Dorji Tenzin: Random Thoughts like Cries of a Clown

Dear Author, First of all, I would like to congratulate you on publishing the General knowledge book. As I am a regular  reader of  books written by Bhutanese a uthors, I bought your book from Pekhang Enterprise and read first four sections (ie a, b, c & d) of your book.   I don’t claim to know the history of Bhutan, and by no means I am writing this letter to criticize this book. I just would like to clarify my doubts. Firstly, The Q&A on Guru Rinpoche created confusion in my mind instead of clarifying . In the section b-a, the question is,’when was the king Thri-song Deo-tsen born?’ and the section b-13 asks, ‘when was the 36 th Dharma King Thrisong Deutsen born?’. The answer is 742 A.D and 682 A.D respectively. Now, my confusion is; are they two different historical figures? Or are they the same figure. While I believe that there shall be some inconsistencies in date, but it should be the job of author to harmonize the date. If you consider the first da...

After two weeks of no communication, I decided to my call wannabe politician and gonna-be bureaucrat friend Ugyen for cup of lukewarm coffee (well, restaurant always sell lukewarm coffee) and chitchat. We had a half an hour chitchat discussing various issues of politics, philosophies, life and books, as we always do, in Yeewong Resturant which is his favourite place for hang out because of the beautiful counter girl. By the way, to my friend, it seemed rotten food serve by this beautiful girl with luscious body is always better than tasty food from some ugly ladies. Anyway, I am just kidding as I don’t want to suffer his Napoleon-oriented wrath.   Over the cup of coffee(if you don’t want to call modified water), he told me that in the capacity of Literary Secretary at Royal Institute of Management, he has   conducted the Quiz and Debate competition   that have not many takers among trainees. He bemoaned the fact that some of the to-be-bureaucrats cannot recall the ...

If God gives me whatever I ask   I will choose to replace him   Some may choose to be his boss And others may choose to kill him. Thus He sits on His grand Heaven Choosing the boon and bane to grant So that people can strive hard To gain the full potential This lies innate in us unused Like a coral wasted under ancient African feet. If God is to be visible like a politician I may have spit on his face Accusing him of favoritism and nepotism Some may have shot him For non-performance of his task And feeding on people’s prayer Like an ogre in the land of Lilliputians. But God is clever one whoever he is Getting credit for good things He doesn’t do Shifting blames of his failure as our own.   If God were to be changed with public votes In the system called democracy, He would have been ousted ages ago Right now, He would be begging for votes And thrown His blessings like corrupt lead...

In 2012, there will the storm in the political arena of Bhutan as political parties will take it all out to win the ultimate laurel; the chance to govern the nation for five years. Today the dust of political activities is getting thicker as the ominous sign of brewing storm. PDP is looking for means to exact revenge against DPT that blacked much campaigned face of PDP in 2008. The people considered simple tea from DPT was considered sweeter than PDP‘s Pork and Rice in 2008. There was talk among common people that ‘they likeed to eat what was given by PDP and they liked to listen to what was said by DPT’.   On the other hand, DPT must be planning secretly for  next big win though they maintained that they are busy serving people as now of now.  Leaving part what they said, the theme for 11 th Five Year plan is ‘rural prosperity or back to the village’ as DPT knows that the votes from village will be crucial for next election.  In last four years, people of...

Dear Thinley, I am writing this letter knowing that you will never know I write this epistle. I am writing this letter knowing that you will never read this chit. I don’t know where exactly you are and I try not to know where you are despite wants of this wounded heart which cannot be healed as long as there are feelings in my heart, memory in my brain and soul in my body. I am also sure that by now, the shadow of memory of me will have been washed away by storm of your present being. I am sure that the ghost of past may be replaced by undying spirit of your strong present being. I am sure that my name will be erased from your memory by current state of affairs. Though I tried so hard not to hear about you but I got wind of news that you are a loving mother and the dutiful wife. I heard that you are residing somewhere in the east. Today I was listening to my heart which tells me that every song has a story, every heartbeat has a reason and every life has a purpose. Suddenly,...

It is 10:30 pm. I am in my room leaning on pillow that is diagonally leaning against the wall. The sleep is far away from my eyes. So I open my laptop, insert data card and connect to the internet.  As I open the internet, the first thing that I remember is to type www.google.com . The Google search engine greets me with ‘forecast of the woman born in 1985 in Chinese astrology’. I don’t know how it came to be on the search engine. I remember typing this words few months back when I was checking the forecast of to-be-wife. I accidentally typed the wrong year which actually was birth year of my ex-girlfriend who dumped me so badly when I was away in India studying. The memory hits me hard. The memory of her hits me hard during every leisurely time despite the fact that our relation was over four years ago. The successive girlfriends list doesn’t feature in my heart like that one woman who shattered my dream for once and all. Today, I am building new dream where I can be king...

The Kuensel reported that two teenage students of Bajothang planted explosi ve device in front of the teacher’s door after issuing three warning letters. Looking at the degradation and erosion of values from the mindset of our youth, it is a dreadfully worrying trend. Wh at is more worrying the audacity of class VII students to carry out that lowly adventure? What made them commit such a heinous crime? Are there other reasons than those mentioned in the Kuensel? Is this the effect of modernization?  Is this just a foolishness of misguided youth? Or is the effect of unfiltered modern media especially television and internet? The value education starts from the home. So could it be the upbringing of the child? At home, if children are brought up in abusive families, they ended up growing up violent. The logic that violence rules the world creeps into children’s mind. There could be also some psychological imbalances in the mind of children which gave the bravery of sort. When po...