We are deprived of
better facilities, greater opportunities and livelihood lessons. Serving in one
of the less metropolitan places keeps us away from all the activities carried
out in metropolitan areas. Mightier show like Mountain Echoes is held in
capital and 100’s of us who wish to listen live cannot make it. Can’t they hold
the show in different places rather than organizing in same place repeatedly? Recently,
I was surfing through social media and I found that few stars will soon hit Bhutan
to commemorate bilateral relationship with South Korea. This time, many youth
wanted to be a part of the show but could not make it too. What could have
happened if it was performed in other Dzongkhags? Many people would have
enjoyed the show. There could be cultural exchange and numerous people popping
in from other places to share and learn how people lived in secluded places.
Despite all these
greater show, we have better show to play. We walk 100s of Kilometer on foot.
Carry heavy loads on our back and reach the place after sweating day and night.
Sometimes we get stranded amidst the road and sleep without food and shelter. The
power supply shuts down often for a week or more and we live and prepare plans
under candle light. Our parents have to wait for a month or two for the money
to reach their place because we live without broadband or mobile internet
facilities to do transactions. When a minor in metropolis relish unlimited
network like 3G and 4G, we land up calling our comrades to Google and clear our
qualms. In fact, it is appalling to hear people complaining shortfalls being in
cities. And this is what I believe – Human desire never gets satiated.
Serving in secluded
place have other means of living livelihood. If not taken seriously, one can develop
a habit of drinking and gambling. But this is not a solution to find a solace. We
can imbibe habit of reading and writing. These two phenomena are the main
source of building personal skills and better quality of being human. Engaging ourselves
in recreational activities like ball games could have immense benefit; mentally,
spiritually and physically. The most fascinating moment being in rich
biodiversity is to become an amateur photographer. We can see our richness
through the lens. These qualities will abate us from treading to bigger cities.
There are many more
that is being organized in urban areas which are missed by the people living in
secluded place but at the same time metropolitan do miss richness in cultural
biodiversity and livelihood in remote places. I will definitely have 1000s of
pages to narrate when I leave this secluded place - Zhemgang.
