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BNS journo mourns grandpa’s death

Posted: 14 Aug 2010 09:11 PM PDT

The oldest member of Bhutanese community in Australia, Dhana Pati Poudel, grandfather of the editor of Radio Bhutan Online, Ichha Poudel, died at the age of 98 at Lyell McEwin Hospital at Elizabeth, Adelaide on Saturday.

Editor Poudel with his grandfather

Editor Poudel with his grandfather /Vikram Adhikari

The preparation for final rituals will probably start only on Monday when all offices reopen here and is likely to be cremated according to Hindu traditions by Wednesday.

With the death of Poudel, Bhutanese Diaspora has lost a resourceful person of Lhotsampa history in Bhutan. Poudel, who worked in East India Company offices in his age, was one of the oldest politically aware personalities of Bhutanese community. He was also a stern advocate of the social justice who always stood for the socially inclusive community in Diaspora.

Meanwhile, BNS has extended heartfelt condolence to the bereaved family of late Poudel. "We are really sorry to hear this news and we take the side of Ichha Poudel, one of our senior board members at this hour," said Buddha Mani Dhakal in a condolence message.

Dhakal further added that Dhanapati's death has caused a great loss not only to Ichha, but to entire Bhutanese communities.

Man went missing just after resettlement

Posted: 14 Aug 2010 08:48 PM PDT

In less than a week of his resettlement in USA, a Bhutanese man has gone missing from his Greensboro-based new home in North Carolina.

Pashupati Acharya from Greensboro informed BNS over telephone that Dal Bahadur Sinchuri, 58, went missing from home since Friday afternoon. Acharya quoted employees at a glossary store run by a Nepali national, nearby his new home, as informing that Sinchuri, who was last seen there to buy cigarette, hasn't yet returned home.

Formerly hailed from Morang-based Sanichare camp in Nepal, Sinchuri was resettled in Greensboro along with his other three members' family that includes his wife, son and daughter-in-law.

According to Acharya, police have expedited the search to find the whereabouts of missing Sinchuri. His relatives informed that Sinchuri, who do not speak or write English, also has a hearing problem.