Kathmandu, March 23: Bhutanese Community Support Organization in America (BASCO) said today in a press statement that the concept to form a new organization in California was evolved after the Bhutanese in the state concurred that there is a need, purpose reason to form a new organization to lead the Bhutanese people and establish a foundation of trust in the community.
Making clear that BASCO is not a political organization, the statement further reads “it is also not just another belligerent organization formed as usual. It is created with general consensus not to divide but to unite the already fractured community. Under the difficult situation, doing nothing was not an option; therefore the best bet was in the new beginning. BASCO is an organization deemed necessary based on reality of the status quo in our community for last few years. It is a united effort of most Bhutanese in the spirit of unity, hope and optimism.”
The statement further said that BASCO was formed to alleviate many difficulties and sufferings of resettling Bhutanese, empower and encourage them to the brighter side and help them become productive citizens in near future.
March 23rd, 2009 at 3:35 pm
First: From what we have seen so far, BASCO is a political organization. The label gets attested because of not what you say but because of what you do. Staging protests against a government (whether good or bad) is a political action. You might have wanted to say BASCO is not a political party, which is true, but it definitely is a political organization. And you have the right to be one, so take it easy!
Second, starting a new organization every time you disagree with an existing one is not in “the spirit of unity.” This is disunity. In a small enclave of Bhutanese refugees in the Bay Area, now there are two organizations, both of them against each other most of the times. You divide the community, not unite them. The founders of BASCO should know what we refugees think: When some of you disagree in the future with other members of BASCO on issues of importance or frivolity, you will form another organization.
No personal hard feelings, but someone has to say it. If you really are for unity, get everyone together, or at least make sincere efforts without imposing your diktats on anyone. If folks do not see things your way, it reflects as much on you as on them. In such a situation, at least refrain from doing things that will make the divide larger and deeper. Formation of BASCO (shouldn’t it be acronymed BCSOA?) has done nothing to erase the divide among Bhutanese in the Bay area. It has done everything to divide people into groups. Uniting against a section of your own community is not unity. It is division at its worst.
March 23rd, 2009 at 7:10 pm
I did not understand why BASCO has to issue a statement saying that it is not a political org? What is wrong being a politically motivated org? We need organization like BASCO in America to show other side of Bhutan.
I don’t know what does your constitution says about the org BUT, your recent activity (protest) at the Asian Art Museum lead by its Chairman, Mr. Dick Chettri is shows the clear indication of politically motivated org.
Folks at BASCO, there are nothing wrong being a political org. You guys are doing great. Keep it up.
March 23rd, 2009 at 7:25 pm
Is BASCO a membership org or a non-membership org? If it is a membership org, is it for under 18 only or anyone can be a member?
The reason of my curiosity is: The pictures shown on its recent protest at Asian Art Museum in San Francisco shows many children and teenagers. Please look at the pictures posted on this site to the right.
Or is it manipulating the children?
March 24th, 2009 at 8:06 am
Don’t worry, this is just the beginning. Many more will emerge once the 60,000 enter USA. This is the tradition we have been brought up 17 years in Nepal. if you quarrel in the east turn to west and form another and vice versa.
In other countries too, people are already putting claims of gender, ethnicity and refugee versus non refugee Bhutanese.
Honestly, time will teach everything and people are loosing few more years of precious life still in fighting instead of personal development.
Political or apolitical, everyone should speak up against RGOB and expose its other side. If you think to keep quite, what history your children will say to their children about our existence??
Do you want them to say that we have been send out from Bhutan with Khada and mala by JSW’s Dynasty?
Exposing RGOB is the number one moral responsibility as long as we breath, so never put contradicting argument on this.
What ever party Dick Chhetri formed, does not matter, but respect the guts of the guy and courage to assemble people.
Instead of blaming him, appreciate him, I am not a fan of him but his actions are moral and ethical if we are settling in the name of Bhutan in any of these countries around the world.
Thank you and open your eyes for moral reasons.
March 24th, 2009 at 10:13 am
why are some commentors here go against BNS or APFA? You know these sites are really good. its their duty to bring to light the issues concerning bhutan and refugees. As a resetled youth in the Netherlands i find these sites are major sources of information.
