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Artists rock PA, website launched

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 05:12 PM PDT

Exiled Bhutanese artists have rocked Pennsylvania in the United States of America with a historical musical night at the William Pitt Union Hall here in University of Pittsburgh yesterday.

Artist Sudesh Rai performs a song. Photo courtesy/Bikash Rai

According to the organizer of the program, resettled Bhutanese along with folks from Nepali communities in Pennsylvania joined the Mega event, which is also reported to be organized to mark Dasain festival.

Artists who came all the way from South Dakota in the West, Georgia Atlanta in the South and Ohio in the Middle East of America, among others from different States and cities of Pennsylvania attended the program.

Around 27 members of the Bhutanese Artists of Georgia (BAG), who reached the musical hall after long drive, performed live show in coordination with the Pittsburgh local artists and artists from other states of the country. The program hosted over 600 Nepali, Bhutanese, Indian, Burmese, Vietnamese and American audiences.

It is reported that the local artists from Bhutanese community and Nepalese community rocked the floor with various dances and songs. Bhutanese artists Kishor Siwakoti, Hira Rasaily, Sudesh Thulung, Mahendra Dahal, Shiva Mapchan and Pratap Magar thrilled the audiences with their melodious voice.

FUN TIME: Bhutanese artists rock floor in PA, USA. Photo courtesy/Bikash Rai.

Meanwhile, musician Bikash Thulung, Birkha Guragai, Ratna Gurung, Bhim Magar and Ram Gurung were other attraction of the program.

"We are very fortunate to have come to Pittsburgh for the program. It was wonderfully organized and we would love to come here again. Audiences were really encouraging and I am thankful l to all the organizers. Local performances were excellent," Ratna Gurung, President of BAG, told before leaving Georgia.

On the occasion, Bhutanese artists also officially launched an online portal www.bhutaneseartists.com, which is said to be a common online platform that portrays and document the arts of Bhutanese artists. Dr. James Joshi, Associate Professor at the University of Pittsburgh launched the website.

Kishor Siwakoti and Balaram Gurung contributed this news from Pennsylvania.

डेनमार्कका भूटानी एक जुट बने

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 06:54 AM PDT

डेनमार्कका विभिन्न राज्यमा पुनर्वाश भएका नेपालीभाषी भूटानीहरूले अक्टोबर २३ का दिन एउटा सामाजिक संगठन 'द एसोसिएशन अफ् नेपाली स्पिकिङ भूटानिज इन डेनमार्क' (एएनएसबीडी) -को स्थापना गरेका छन् ।

नेपाली भाषा- संस्कृति, रीतिरिवाज र डेनमार्कमा पुनर्वाश हुने नयाँ भूटानीहरूको संरक्षण र सहायताका लागि नेपालीभाषी भूटानीले यो संगठन स्थापना गरेको एसोसिएशनका नामबाट प्रेषित विज्ञप्तिमा उल्लेख छ ।

डेनमार्कको मिडलफाटमा २८ जना भूटानी प्रतिनिधि र तीनजना डेनिश प्रतिनिधिबीच औपचारिक छलफल बसेपछि बैठकले पूर्णबहादुर दाहाल अध्यक्ष, कमल कोइराला उपाध्यक्ष, लालबाहादुर विष्ट कोषाध्यक्ष र थुग्तेन दोर्जी डुक्पा प्रमुख संयोजक रहने गरी  १३ जनालाई केन्द्रिय सदस्यमा चयन गरेको बताइएको छ ।

यसैबीच चारजना भूटानी,  कुलचन्द्र, टिकामाया तिवारी, लोकनाथ गुरुंगलगायत दलबाहादुर राईलाई  क्षेत्रीय संयोजकका रूपमा छानिएको छ। 

 

यस संगठनले प्रत्येक नेपालीभाषी भूटानीलाई भई-परिआएका संकट तथा जटिलतालाई निकास दिँदै नयाँ देशमा समाजलाई नयाँ बाटो देखाउने र भूटानी संस्कृति तथा नेपाली लीपिको जगेर्ना गर्ने, सामाजिक कार्यमा भूटानी पहिचान देखाउने उद्देश्य लिएको जनाउँदै शरणार्थी शिविरमा समाजसेवामा योगदान पुर्याएका पाँचजना अर्जुन घताने, चम्फा र्राई, विष्णु अधिकारी, भोला अधिकारी र बिर्खबहादुर भण्डारीलाई सल्लाहकार समितिमा राखेको संगठनका मूल संयोजक थुग्तेन दोर्जी डुक्पाले भूटान समाचार सेवालाई जनाएका छन् ।

डेनिश भूटानीहरूको यो प्रयासलाई अन्य देशमा रहेका अधिकांश भूटानीहरूले सराहना गर्दै उदाहरणीय कार्य गरेको बताएका छन् ।

TCR figures cross 36,000

Posted: 23 Oct 2010 03:47 PM PDT

The number of exiled Bhutanese who have departed Nepal under third country resettlement program has reached 36,618 as of September end.

