Bhutan Majestic Travel,18 May 2010 ECHOING IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THIMPHU Mountain Echoes, the first literary and cultural festival in Bhutan, will be echoing in Thimphu till May 20. More than 50 well-known writers from India and Bhutan will be participating in this literary get-together for the first time in the history of Bhutan. […]
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Bhutan Today,19 May 2010 OF WOMEN AND WRITERS Kunzang Choden, the first Bhutanese woman to write a novel in English, and Urvashi Butalia, co-founder of India’s first feminist publishing house, during a mutual dialogue in the literary festival, talked on women, their place in society as writers, feminism and female portrayal by the media.
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Bhutan Today,19 May 2010 SONGS OF ARROW AND ARCHERY A Khasi Poet and writer from Assam, Kynpham Sing, and the Bhutanese folk performer and musicologist, Jigme Drukpa, joined hands to create a melodious muse about archery among the listeners present in the ‘Mountain Echoes’ literary festival yesterday. They talk of bows and arrows, and
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Kuensel,19 May 2010 A conversation between cultures Spectator Shot: A section of the audience at the Mountain Echoes literary festival in the Tarayana hall Mountain Echoes 19 May, 2010 – Perhaps reflecting Bhutanese society’s transitionary stage to a literary culture, the country’s first literary festival, titled Mountain Echoes, drew only a modest Bhutanese
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Asian Window,19 May 2010 Bhutan King at the Literary Festival Pavan Varma and Gulzar Namita Bhandare from Thimphu on Day 2 of Bhutan’s first-ever literary festival: Her Majesty the Queen Mother, Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck, inaugurates the Mountain Echoes literary festival as Indian ambassador Pavan K Varma (Right) looks on. Photo: Kuensel The Bhutan
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Asian Window,19 May 2010 Mountain Echoes Day 3: Media and happiness Namita Bhandare, Jai Arjun Singh, Tshering Tobgay and Siok Sian Pek Dorji Namita Bhandare from Thimphu on Day 3 of Bhutan’s first-ever literary festival: Kinley Dorji, Secretary in the ministry of Information, points out that the main competitors of newspapers in Bhutan are
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Kuensel,19 May 2010 “Be yourself and be honest to yourself” Iconic Indian poet, lyricist, filmmaker and writer, Gulzar, who is in the country for Mountain Echoes, the literary festival, talked to Kuensel about poetry, art and its importance to humanity 19 May, 2010 – What does Gulzar mean? I have cut, subtracted, added, divided
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Asian Window,20 May 2010 Bhutan: the “cool” side Namita Bhandare from Thimphu on the last day of Bhutan’s first-ever literary festival: Namgay Zam, Bhutan television anchor Popular culture is often a measure of a country’s social priorities and Bhutan is no different. Television was first introduced in 1999 and several speakers at Bhutan’s first
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Kuensel,20 May 2010 The honesty of Bhutanese writers Mountain Echoes 20 May, 2010 – Like the recently held SAARC summit, the Bhutanese environment seems to be having quite an effect on visiting writers attending the ongoing literary festival, Mountain Echoes. But perhaps because it involves writers, instead of politicians, sexual jokes, night hunting and
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