You know those guys working at BNS and APFA should be encouraged rather than discourage them.
I am really sad to see such comments. You know we must respect those who work selflessly.
March 24th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Wellwisher may be right about his opinion. But what kind of guts and courage we talking about Dick?
His guts and courage to manipulate innocent children and Bhutanese refugee to carry/hold a banner in front of the Asian Art Museum? Or bringing fraction in the community in the name of Unity, Hope and Optimism?
If he really has guts and courage, what did he do while he was in Bhutan? Formed a politically motivated organisation and involve the innocent refugees and children saying it is community support org?
By the way, has he been in the refugee camp?
March 24th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
It is great that few Bhutanese are commenting about BASCO without knowing the facts in California Bhutanese. They should know that BASCO must have to be formed because:
The community was divided
Another Organization was made few years ago in a stolen, ambush way by three people.
They made it very very cheap by internal politics.
It is lead by one man we do not know
Another guy to lead is Lalit/Ananta gurung who is disgrace to the community and also know nothing than backbiting
This kind of organization will not benefit the people.
So when a good organization comes, let us see and watch and try to make bhutanese think better. OK bye
March 25th, 2009 at 12:03 am
I must bring to the kind attention of those who made good/bad comments, the following points:
Allow the Bhutanese people of California to decide what is BEST for the Bhutanese Community, what was wrong before, what is right at present and why this new organization was deemed necessary! Unless you are the same guys in concealed identity, you know very little of what happened in CA. You know even less of the unfortunate reality,of this fractured the community. Wait, Wait don’t Tell. Wait, Wait SEE, the truth comes out slowly and certainly. BASCO is peoples’ organization and let the PEOPLE of California have their own say. So that the negative comments, allegations may see the right things in right perspective and change to positives for the sake of Unity, Hope and Optimism of all Bhutanese in California. People are innocent donot take advantage and mould them into same old status quo but help them to change for the better. And I do not have to conceal my identity to make the statements of facts supported by truth. Yes, I definately do not like mushrooming of many organizations. And I was the one to campaign for only One Social Organization to serve all Bhutanese in USA through its branches and local chapters. I was the one to campaign for only one Human Rights Organization like “United Bhutanese International” to serve all Bhutanese through its local branches and chapters, and all Bhutanese remain united for the common purpose. But sadly, that did not happen ask yourself why??? That is why those of you who do not realize how far we have come in last 20 years continue the partisan talk without knowing the truth. Let Us ALL stry to know and upport the TRUTH and do the things in open, honest and straightforward manner, at least in the USA.
March 25th, 2009 at 8:45 am
hey every body i am mr.X who came here in bay area 8 months ago.During the long time i learned wat is happening in bay area.I mr.X honestly want to share the truth.I am a neutral guy having spirit to help bhutaneese with my own self neither saying BACC nor saying BASCO.this is the truth.When i reached california here is already BACC who really help me and my family.So after few weeks i came to know that there ais other group too.So later i come to know that they have personal matter which iu don’t care.So in my view this org. BASCO is formed not to unite new people but to do divide the community.I know Dick, paul and Rajan does not have good relation with BACC that’s why they formed new org. to challange BACC.Actually i just wanna see one org, either BACC or BASCO if not then wanne see both org.dissolve into new org,that’s all.Si this BASCO is formed only to divide the small coimmunity.that’s all but this people Purna monger, Prem kumar gurung,Tall man ,T.N i don’t know wat’s gonna wrong
March 25th, 2009 at 10:04 am
I hope this will be the happiest news for all those living in this country. For months I have been following the two sites this one and apfanews. Not what the sites write, but I followed what their readers chose to find out how many are Bhutanese by heart.
Months of follow up concluded this: those claiming to be Bhutanese refugees being resettled in western countries have no interests in Bhutanese issues at all. They fight, blame, cheat, bark, argue and fragment among them. The only thing they know about Bhutan is ‘Bhutan discriminated us’.
For you to be Bhutanese, you need to learn what’s happening in Bhutan, not just blame for the past days. Bhutan has changed substantially after you left and your claim are no more substantive here.
