It is so heartwarming to see our Monarch in Australia – among his subjects who have gone to great lengths to demonstrate to Him that despite the distance - they were never really detached from Him.
Their Royal Majesties among the Bhutanese diaspora in Canberra, Australia
Photo credit: Kuensel 13/10/2024
I would like to think that I am perhaps the happiest among other few hundred thousand Bhutanese – that His Majesty made the journey to Australia. For, on Sunday the 7th of August, 2022, I wrote as follows:
“Does the Bhutanese Ambassador Sonam Tobgay in Australia have the wherewithal to provide quality leadership to inspire and instill a sense of continued nationalism in the minds of the Bhutanese lot in Australia? Are there other Bhutanese capable of keeping the brood herded and on track - and the home fires burning in the minds and hearts of their fellow Bhutanese?
Recently I chatted a senior and respected person who too seems to have landed herself in Australia – I encouraged her to provide leadership and guidance - every opportunity she got, for the sake of the nation.
It is about time that the Royal Government of Bhutan sends someone to Australia – a person who is respected, a person with charisma and proven capability – to remind the Bhutanese there that WE NEED THEM BACK IN THE COUNTRY, when their stint there is done.
The late Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kwan Yew declared that should there be a demographic imbalance in Singapore, he would import Chinese from China to make up the numbers. Unfortunately such an option is NOT open to us. Thus we have to hang on to what little we have”.
The reception that the Bhutanese diaspora gave to their Majesties upon arrival in Australia is proof that the home fire that I spoke of is still burning in the hearts and minds of the Bhutanese in Australia. Kadrinche to all of you Bhutanese down under!
I believe that in a long while His Majesty would have felt truly at home.
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