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ऐ पिउने मान्छे, पिएर के हुन्छ ?
आफैंलाई हराइ अरुलाई खोज्छौ किन?
दोबाटो लिएर घुम्ती अनेक रोज्नु किन?
विचित्रको चौबाटोमा चिच्याएर के हुन्छ ?
तिमीसँग रहँदा चौतारी नै आफ्नो हुन्थ्यो
पहाड टेकी आकाशका तारा छुँदासम्म
जुनि जुनिसम्म जिउने लक्ष्य लिइरहन्थ्यौ
तर आज लक्ष्य र पक्ष सबै अरुलाई
प्रश्नै प्रश्नको उत्तरभित्र जिवन खोजिरहेछु
फर्किएर ओइलिन खोज्दासम्म रंग भरिदिने
बोत्तलको पानीले तिम्रो बिम्ब मेटाउन खोज्दैछु
आफैभित्र हराएर नयाँ जिवन खोजिरहेछु
सांसारिक बिचित्रमा माया ममत्ता लुटियो
शुद्ध हृदयले कल्पिएको संसार राप भो
जलाएर अरुलाई घमण्ड धनमा साटियो

Quake leaves one dead, four injured

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The powerful earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale that was centered in Sikkim, India has killed at least one and left four injured in Bhutan.

Latest reports coming in say that a 43-year-old woman was killed in Chhukha while she was fetching water from a river side. Falling boulders hit her and buried her.

Affected areas.

The four injured were reported in Haa, a northern part of Bhutan. They have been undergoing treatment at the National Referral Hospital in Thimphu. The three women who have been seriously injured were all students of the institute of language and culture studies in Semtokha.

In Paro, the Ta dzong (administrative unit) suffered some structural damage, while some buildings in Phuentsholing town have also cracked from the tremor.

A massive landslide in Phuentsholing buried a Spark car while it was heading towards hospital. The driver managed to escape.

In Dagana, the quake has damaged Phunsum community primary school in Lajab village.

In Samtshe, nearly a dozen houses in three villages were reported damaged. Similarly, in Bara village, some houses were collapsed.

Also in Chhukha, four schools, three Basic Health Units, and three RNR centers have been damaged.

Similarly, Dagana saw damage of two RNR centers, three schools, five village centers and a Basic Health Unit.

The quake’s epicenter was 64km from Gangtok, Sikkim, India that left many people dead, hundreds injured and numerous infrastructures collapsed in eastern part of India, Bhutan and Nepal. The exact data could not be found as the cellular network was severely disrupted.

Meanwhile, the Prime Minister Jigmi Y Thinley on Facebook has urged the people of Bhutan to remain calm as the god would protect them from any further disaster.

पुनर्बासमा पेन्जोर पनि.....

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डुक नेश्नल काँग्रेस डेमोक्रेटिकाका अध्यक्ष थिन्ले पेन्जोर श्रीमती डिकी योन्जनसहित केही दिन अघि झापाको भद्रपुर विमानस्थलबाट तेस्रो मुलुक पुनर्वासका लागि अमेरिकातर्फ लाग्नु भएको छ ।

पेन्जोर

झापाको बिर्तामोडबाट भुटानी आन्दोलन र मानब अधिकारका पक्षमा वाकलत गर्दै आएका पेन्जोरलाई अन्तराष्ट्रिय आप्रबासी संस्था आइ. ओ. एमले काडमाण्डौस्थित ट्रान्जिट क्याम्पमा राखेको छ भने उनको अमेरिका यात्राबारे जानकारी गोप्य राखिएको छ ।

करिव एक महिनाअघि मात्र सोही पार्टी डुक नेश्नल काँग्रेस डेमोक्रेटिकका प्रवक्ता नारद अधिकार अमेरिकाको न्यू हाँम्सायरमा सपरिवार पुर्नवाश भइसकेका छन् ।

ट्रान्जिट क्याम्पमा रहेका पेन्जोरसंग भुटान समाचार सेवाले सम्पर्क गर्न सकेन ।

पेन्जोर भुटानमा प्रजातन्त्र र मानब अधिकार वहालीको लागि संघर्ष गर्न भनी बनेको एक तीन दलिय गठबन्धनका नेता पनि हुन् । भुटान पिपुल्स पार्टी, भुटान गोर्खा राष्टिय मुक्ति मोर्चा र डुक नेशनल कँग्रेस डेमोक्रेटिकको संयुक्त मोर्चा नेशनल फन्ट फर डेमोक्रेसी एनएफडीले केही वर्षअघि शरणार्थी स्वदेश फिर्तीको लागि लङ मार्च अभियान समेत चलाएको थियो ।