I found no comments, no suggestions and no arguments in these sites where news about activities inside Bhutan are posted. Do you all, in fact, know what’s happening here? Obviously not and you are no more interested to Bhutan. Wish you to remain refugee, to burrow word from you as you describe you to be so but not us, for life and better be the citizens of other countries like Parshuram in Australia and Ram Karki in Netherlands.
But again, you don’t like them to be so because you crack so much joke, you criticize them so much and now, without are demands, you are uncovering what you and your leaders did back in 1990. You foolish had said ‘Bhutan’s hidden filth will uncover’ but things are growing not in that direction.
Best of luck for you immigrants!
Tashi delek
March 25th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
SO, Birkha Bahadur, you say that “BASCO must have to be formed because:
The community was divided”
Your answer to a divided community is the opening of yet another organization rather than trying to make the existing organization work for everyone?
You say “Another Organization was made few years ago in a stolen, ambush way by three people.”
But, after the formation of this organization in an “ambush way,” all the founders of BASCO were officers of that organization as vice president, secretary etc until they lost the election. Until they were officers of this organization, the organization was fine. The moment thay were not elected, then it became not fine. The mission of that organization did not change, goals did not change. Only some people who were in leadership position changed. So, is it about principle, goals and missions or is it about the positions in the organization?
You say “They made it very very cheap by internal politics.” Who is they? Everybody, including Dick Chhetri were members and active participants of that organization UNTIL they decided to leave and form a new one!
You say “It is lead by one man we do not know.” How do you know it is a man!!
You say” Another guy to lead is Lalit/Ananta gurung who is disgrace to the community and also know nothing than backbiting.” I don’t know much about Lalit, but I know he defeated Dick Chhetri in the election. If he is a disgrace then why did the community elect him? Does he practice magic too?
You say “This kind of organization will not benefit the people.” Why not? We get to see that organization named BACC is providing services to people all right while BASCO is staging political protests.
DBChhetri, you say “And I was the one to campaign for only One Social Organization to serve all Bhutanese in USA through its branches and local chapters. I was the one to campaign for only one Human Rights Organization like “United Bhutanese International” to serve all Bhutanese through its local branches and chapters, and all Bhutanese remain united for the common purpose. But sadly, that did not happen” SO, the fundamental idea is to start an organization that YOU dream of. If other folks do not follow your idea, then they are bad, and you are good! And that is the way you will bring unity in the community. I for one don’t think that is going to work. You have absolute right to start any kind of organization. I respect that. What I have issues with your trying to cloak as a move to bring unity in the community. One of the things you need to know is that we are not divided. We did not think we were divided until you came around and told us that we were. Some of us believed you. Run your organization, fulfil your goals and objectives but please do not act like you were forced and cornered into forming one. You were not. You CHOSE to. Don’t blame others. If you want to compete with the other organization in CA, do so. The epole will benefit when you guy compete to provide services. But don’t go around publishing inane press releases that shows the externl world how small you are, and on doing so, you make us all look small because you claim to be one of us.
Just look at what you have been advocating as an ousider for one moment. There is a national organization named ABA. You want to replace that by your own brainchild named United Bhutanese INternational. There is a local organization in CA named BACC and you want to replace that with your own brainchild named BASCO. Why do you keep sowing this seed of disunity among us? What is your underlying motive?
March 25th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Moderator: I am a little surprised that you did not ‘moderate’ Birkha’s comment that hurls personal insult at Lalit/Anant.
March 26th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
Birkha Bahadur’s comment says he is the founder/member of BASCO. He must be [.....] to the community. It looks like he doesn’t know where and when to comment?
The comments we all are sharing is about the article above but not about Lalit/Anant. How did he divert his mind to Lalit/Anant? I did not see any topics about him.
Birkha Bahadur must be jealous of him and wanted to defame badly.
Another thing, it is telling me that he had formed another org because Lalit/Anant and someone he doesn’t know lead the org and he did not want to be a part of it. Is that true?
Birkha Bahadur must be a real disgrace to the community and a huge coward. I think he knows nothing than insulting other.
Next time learn to comment.
March 26th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Mr. Thimphu person: Since when did an average Bhutanese living in Bhutan start gloating over other people’s problem? Real Buddhism you got going there, in that little shangrila of yours!
