Comments on: When did we know?

By: JABAB PHUB DORJI

JABAB PHUB DORJI — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:48:28 +0000

your honourable,
Thank you in advance… i will check my post box.

Sorry to mind you.

By: Tshering Tobgay

Tshering Tobgay — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:56:51 +0000

I sent your prize, a packet of “bjobchi”, to the address you sent me, about two weeks ago. You obviously didn’t receive it, so I’ll look into it this Monday. I’m sorry.

By: JABAB PHUB DORJI

JABAB PHUB DORJI — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:19:47 +0000

Knew nothing about Democracy before but now experiencing it with DPT as ruling party and PDP with only 2 Members as Opposition Party.Still then seems and feels the Government is running smoothly. Hope and wish Everything with this new born democratic country will grow…..

Note: Your honourable i am very sorry to inform your kind self that so far i didnt recieve your prize for the Big Picture
( water mill). Seems very busy la…

By: Thinlay

Thinlay — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:06:01 +0000

I agree with Tangba. It is not important whether or not we have democracy, but it is extremly important to know whether all Bhutanese have decent house, adequate income, could sent their children to school and college, could afford three square meals a day, could avail good health coverage, could practice religion of ones choice, could excercise ones god gifted freedom, could live under umbrella of peace and liberty, could walk through streets of Thimphu at night without fear of being mugged, could travel in comfortable car or bus to wherever we want to go, could go to holy places for pilgrimage or for holidays etc. etc. If we do not have these or do not know whether whether we have these then we must work for them. Realization of these necessities of good life is what democracy is all about to me.

Cheers

By: Tangba

Tangba — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:18:07 +0000

I don’t think that is an important question and it does not matter either-when did we know? The more pertinent question now is- do we really HAVE a democracy in Bhutan? Or is it just an eye wash? Our great leaders had bestowed upon us this freedom of democratic rule centuries ago. We only gave it a new name in this modern era. Whether our democracy will truly benefit our people and our country or it is just a luxury that our people can not afford is yet to see.

As for the recent Democracy Conference in Paro, I don’t know how productive it was but I surely know that the foreign participants enjoyed the trip to an exotic place! One of them said,” without this seminar, it would be impossible for me to visit your country” That’s off record!!

By: tashi

tashi — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:41:01 +0000

whats the relevance of the question? I am sorry if i am missing the point.

By: di

di — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:08:22 +0000

Tough Question. I think we sort of knew it in our hearts for a while before the talk even started. Acceptance aside, we need to understand the importance of what we have with us now. It may have been a gift that we weren’t sure how to handle, but it is a Gift nevertheless, a Great gift. My favorite quote about democracy is spiderman’s: “With Great power, comes great responsibility”. We have been given great power, and with it, great responsibility.