Archive for May, 2010
The Unforgiven
May 29th, 2010 | 
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Densung was a regular goer in Yangchenphug while he comes for the first time in school. Her last three years stay in the school has made her familiar to those teachers and students there, while Druksel found himself exposed towards the strange faces and alien environment there. At one time rendezvous, a dispersion of sort, he got his eye cast on Densung. Read more »
Posted in Telling tales in short | 
Tags: friendship, heart, internet, love, reason, self esteem, world
I dont know
Sometimes you were not there
And at times me
It was not less for love
The talking closed at the lips
Died a death Read more »
The Blank Man
I walk the whole day
From my window
Breathing fire feelings
Your fragrance in the air
As I walk the road
To my land… Read more »
The Honesty of Bhutanese Writers
(We couldn’t contact you for your permission, but we had a strong feeling that you will be happy to share your article with us here. There are hundreds of aspiring writers who wished to attend the Literary Fair but couldn’t be lucky like you. Thank you for the grand report)
Mountain Echoes 20 May, 2010
Like the recently held SAARC summit, the Bhutanese environment seems to be having quite an effect on visiting writers attending the ongoing literary festival, Mountain Echoes. Read more »
Posted in Essays, What I think |
Tags: Bhutan, Druk Gyalpo, environment, journalism, literary festival, readership, SAARC, Younghusband
Undead Poet Society
One observation made during the Literary Festival was that Bhutan was leapfrogging from an oral society to audiovisual media – bypassing everything in between. True this may not augur well for a country bent on preserving age-old culture and traditions. Folk tales and stories have been the vehicles that transported the very culture and tradition we are trying to preserve. Read more »
Dude, Let’s NOT Argue
Posted in What I think
Yak Legpai Lhadar – a Bhutanese Folk Song
Yak Legpai Lhadar- the god-sent calf! Read more »
Posted in Around the hearth Stories
Of Spoons, Forks and Knives
I sat down to lunch with delegates from 13 countries in a far off land. The lunch table was decorated elaborately like the ones I have seen in movies –flowers, table clothes and culinary. Culinary? Culinary? I looked in front of me and I saw many spoons, folks and knives. What was I supposed to do with all these? My mind was racing and I was nervous. I remembered the different courses of meals but which ‘tool’ for which course? Read more »
Posted in Essays, What I think |
Tags: Aurora, Bhutan, dining, etiquette, forks, knives, presentations, restaurants, spoons
The Milkman
“Milk is good for children,” Uncle Bal Bahadhur, a local milkman would tell us. “It makes your bones and teeth strong. So, you grow big and tall…like your father and mother…”
Posted in Telling tales in short |
Tags: childhood, children, death, milkman, Phuentsholing, smile, struggle, thoughts
Laying a Foundation
When we lay a foundation to something, we go with acknowledgments.
Our acknowledgment should start with thanking Penstar for coming up with this idea of Writers Association of Bhutan and Penstar’s parents for having him. Penstar’s parents would not have been here Read more »
Posted in Essays |
Tags: acknowledgment, Ada Loveless, Aurora, celebration, computer, country, culture, evoking, foundation, Greek myth, king
The Forgotten Introduction
My WAB Dream
Introduction
Ngawang came up with this inspiring idea of forming an association for writers, which doesn’t exist now and probably will never come up without someone like him. He began with a Facebook group and is determined to shape it into a formal organization once he has enough people giving him hands. Read more »
Posted in Essays