You might need to make up your mind! When we do talk about what is happening inside Bhutan, your kind say that it is none of our business. When we hold back, you seem to say that makes us less Bhutanese. Rest assured that we think more about what is going on inside Bhutan than you do. Your government does the thinking for you. We do our own thinking. Do we fight among ourselves. That means that we think for ourselves.
No matter which country we adopt as our homes, we will keep talking about the rot that is in Bhutan while your government continues talking ill about us. We will definitely meet someday. Whether we meet with an intent to establish peace or fight a war is more on your side of the fence than ours.
March 27th, 2009 at 4:58 am
Wake up and call for the Transparent, Just and Honest ways to express things openly, debate and discuss in the spirit of Unity, hope and optimism. The Thimphu person is right to some extent. Therefore, BECOME THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO BRING. wake up! The allegations coming from a mind full of BIAS, better ignore than Bark back! Wake up!! from the slumber of 20 years! Wake up!
March 27th, 2009 at 6:35 am
Thimphu person
I hope your happiness is not short lived. We do criticize, bark, blame, blame etc (as you put it) because we believe that through critical appraisal be it negative or positive, only we come to terms and do not divert from our main objectives. We also believe that questioning leads to introspection, introspection leads to analysis and analysis leads to rational decisions. This is what we have learned for the past 17 years, means we are politically conscious way ahead of you because you still live a life of suppression under the hegemony of your ruler suppressing your frustrations deep down your heart. Yes you can not argue, debate even in a simple topic and represent yourself either in the domestic affairs or in the international sphere except go on praising and never have the guts to question, verify and correct it. If you choose to question it (say concerning even the utmost national interest) you are leveled as anti national because you did that to us long time ago and continue to do so and in fact that is an example for you from your ruler if you do the same. You blame us for the stories/news being published from exile such as in the Nepal News, BBC, Internet, Youtube etc. only through derogatory comments but in reality you are intellectually wounded/handicapped even to produce a simple argument from your side to counter a particular news and inform the readers in general to have a balanced view. The fact is simple, you accept your deeds and what the news claims.
There are some of the issues I guess I am aware of.
EMPLOYMENT PARADOX: Rising unemployment especially amongst youth on the one hand and acute labour shortage and laborers from India have to feel the gap. Illogical solution to unemployment problem creating vacancies by compulsory retirement of southern Bhutanese to provide jobs to your own people instead of tuning macro economic policies. Now the unemployment issue is among yourselves. The result is nepotism, corruption, rising tension among the youths, drugs, sex, alcohol, violence, rape. I heard Thimphu has really become unsafe.
CONSUMERISM: Massive import of luxury goods, vehicles, gadgets, western music CDS thereby soaring import bills and your deteriorating current account position (trade deficit) depleting your domestic savings and flight of massive amount of capital, a serious blow to entrepreneurs. Conspicuous consumption of these items creating inequality in consumption, asset possession, widening gap between the rich and the poor.
GLOBALIZATION AND CULTURE: I heard that most of the people especially youth do not prefer to put their own traditional dress in Thimphu. Youth emulate western culture, lifestyle and consumption pattern have changed. They call this modernity or westernization. The desire for conspicuous consumption, hangouts, booze, late night party have increased violence, rape etc etc. If this is the case I am sure this is not westernization as what they think this is WESTTOXICATION and a sign of mistaken modernity.
What else! You know better than me. Let me hear from you. Oh recently the case of the beggars being loaded on to a vehicle and thrown somewhere in the midst of the jungle like the one you did to stray dogs sometime ago. Dogs and human beings are indifferent to you. I know some people have raised voice in the online forums and they call it human rights violation. You call this violation because the beggars were from your community and when we were loaded on trucks and send to Nepal this was not a case of violation and you branded us as anti national????? The sad thing is you can not even discuss raise the issue of the beggars in public. What else you want me to write, about few luxury hotels, that violate employment norms, or the hazel nut plantations?????
March 27th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
Thimphu Person
The only democracy and counteract claim that any Bhutanese including your king can say is:
Gross National Happiness,
Exploit the natural beauty of Bhutan in the name of uniqueness;
Exploit dignity of rural Bhutanese and their poverty to please one western journalist which recently telecasted culture of Layap in the Australian SBS TV.
