A real quest
Dear T Penjore, I am delighted to read your book Quest for Democracy – against all odds, the first book on Bhutan I read after migrating to Australia early last month. It helped me a lot to revive my passion for democracy and rather worked as a refresher in...
First travel in Australia
My job in Nepal was limited to Kathmandu valley while I was there. Despite my interest to travel, I could not. It’s my passion to visit new places, see new things. So, the first thing I chose after being resettled in Australia was to visit places in Australia. I...
My trip to Melbourne
In my first trip since arrival to Adelaide some two months ago, I choose one of the Australia’s largest metropolises Melbourne. By the time I write this piece, I haven’t been to core city area but the suburbs. They seem no new to what I had experienced in Adelaide....
पुर्स्थापना पछिको दायित्व
रहरले हैन, धेरै भुटानी शरणार्थीहरुले बाध्यताले नेपाल छाडे । दुई दशक भुटान, भारत र नेपाल सरकारको आशमा बाचेपछि पनि भविष्य अन्धकार हुदै गएको देखे पछि तेस्रो मुलुक पुनर्बास भुटानीले रहरले रोजेका हैनन । प्रस्ताव आएको कैयौ महिनासम्म सिंगो समुदाय नै प्रस्तावको विपक्षमा उभिनु त्यसको दरिलो प्रमाण थियो । तथापि...
Come together
The biggest but shattered dream of the Bhutanese in exile was the leadership failure to work hand in hand for the common cause – establishment of democracy and human rights in Bhutan and repatriation of the Bhutanese refugees. Not only for two decades, the leaders remain divided, the culture...
Aggregating Identity in Bhutan
Recent political changes in Bhutan have given rise to public debates on several issues pertaining to Bhutanese national identity, including the status of its official language, Dzongkha, which otherwise would have been impossible. Questioning the relevance of any Bhutanese symbols under the absolute monarchy was certain to land you...