Memories:The days in refugee camp

The days which i passed is really the interesting to me.my proud land Nepal it is the place of god which i can't express by my single mouth,being refugee also i myself proud because of the great happiness among all my friend who touch my heart and the feeling.I my self recognize the day which i and others friends selflessly help to the people being volunteer.Its so pleasant to express this think by this sites.Hope like this you also enjoy.We are the same flowers of Garland for 19 years it is also the best to express.We together makes a Garland by having different races people in same.I still remember the day which we inter Nepal from Bhutan it is really a heartfelt conditions to all those who love there mother.But then also we are sweing our tearing heart day by day which should done due to of human natures.There is saying''if u need to change the world, u should start from u then only world will change''which is express by swami vikassananda.so by this thought i and the people they step towards the three way which is not yet got satisfactory reason to three way people.hope every people they reach to destination after few moments.The words of vikassananda still touch my heart now a days also.Every human beings should flow the way of god which is still unknown but most of the people got that.which is peace among all.So i myself also hope for peace and friendliness among all the races.now this world is challenging with the ca races discrimination so be careful weather you also running at the back of races.It is the bad thing to run after the races or the discrimination.

By : Kamal Pardhan ( Mr. Pardhan edits www.BhutaneseOhio.com)

A media vechile vandalized

A van belonging to weekly newspaper, The Journalist, published from Thimphu was vandalized by unknown attackers on mid night May 12.

The van was returning office after dropping home on of the paper’s IT staffs, when it was hit at around 12.45 pm, as it passed the road above the golf course area in Thimphu, near Royal Monetary Authority (RMA) building.

The scene of the vandalized van. Photo/Kuensel

Suspected to be hit by stone, vehicle’s left window at the back seat and the rear window are badly shattered, pieces of which fell inside the car. Driver and another staff in the car remain safe. They immediately informed the police for investigation.

Newspaper editor Gopilal Acharya, however, suspects a stray bullet might have hit the van though police say it is not.
Acharya is also the president of Journalists Association of Bhutan (JAB).

It is the first incident of attack on press in the country. The Journalist weekly is being published by the journalists who left Bhutan Times in mass last year alleging managerial interference into the editorial matters.

Meanwhile, the Association of Press Freedom Activist (APFA-Bhutan) has shown deep concern towards the incident. In a media statement issued by IP Adhikari, the president of APFA-Bhutan, it said that the attack would not only derail the morality of the journalists, but also curtails their safety and the right to information of the Bhutanese people.

“The government must investigate the incident thoroughly and punish those involved in the attack. The government must also ensure safety and security of the media persons,” reads the statement.
Source: www.bhutannewsservice.com

A continued history of Displacement in Beldangi-I

A fire that broke out in Beldangi-I on the May 7th resulted around 250 peoples’ displacement. 

The fire is said to be started from Sector-A/2 Hut No.202 which belongs to Padam Lal Biswakarma . But reasons behind the cause are yet to the knowledge of none. One of the family members of Biswakarma said that they noticed fire-break at once and were unaware of the actual cause behind it. 

CARITAS Nepal, The Lutheran World Federation, AMDA Nepal, UNHCR and many other aid agencies including major donors reached the spot to sympathize and help the fire victims the next morning. However, involvement of Youth friendly Center (YFC) was appreciable this time too. 

Besides estimated cash loss of around 20 lakh, refugees have losed their refugee identity cards issued by UNHCR and other important documents regarding ressettlement process. One of the Police personnels from camp based Armed Police Force attending the displaced said, “More than cash the victims have lost many things including their valuable documents”. 

For now, the displaced victims including around three dozens of school children are taking shelter at Green Vale Academy. Besides the donor agencies, the other refugee residents from the same camp are putting themselves together to help the victims way out with their food stuffs.

Source: www.mnbconnection.com

Editorial board declares closure of Bhutanusa.com

May 3,The editorial board of   popular ‘news blog’ producing news stuffs and articles for and by Bhutanese refugees, has declared the closure for indefinite period publishing a press release.

A release posted on the bhutanusa.com cited, what they call as “technical and managerial issues” as the reason to declare the closure of the site. 

“The reasons arise out of the fact that the time period of the registration of this domain has run out and the web page designer (Himalayan Web Info. Pvt. Ltd, Kathmandu, Nepal) that was entrusted with the task of developing the site to its final form and hosting it with a different domain, globalbhutan.com, cheated us badly letting us not to blog about what we have been doing for nearly one and a half years.”

However Himalayan Web Info. Pvt. Ltd has not yet responded the issue.

Statement reads,” Back in 2008, we conceived the concept of having a place in the internet to blog about the tiny Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan and a vast majority of Bhutanese folks all around the globe. Well, we came up on the final day of December 2008 with the idea to have a web site on the issue, in fact the first of all diaspora sites for Bhutanese created over the past with different intellectual perspectives and scholastic efforts. We do not claim ourselves to be so scholastic and precisely perspective thinkers in regards to working with Butanusa.com but we did have a successful story in the past with an ever-increasing influx of visitors, viewers, well-wishers and above all, our advisors who, in some way served as beacon for our responsibility-laden ship to head its way surviving the Doldrums on a vast ocean of socio-political criticism and diverse ideological Tsunamis. In a nutshell, bhutanusa.com prospered well ever since it was conceived by resettled Bhutanese from third countries.”

Statement further reads,” Our thanks are due to our valued visitors, our senior Bhutanese reporters, Bhutanese intellectuals who supported us during hard times and above all, our team members, who, amidst the busy and hectic schedules of their daily living, worked devotedly to bring things updated on a regular and timely manner. Rationally speaking, we always stand hand in hand working together for a common cause of peace and happiness for people who are deprived of it. We still have a long way to go together and not to end with this.”

According to the statement, the site, Bhutanusa.com will be completely down from the mid-night of May 8.