The Layap were called the tribes of Bhutan but in the program they speak better and smooth Dzongkha than many of you speak in Thimphu. Does this mean Dzongkha is a tribal language or National Language?
You also sell through the program that Layap or Dzongkha speakers share one wife? Is that the culure of Layap or Nglongs in the west bhutan? The world is stunned and started seeing the reality of your culture which you try to potray as unique.
The Bhutanese in Exile will discuss and fight to be more democratic and transparent, not like you saying lasso… lasso all the time to please the boss.
We are not less a cent Bhutanese than you by heart.
Open your eyes to know that we have revolted:
FOR POLICY AND ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE IN BHUTAN BUT NOT TO OPPOSE THE COUNTRY. IT IS YOU AND YOUR ILL ADVISED KING WHO INSTIGATED US OF BEING ANTI-NATIONALS.
WE HAVE OPPOSED THE EXCESSIVE USE OF GHO NAD KIRA AND NOT THE OPTIMUM USE OF IT;
WE HAVE OPPOSED THE BAN IN OUR CULTURE AND LANGUAGE BUT DID NOT OPPOSE THE DZONGKHA CULTURE;
WE HAVE NOT OPPOSE THE FLAG OF BHUTAN BUT THE COMMUNICAL THUGS LIKE YOU AND YOUR KING’S ADVISORS WHO WANT TO SCRAP OUR HISTORY;
What you go at the end?
You and your communical elements want us to rot in the tea shed of Siliguri and Nepal but KENCHO SUM has come from the Lakhangs of Bhutan and blessed us that we be settled in the west. Result, NOW we are paying you through our tax to come to our country and study and work. Lets see, whether you will allow us to come back? Keep watching ok??
You have lots to see in your own doors than advising on us. Simple, go and ask Sangay Ngedup what is happening him? How so called Prime minister is ploughing you on top down appraoch.
March 29th, 2009 at 8:40 am
I think DBChettri should ask himself and his family to wake up first and then the community around. Otherwise, he may have a serious heart attack pretty soon.
March 29th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
dear Fellow Bhutanese,
Those of you who can contribute comments from outside does make a difference here. However, you will not know the graound reality here until you hear the whole story of CA Bhutanese from the time when we were one shinning example to shunned example now. However, after waiting for 3 years for others to take lead, the sad results are evident and the fractured community is confused of the misleaders’ misinformations. So we have taken this path to Open, Honest and Straightforward approach to bring Unity, Hope and Optimism in the community. Please take your time to understand, that we are not doing this for power or prestige, publicity or protest BUT for the purpose of life….for the GOOD purpose of life for the greater benefit of the Bhutanese community. So, please comment only when you know the truth and come forward without hiding your identity, if you are really a courageous man of honesty and integrity. Common on…let us discuss things in the light of open, honest debates and discussions.
Another point is that some people have degenerated into becoming wolf in sheep’s clothing to segregate between caste and creed, refugee or not refugee (asylees) etc. This is not helpful for the Bhutanese community in general. I hate to bark back but I invite you to a dilogue guided by clear vision to help the greater cause of our people.
Thank you
Dick Chhetri
April 3rd, 2009 at 5:33 pm
hahahah bhutanes e are wel cheated by such stupid people.In nepal there are 150 party ru n by stuch stupid people.still bhutanese dont realize that.Now bhbutanese are in many countey.I am sure with in 1 year wqe will have 10000 org and party hahaha same on bhutanes epeople.
April 3rd, 2009 at 5:35 pm
It is always beter do bulid self future than to involve in such stupid work.I am tired my self walking behnd political party.I give up now and start bulding my work and life.I request all bhutanese not to belive stupid leader.You are always beter than such stupid people.
April 5th, 2009 at 5:51 am
If the leaders are honestly trying to help that should be ok. Many leaders are still dreaming that they can represent us, influence the UN or similar offices and run the office they used to do in Nepal.
I feel sorry for them and their thinking. They still want respect like in Nepal, they still think they know how to speak better.. I think they have still some inheritance from Bhutan and those Dashos.
