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Kuensel,20 May 2010   Mountain Echoes Music 20 May, 2010 – Shillong band Soulmate end their two hour performance at the Clock Tower in Thimphu yesterday evening with a cover of the Chuck Berry classic “Johnny B G oode”

Express India,21 May 2010   Feel Good Factor Everybody in Bhutan talks about Gross National Happiness (GNH). The Prime Minister His Excellency Lyonpo Jigmi Yoezer Thinley introduced the Indian contingent to GNH at the inaugural ceremony of Mountain Echoes, Bhutan ‘s first literary festival. The three-day festival at Thimphu, that began on Monday, has been

Beautiful Bhutan Tour,21 May 2010   Bhutan: Literary festival, Mountain Echoes 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 gossip accompanied some of

Republica The Week,21 May 2010   Mountain echoes When two people who have grown up in the mountains meet, they often start discussing the nuances about life in the mountains that can shock people who haven’t lived in the mountains. The challenge of mountain life makes one to be aware and adaptable, be it the

Indian Express,23 May 2010   How to Train Your Dragon The first lit festival in Bhutan introduced the Bhutanese to their own readership Mountain Echoes, the first India-Bhutan literature festival, was unpretentious, informal and made sure that the Indian contingent got a summer vacation out of it in pleasant Thimphu. The “India” part of the

Mail Today,23 May 2010 

The Daily Beast,24 May 2010   Celebrating Books at 7,600 Feet The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan just wrapped up its first literary festival and it was a spectacular mix of ancient traditions, great writers, and, of course, bloggers, says Indian author and publisher Namita Gokhale. Literary festivals are usually judged by the caliber of people

Seminar Magazine   MOUNTAIN ECHOES IN THIMPHU It was poetic, lyrical and most unusual. There was none of the hype, the pushing and shoving, the endless public relations jig. Instead, there was a sense of camaraderie and a gracious respect for one another. For me it was a privilege to attend the first ever literary

Times of India,29 May 2010   Once upon a time, in Thimpu… Last week, on a cold, but diamantine evening, the wispy Tripti Kharbangar, vocalist of the Shillong rock band Soulmate, brought the neighbouring mountains down on the Clock Tower square, downtown Thimphu, Bhutan. The Clock Tower square, located off the capital’s main artery, Norzin