Let there be a National Literary Award in Bhutan
Most of the foreigners who visited the Bhutan as tourists and volunteers attempt to write the books on Bhutan describing its culture and environment. Bhutan perhaps gives them the peace and tranquility that are conducive to cultivate their creative juices. On other hand, the Bhutanese writers find it hard to find the readers for their works, forget the recognition. Many people have written the books either in national language or English language just to gather dusts on the bookshelf of local bookstores across the country. Of two genres, the fiction and non-fiction, the non-fictions seem to do little better. The non-fiction books are, at least, referred to by some curious foreigners and some local graduates attempting the civil service examinations. Unlike its twin brother non-fiction, the fiction books hardly sell in Bhutan. Visit to any bookstore in the capital. Select a book by Bhutanese author and secretly mark it. After three months, you will see th...