Many so called leaders does not want to learn the reality of west, feel themselves inferior if they have to speak and talk and eat in the same table from the people of camp. Just wait another one year, they will come in line.. they will know that they too has to start from dish washing or warehousing jobs… right now they are still flying with the unemployment benefits and dreams to lead the political parties.
I say one thing, if you come to run the political parties, than west is not the place please go back to Nepal or Siligure, there is lot of scope.
One thing you all need to realise that that there is a difference in the west between
Political parties,
Community organization,
Human right organisation, and
Charity organizations
and our veterans seem to make KECHADI OUT OF THIS.
So all of you living in the west beware of political sharks to use your name and signature to glorify their aims.
Good luck.
April 5th, 2009 at 7:10 am
Dissection of Bhutanese in California
Birkha Chhetri, California
Formation of Bhutanese Community Support Organization (BASCO) in California has brought gigantic negligence in the group of people in California.
At some stage in its creation, the recent Chairman, Mr. Dick Chherti and Secretary along with its little faction went door to door with cases of cocktails and other subornment to gain membership from newly resettle Bhutanese.
With an anticipation, optimism and trust, the newly resettled Bhutanese bestowed words of oneness and willingness to safeguard and prop up the community in the new milieu in an initiation taken by BASCO.
Unfortunately, in short span of time, the BASCO has given disingenuous memorandum to the community and unwanted throbbing to the newly resettled Bhutanese, said one of the Board member of BASCO. They were not honest about the ground reality to us, he said. We jumped quickly for nothing. We are disappointed.
Another Board Member said; formation of BASCO has planted disunity and fraction within the newly resettled population in California. It is not healthy to us and the community around.
If we harvest this type of culture to our children, we will need no time to lose our identity said one of the member.
It is very saddening to learn that after more than 20 years of sufferings, the Bhutanese community has not yet apprehended who we are? How long should we wait?
April 7th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
my dear bhutanees bro and sis keep fighting to the bhutanees dictetorship for what they have been doing the sin over you . tell them see how respect the madhesi community are getting in nepal . isnt their culture mach with the overal indian community and so then shold we keeping out of our cast . no man . thats not in the gurkhas big heart.
my dear friends keep your hearth strength and keep fighting with the sin not with the people one day they will be nude in front of the world god is with you.
April 8th, 2009 at 6:30 am
Dear Karki,
I am Sarki and I like what you say for the self help of your self. But to help others is also good thing…may be you are one of the (receiving help)of these people you call them stupid. They are helping other people. so are you a 2xtimes stupid? or just ungrateful ass?
April 8th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
As far as I know this organisation sounds like it is a social organisation not political.I really appreciate that BASCO organised a peaceful demonstration infront of Bhutanese art event.
I think we are paranoid about the political organisations because we have been taken for a ride by the so called political leaders while we were refugees in Nepal. We know that some of them even have landed property and their wives have Nepalese citizenships yet they claim to be Bhutanese refugee leaders. How convenient, while we lived in the refugee camps they lived outside the camps, two of them in the buildings owned by their wives. Now their kids are the ones who are in frontline for third country resettlement.
April 20th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
We started to quarrel here in US.Use no abusive words and languages to comment
May 8th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
hello gentleman and gentle ladies, thsi is to inform you all that we all suffered already by 19 years leading our life in mistry and history.if you still follow this bloody neetha than again you and we all will be exiled by the goverment that are providing resettlement process.hence forth i request to all simple and sincer bhutanese citizens not to follow this dirty politics. i dont know who is this dick and hik but now you all are in the process of renovation so please concentrate on your work be sincer and uplift your and your family life.if really speaking from heart ask your self the questions that “one rotten potato in a sack will destroy all” hence forth if you all have suffered a lot dont follow any parties be neutral and do your work . i am also a bhutanese refugee who is in the process to resettle there .if you really work than work for the people who are leaving in camp rather than the people who have already resettled there.once again just to warn you all like gajmire hari bangelley dr chabi hari adhikari ……….fuck there name really boils the blood so my dear society please dont follow any body they are trying to make money on your all name dont let them to do so.
