical slashdot-style discussion, 
with everything under the sun being discussed with seriousness and 
fun.]


irfan