When people at home were all in festive mood getting ready to celebrate
the 32nd birth anniversary of our beloved 5th king and the losar, I was a busy sojourner here in
Andra Pradesh heading my way to the college as early as 6:40am in the morning
to attend the normal packed and tiring
class which starts from 7:20am. I came to know that the 22nd of February
was the beginning of the new year according to our Bhutanese lunar calendar
only after my friend back home texted me to express her wish. I
don’t mean to say that I am least bothered in all these things but it so
happened because I was quite tangled in the busy college schedule. Bhutanese studying here in Vijayawada without any dissent came together wholeheartedly
to celebrate our king’s birth anniversary for we know it is the only way for us
to show and pay tribute to our beloved majesty for his selfless service to the
people of Bhutan in our own simple way. We the students of Koneru Lakshmaih University and Acharya Nagurjuna University came together to mark the historic day. It
all happened in a consistent and a systematic manner with full zest and
vigorous amusement with the Marchang Ceremony and the hymning of our National Anthem
followed by the singing of national Anthem of India . Later, student friends performed a few
cultural programs costumed in our national attire which looked bright and
dazzling as always.
Honorable Vice Chancellor of Acharya Nagarjuna Uinversity who graced
the very significant occasion as a chief guest for the celebration joined hands
with us to wish our Majesty a prosperous reign, a happy life in decades to come
and wished well for the country’s everlasting peace and prosperity. He exhibited
his appraisal for the concept of Gross National Happiness that our country has
been implementing to indicate the peace and the happiness of the people when
world around does by measuring the gross domestic product. He lauded this
concept which has its root embedded in our country by saying that this
philosophy has spread worldwide and deliberated incessantly as many sees the
pros of this noble policy in heaps. Well, these were some of the points that I
could grab hold from the lengthy speech of the Vice Chancellor and I could do
nothing more than just open my ears open since every words
of him was worth of embracing. The other distinguished guests, who were mostly
the high profile individuals of the
University were all amazed to see the people’s love for the country and their
king as they verbally pointed out that they have no experience of such an
enamor being brought up in a country which is governed by various
democratic parties for ages and they just landed up appreciating what they saw
in this very important day of Bhutanese people.
Losar celebration was another gratifying moment and celebrated the way
we sharchops celebrate with variety of dishes and brews.
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