May 8th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
DEAR AAM JAN SAMUDHAYA
NEETA THINK YOUR DAYS HAS GONE.THIS IS NOT NEPAL WHERE DADAGIRI,GUNDAGARDI USE TO HAPPEN.IF YOU THRETEN THE PEOPLE POLICE WILL REACH WITHIN SECOND.SO STOP DREAMING THE PARTIES OF NEPAL.YOUR DAYS ARE OVER NOW…….ITS NEW ERA.IF YOU ALL CANNOT WORK IN AMERICA THAN COME BACK TO NEPAL FOR CREATING SUCH PARTIES.LOOK YOUR POCKET FIRST.ALL BHUTANESE KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY AND WHAT YOU ALL WANT TO DO.BETTER GET PREPARE FOR DIGGING THE ROADS RATHER THAN PREPARING LONG MASS SPEECH.DOGS DAYS ARE GONE NOW.AND NEVER THINK THAT YOU ALL WILL WIN THIS DONT DREAM OF IT.MOST IMPORTANTLY NEETAS LIKE ……….HAS ALREADY RESETTLED THERE WHO PREVIOUSLY USE TO OPPOSE THE RESETTLEMENT PROCCESS.CLEAVERLY YOU RESETTLED THERE NOW YOU ARE TRYING AGAIN TO PLAY SAMEFUL……..ONTO YOUR DEEDS.AT THE END OF YOUR LIFE YOU WILL NOT GET ANY ONE TO TAKE FOR YOUR DEADBODIES TO………SO REMEMBER NEETAS STOP PLAYING ON PEOPLE.STILL YOU ALL HAVE TIME ONLY 10937 REFUGEE HAS RESETTLE THERE .IF YOU CONTINUES THE SAME WAIT FOR 60000 REFUGEE TO REACH THERE.FINALLY YOU ALL NEETAS WILL BE MAN OF NO LAND.SO START TO SEACRH THE SINCER JOB.IF THE EMPLOYER KNOWS YOUR ATTITUDE ……THAT IS ALSO QUESTIONABLE SO START TO SEACRH THE JOB WHERE BHUTANESE ARE LEAST POPULATED.TAKE THIS AS ADVICE OR SUGGESTION.YOU ALL WILL BECOME A STREET DOGS INFRONT OF 59999 PEOPLE(ONE IS YOU)
THANKS AND REGARDS
BEST OF LUCK FOR YOUR BETTER FUTURE WITH GOOD JOB OTHER WISE …………WAIT FAOR 59999 PEOPLE TO RESETTLE THERE.
May 12th, 2009 at 3:42 am
I had another chance to look at the comments. And it is so very cheap, immature meand and hell bent to cut each other. All I ask of you is try to look at the mirror and ask yourself the worth of living an honest life. I am trying my best through BASCO which is formed after 3 years of waiting for the other organization to do someting. But alas! the orgnization formed in a hide and seek manner by three people by ambushing other’s project proposal, seem to have run out of borrowed ideas and now started the copycat business to duplicate what we are doing. How long do you think the borrowed ideas last???????????????????????
May 22nd, 2009 at 1:17 am
BASCO formed,divided Bhutanese
BACC formed,divided leaders
Now we have recently formed a new club,CHHITIZ in california.That will work gud..
May 25th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
Dear all bhutanese brother and sister , plz forget all those stupid crazy eadres who always plays for people.I requst all bhutanese to be sincere and do good for yourself.No one will help you.You have to do everything by yourself.
Dont trust stupd leaders.They are not our leaders
they are dallal
Try to build future than to go and talk with such people.
June 11th, 2009 at 7:02 am
Dear chettri,
when i go through you comments it sound like yu are also one member of basco.You know one thing if any one try to do better for the comminuty i mean if he thinks to do something for tyhe comunnity he will never blame other.That’s bull shit.In fact this is the nepali tradition.(i mean khutta tanney).You know one saying goes-”AAfu pani nagarne aaru lai pane garnu nadine” i think we have to leave this better help each other but i don’t think basco is formed for the community coz’ mr. chhetri your comment is clear that you are trying to make people go against BACC.