According to Nepal's Home Ministry, 82 exiled Bhutanese have recently left Nepal for Britain under the third country resettlement plan.

Resettlement of exiled Bhutanese, assisted by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and a group of western countries, began in early 2008.

Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, New Zealand and Britain have been among the countries receiving exiled Bhutanese under the program.

Around 75,000 exiled Bhutanese still live in camps in eastern Nepal.

Danish Bhutanese form community org

Posted: 23 Oct 2010 03:45 PM PDT

Exiled Bhutanese resettled in Denmark have formally announced their community organization – Association of Nepali Speaking Bhutanese in Denmark (ANSBD) – on October 23.

In their attempt to form organization, the first meeting was held on July 10 this year in Silkiborg. The second gathering on Saturday in Middelfart, attended by 28 Bhutanese representing different kommunes and three Danish individuals, culminated with the formation of community organization ANSBD.

Purna Bahadur Dahal has been named president and Kamal Koirala as the vice president. Lal Bahadur Bista is treasurer while Thugten Dorjee Drukpa is the chief coordinator.

The gathering also named Kul Chandra, Tika Maya Tiwari, Lok Nath Gurung and Dal Bahadur Rai as four regional coordinators.

Similarly, Arjun Ghataney, Champa Rai, Bishnu Adhikari, Bhola Adhikari and Birkha Bahadur Bhandari have been elected as the member of advisory board of the organization.

ANSBD aims to support resettled Bhutanese to integrate into Danish society and to preserve the identity.

युवा संगठन नोर्वे कंग्रेसमा

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 06:34 PM PDT

जेनरल कंग्रेस अफ नोर्वेजियन लेबर युथ (एयूएफ)- को अघिल्लो साता नोर्वेको ओस्लोमा सम्पन्न  चारदिने    सम्मेलनमा भूटान युवा संगठन (वाई.ओ.बी.)-ले   अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय पर्यवेक्षकको रूपमा उपस्थिति जनाएको छ ।

संगठनका अध्यक्ष राजन गिरीले अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय विभागीय सचिव आकाश बुढाथोकीलाई उद्धृत गर्दै जनाएअनुसार बुढाथोकीले फिनल्याण्ड र बेल्जियमका युवा संगठन प्रतिनिधिहरूसँग परामर्श गरिसकेका छन् ।

अध्यक्ष गिरीका अनुसार डेनिस युवा संगठनका प्रतिनिधिहरूलाई पनि बुढाथोकीले भेट्ने कार्यक्रम छ ।

यसैबीच  बुढाथोकीले नोर्वेको उत्तरी क्षेत्र फिनमार्क र वाद्सो-जहाँ भूटानीहरूलाई पुनर्वाश कार्यक्रमअन्तर्गत राखिएको छ-का जनप्रतिनिधिहरूलाई पनि भेट्ने भएका छन् । नोर्वेको उत्तरी क्षेत्रमा बसोबास गरिरहेका केही भूटानीहरूले यसअघि नै एयूएफमा सदस्यता लिइसकेका पनि बताइएको छ।   

प्राप्त जानकारी अनुसार बुढाथोकीले ती अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय प्रतिनिधिहरूसँगको छलफल तथा परामर्शमा भूटान सरकारले विज्ञापन गरिरहेको 'कुल राष्ट्रिय खुशियाली' र त्यसको विपरित पाटोबारे वेश्लेषण गरेका छन् । बुढाथोकीले नोर्वेजियन लेबर पार्टीको कार्यालयमा आयोजित बैठकमा विश्वभरिबाट आएका मजदूर प्रतिनिधिहरूसँग पनि भूटानबारे विस्तृत कुराकारी गरेका संगठन अध्यक्ष राजन गिरीले बताए।