shadows of the mistaken past

​Bhutanese nationhood needs to be well defined. It should encompass a broader sense of the term which takes into account aspirations of all the peoples in the east, west, north and south alike not just the rulers and it must be in the best interest of the nation. What is in the best interest of the nation anyway? Given the Bhutan situation, the idea of nationhood must include all those people who are rightfully the tillers of that soil and serving the nation in one way or the other. The narrow concept of nationhood is still incubated like in a cocoon and it can only realize the blissful open sky from the freedom experienced in the real world. Many of the times the vested interest intellectuals or the so-called statesmen project such a narrow sense of reality that they put the whole country at stake. It is time all people in the country, in the refugee camp and those settled elsewhere realize the gravity of the situation, fathom the depth of the issue and realize these as the shadows of the mistaken past which has come down to haunt the minds of young generation of Bhutanese today.

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