Posts Tagged ‘folktales’

Four days ago, I had this silly idea running in my head. And I collected this information from WAB website. On a second thought, I realized all research works are like that, but not as silly and meaningless as mine. Now I realize it offers us some meanings after all. Let’s find out what our members are writing on WAB. Today there are 206 registered members on Writers Association of Bhutan Read more »

Into social concerns I repose
In your exquisite expression
Of essays etched in patriotic criticism, Read more »

Thank you PaSsu

Once in a village in the far East lived two brothers. They lived in a traditional one roomed house.   Read more »

My one-month old daughter is a great listener. She wakes so early in the morning and with my wife still sleeping, it provides us the best time for some father-daughter tête–à–tête. I talk of so many things on various topics,  to which she listens with rapt attention. Read more »

Long ago, there lived a man who was known for being wise and genius and people from far and wide came to seek his advice.

One day a caravan of people led by a minister arrived at his humble dwelling. They were the Read more »

In a small village, there lived a man and his wife, who gave birth to a beautiful daughter. A few days later, the mother died of an acute illness. The husband alone took the responsibility of looking after the daughter. Read more »

(This story comes from Eastern Bhutan. I heard this story from my grandfather as I was helping him to herd our family cattle when we used to live in the village. I wrote this as a part of my assignment for my module -creative writing)

Long ago, Tshomo, a teenage girl lived with her parents in a remote village. They made their living by herding cattle. They took turn to graze their cattle in different grazing ground in different seasons. The cattle were shifted up in the highland in the summer and brought back to the villages in the winter. Read more »