So i think mr. chettri if you are really coming forward to help community the firstly you change you thinking and then come ahead.And one this i came here in california like almost a year.I never heard that you people have formed basco nor i heard that you guys are working to formed different party.How comes that 3 years.Please i want to say one thing we people are not like our father’s are grand father okay.Do not think that you have spend several years in usa and you only know every thing right here.You know barking dog seldom bite.So k vanney janne bujne goru manchey lai mero sabda kosh ko sabda nai vatena la la
July 21st, 2009 at 3:26 am
Well Guys,
I just look at it all and think when it is really cool. Bhotangy please keep your head up. You are not to worry because you mean good.
Now you have been badly treated by the government of Bhutan pushed out of Bhutan as it happened to many Sarchops in the 1950s. Agreed it is painful but let me tell you to look at life from a more practical point of view and what is important today.
I have been to the west many times both during my education at Stanford and later while in business. I know that America has made the right choice in resettling our evicted Lhotsampas and Sarchops.
The United States is a stock house of all knowledge and technology hitherto dveloped in human history. The task is still continuing.
I grew up with my friends from the south and east. I travelled to their homes, spent winter vacations with them- thressing the paddy, picking the oranges, getting the cardomon ready for export. Chuka was not in operation then nor the other companies like BCCL or BBPL. FCB was the sole collector of all the produce from the south that earned a substantial part of National Income. Lhotashampas had talents and visions other wise they would not have established such large plantations some 50 years before when the government had thought of Development Plans. Food production continued to increase since the earliest Lhotshampas came to Bhutan in the 17th century (1624 precisely) under the auspicious guidance of Zabdrung. You guys greatly contrbuted in the costruction of Dzongs, terracing one of the most challenging landscapes to highly productive fields and kept Bhutan’s environment pristine by discouraging the chemical fertilizers. You guys wanted organic.
Look at your own food- most of you are vegetarian. You don’t drink alcohol. I drank alcohol in my house in the north but never had any desire when I passed my winter holidays in the south eating vegetarian food and enjoying tea instead of (aara) alcohol.
You know of conservation. You know of bioengineering and you have that special skill to tolerate the hardships. So make best use of it in the New land you have arived.
I’ll tell you the truth. The government was rude-extremely rude. It was becasue the king himself was misguided ( ill-advised ) and I don’t need to tell you who did it so. Those who forced Sherubtse College and all other libraries in Bhutan to remove every book on Political Science and discourses on Democracy are fighting for power and positions now . This is the irony.
Bhutan desperatley needs 3000 engineers, several thousand nurses and doctors. It needs bioengineering in several places. The Government is inviting catastrophe by just getting big projects started without considering the consequences. Imported labour will cause more damage than even imagined. Bhutansese need to be in Bhutan at the moment as it happened in the Sixties and the Seventies when roads were constructed, Dzongs repaired and schools started. Bhutan actually misses you as you miss Bhutan.
Remember- it is time to evaluate your own skills now.
Let me not linger in the lyricism but come the point. You guys are used to building-not skyscrapers but beautiful settlements. You developed the Southern part of Bhutan. Just imagine how much work you did in Nepal as refugees. I have travelled that way many times and seen the growth. Now my sincere advice my (chharos), begin building yourself in America.
One of my friends from the Southern Bhutan taught me how to make ink and bandages from (khenpa sing) they call it tete pati. It is best- organic and effective. Save the soyabeans for the children . Why don’t those who have the skills take up organic farming. Let the young people go to school. You start. I like to talk more but I might look like a sympathiser.
I tell you the reality because you will eeventually be needed by a much larger community than the Bhutanese Population. Feel free to share. Good wishes from Thimpu. Tashi Delek.
Rigzin Dorji
Thunderdragonrd@yahoo.com
February 27th, 2010 at 12:44 am
We have hands to work… Mouth to murmur and bark;Legs to wolk;Intellect to jugde,contemplate and apprehend;Eyes to visualise things happening;but yet we dont make blue judgement.Black reality has trooden us,Red Parties have muddled us,White Groups have wounded us,played false on us,deceived us and captivated us for the past 18 years.The Orange Flag has murdered us,raped us,abducted us,looted us,killed us,suppressed us,oppressed us,kindled us and we reacted the way thus evicted us.Let us live by our self-determination Dude..Never disturb us.Let us not be your Cult.