The 21st century has made our life so busy that we
have to plan and schedule time for ourselves to have a time away to relax with
the people of same thoughts and minds. Steve Jobs rightly said "Your time is
limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by
dogma, which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.
I had been observing and reflecting on some comments on social media. Many a times I go through the writings and comments by the people I know. Most of the time I see lots of grievance, dissatisfaction and criticism.
My aunt had gone to Tashigang with a group of people and
they were returning home. Since it was a long journey (in the mid 80s when the
motor vehicle were not readily available) on foot they had decided to rest for
the night in a cave not far from the main path. They had lighted a makeshift
oven and cooked their evening meal and were taking rest before their dinner
when they saw a man coming their way. The man (Meme Kota) asked for shelter for
the night in their cave and they agreed to let him stay with them in the cave.
It was during the time when the motor vehicle (in Bhutan)
was scarce and people used mule n horse for transportation. Meme
Kota had a horse called “Thremo”. He used to go from place
to place taking the horse to transport loads. Once he had gone to
Tashigang Dzong to deliver the load and unfortunately for him, his horse
littered the place. The policeman on duty saw it and asked Meme to clean the
litter. Meme was quite ashamed and was not willing to clean the waste and
thought for some time. He slowly walked to his horse and said in a very
soothing tone as if he was talking to a child.
This materialistic world
Urge every individual
To rush; to crave
for wealth; for power.
To sweat and toil
To accumulate
Assuming we live a thousand years
When need is heeded everything prospers. The need for transformative learning system had been called for by citizens of all walks of life in our country and indeed the awakening to the need had been very timely. The involvement of all the teachers throughout the country in this transformative pedagogy is a history in itself. I am the part of history in making. Never before in my more than two decades of the teaching career have I seen such huge training program.
When the flight landed in the Indra Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, I was prepare for another adventurous journey. Being away from Home and family is always a worst part in life but I was ready to break away from my comfort zone. The blizzard noise of Delhi traffic was the first thing that hit me. I could not hear what the person who had come to pick me up at the airport was saying. The trip from airport to the my destination was another experience. The drivers drove the vehicles in their own whims. I shared with my co-passenger that I would never dare to drive in the streets of Delhi.
After lots of appeal, I got my transfer and I could finally join my other half of my family. It is a great relief that I am finally out of the place that I had started hating. When I start disliking something, nothing can make me change my mind and I am really glad that I am out of that place.
Have you ever felt like the whole world is conspiring against
you? Well I am going through that kind of phase in life: The place that I have
lived for more than four years seems like a strange place. The work that I have
loved since the time I started working seems less motivating and people I have
worked with seems like Strangers. The
only light is my little girl who welcomes me home with her smile and laughter every time I return from my
mundane routine.
The school observed Literary nite as a part of the
celebration of the National Reading Year on 28th August 2015. The children and the Teachers worked hard to make it a great success.
I got myself registered for the one day
refresher’s course (firing drill) at Deothang after consulting with my husband
since I didn’t have any other important work at that time. I was apprehensive
because I knew that most of the Desuups were busy with “Wang Duty” in
Phuentsholing and I hardly knew the Desuups listed for the refresher’s course.
To my dismay I could see only three female Desuups listed when the final list
was uploaded in the Desuung group page in facebook. Nevertheless I kept my hope
high because I knew I was going to make new friends and gain some more practice
in firing drill.
The tiring journey through the crowded Assam
road dimmed as I neared my native place. The greeting into the valley by the
sound of black necked cranes made the scene all more mesmerizing. My five year old
nephew was travelling with me to see his grandparents for the first time and
was full of questions about the new environment and the cranes. He was asking
about the Chorten Kora that he had seen in Noezhen Express in BBS and wanted to
know how big it was. He kept asking whether Chorten kora was as big as some
chorten (stupa) that we passed through on the way. When I said it was bigger
than that, he spread his arms and asked whether it was as big. I told him that
he would see it in few minutes as we were nearing the place, he kept stretching
his neck to see further in front of the car.