Posts Tagged ‘Thimphu’

Today, it resonates back to my mind drumming like a tinnitus. Back in the college, our parental bucks were used for purchasing gifts for friends’ birthday celebrations, regular picnic, uncountable entertainment shows and even on drinks. Now, we are into the real world where every journeys and steps that we make for employing ourselves depends Read more »

Into the last week of March 2010, I got a surprising call from Mr Bian How Tay (Colombo Plan Consultant) from Colombo. What he told me over the phone was bitterly sweet.

‘Dichen, we are conducting another Youth Congress. I want you to come.’ The next word he said was ‘Afghanistan’. Read more »

Travelling from Phuntsholing to Thimphu- the scenery was like heaven and in the bus I felt relaxed, and boredom was out of reach. It did not matter how I was seated or how comfortable I felt, I just loved the feeling…that different kind of feeling, you know, with some nice songs in the ears. I only wish I could get it down in black and white, but words won’t come out right. Read more »

It has been four years since I wrote my class 10 exams. My parents got divorced before I was sent to school. I remember my neighbors talking in the hushed tone, not-all-that-good about my mother. Everyone said she ran away with another man – a much younger one than my father. Maybe it is this that made me feel astray. Read more »

Thimphu is considered a blessed valley by many villagers when they visit once in a while. Thimphu is an overpriced city which I disagree the opinions of rural folks.  But when they say it is an imperial place for our Royal Families to live I can’t disagree on their inference. Read more »

Someone nudged on my shoulder. I was walking around the memorial chorten in Thimphu in deep concentration. This took me by surprise. I looked back. There stood a man, smiling. He seemed familiar but it didn’t really ring a bell. I was not sure if he was my brother I thought I lost. Read more »

(This is an article I wrote as part of my course in RIM and had been published in the institute’s newsletter afterwards)

Thimphu City is a melting pot of people, culture and ideas. At least five different ethnicities live here harmoniously. They weave their lives around a central national theme while acknowledging their diversity and rejoicing in it. It is located in along the flat fertile Wang valley. It is said that when modern governance was introduced in the country, some of the most learned Gurus said that Thimphu must be the capital if it has to work. Today, it is the seat of the Central Government and our much revered Monarchs’. Read more »

I started the car from Thimphu
Drove and reached Wangdue
So short the journey was
It didn’t take even a minute!

My adorable parents
You live far away behind the mountains
Your true son works for a living
Very far away from you Read more »