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मिनिसोटा, अमेरिका

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१.
हुलविच तिम्ले चुन्यौ ज्यान मेरो
अघिपघि सबतिर खिच्यौ ध्यान मेरो
कस्तो जवानी तलमाथि भइरहने
तिम्ले देखाउदै भन्यौ प्यान मेरो

२.
मनबाट टाढा भएपनि सरल हुनु
मलाइ मन नपराएपनि असल हुनु
कुड्ने–उड्ने रथमा भाव उस्तै हुनुपर्छ
उसमा उसै गरी भविष्य दिने सवल हुनु

३.
हिजो आज दिनरात चाप बडेको छ
रङ्गीन दुनियामा अर्को भाव बडेको छ
के–कस्तो हुने हो ? भविष्य थाहाँ छैन
जोड घटाउसगै भागाको हिसाब बडेको छ

४.

It's foreign. But it's fun: Refugee family experiences first Minnesota State Fair

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EDITOR'S NOTE

9-year-old Neeta Chuwan holds on tight while riding a ride at the Minnesota State Fair in Falcon Heights, Minn., on Tuesday, August 30, 2011. (Pioneer Press: Ben Garvin) (Ben Garvin)

The Chuwan family is part of a wave of recent Bhutanese immigrants to the United States, part of an effort by the U.S. government to resettle 60,000 of the estimated 100,000 refugees living in Nepal and India. The Bhutanese government had expelled the ethnic Nepalis from southern Bhutan during a fit of nationalization in 1990. The Pioneer Press connected with the International Institute of Minnesota, a social service agency on Como Avenue across from the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, to take the family to the State Fair for the first time.

Man Chuwan pauses as he passes the GMC car display at Nelson Street and Judson Avenue on the Minnesota State Fairgrounds.

"New models," says Chuwan, 36, who worked as a Toyota mechanic while spending nearly two decades in a refugee camp in Nepal.

Meandering up Judson, the father of two points to the facade of the Village Idiot shop, where dried-grass awnings and skull-topped staffs greet customers.

"Nice decorations."

/केही-रुवाईहरु/

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१

एउटा देउता नभएर वियोगी भएछु
एकान्तमा साधक भएर योगी भएछु
यस्तै हुन्छ गरिब, दु:खीको प्रेममा भने
हरेक संसारमा रम्ने सहयोगी भएछु

२

म जहाँ छु , जेमा छु राम्रो ठाँउमा छु
सबले भनिआएको सुन्दर गाँउमा छु
एकले अर्कोलाई नचिन्ने कस्तो परिवेश
सबैले प्यारमा बोलाउने काले नाउँमा छु

३

अब कसो गरी जिन्दगीको यात्रा तय भो
उकाली–ओरालीमा पुरान गित दय भो
चल्छ जिन्दगानी उस बेलादेखि यस बेलासम्म
बाटा–घाटामा भेट हुदाँ सबै मिली परिचय भो

४.

Teej observed in MN

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The Bhutanese Community Organization of Minnesota (BCOM) observed the Haritalika Teej today in Lauradaul City wall amidst a special function .

According to the organizer, the program was attended by more than 150 people. Participants danced to the rhythm of teej songs played on a CD player.

Two Bhutanese women, who posed to camera, smiles while other community folks rocked the floor in MN in background. Photo courtesy/Sila Dahal's facebook page.

One of the board members highlighted on the importance of the cultural and tradition aspect of teej celebration with a view to inform and keep the children and youths in contact with the culture. The community also recognized five high school graduates out of 10 graduates who completed their high school degree this year with khada.

Chairman of the BCOM also congratulated the graduates for their accomplishment and wished them the very best on their future endeavors.

Meanwhile, other founder members and well wishers were remembered and thanked even though they could not make it to the program. The founding members of Nirvana Center, who were present in the meeting: Dr Chabilal Sharma, Mangala Sharma and David Stamp were recognized for their tremendous contribution in bring the organization to the present stage. They were honored with khada.