In less than 3 days, my article titled “Shame on UNICEF & Aamir Khan” generated a staggering 30,507 pageviews. The visitors, broken down by countries, were as follows:
Bhutan 23,229
India 4,145
United State 2,747
Australia 1,696
Thailand 692
Nepal 480
United Arab Emirates 346
Malaysia 265
France 179
United Kingdom 158
India 4,145
United State 2,747
Australia 1,696
Thailand 692
Nepal 480
United Arab Emirates 346
Malaysia 265
France 179
United Kingdom 158
But what was even more extraordinary was the quality of comments generated by the post. The post generated 68 comments – sadly, most of these comments missed the point I was trying to make.
My post wasn't about what Aamir Khan was wearing – I wouldn't give two hoots what he was wearing - it had to do with when and where he was wearing what.
As members of the civilized human society, we are expected to behave and conduct ourselves within the bounds of civility. Those who choose to live outside the boundaries of social norms, and those who behave with lawlessness and disregard all that keep the human society civilized and orderly, they have no right to claim to belong to a civilized society.
Dresses certainly do not make the man – but knowing how to dress and what to dress, given the occasion, distinguishes him from the uneducated and the depraved.
Underpants is an acceptable clothing under certain circumstances; in some occasions and places, nothing but swimsuits are acceptable – Hawaiian shirts are standard apparel for beach side walks – being suitably clad for the occasion is what sets the humans apart from the animals.
Underpants is an acceptable clothing under certain circumstances; in some occasions and places, nothing but swimsuits are acceptable – Hawaiian shirts are standard apparel for beach side walks – being suitably clad for the occasion is what sets the humans apart from the animals.
Aamir Khan is nothing more than a flash-in-the-pan and his two days’ visit is inconsequential. He brings no value to Bhutan or the Bhutanese people.
What I am upset about is his insensitivity and his total disregard for the country’s rules. If he didn't know, he should have asked and if he didn't ask, his promoters should have told him.
He and his promoters – the UNICEF – have paid scant regard to the established rules and decency that every Bhutanese, including visiting dignitaries, are required to observe. They have trivialized the institution of the Prime Minister of Bhutan. As a Bhutanese I am not going to remain gawk-eyed about this affront to the highest executive of the country’s government.
They must be reminded of their uncouth behavior so that they know we Bhutanese will not remain muted, if slighted. We will defend our right to be treated with respect, in our own country. In future, UNICEF must learn to elect their Ambassadors who are better schooled in decorum and social grace.
Who cares about your bullshit explainations. What have you accomplished in your life that you could actually judge on a successful person. What are you??
ReplyDeleteYou are talking bullshit... barking after what happened !!!if you have couraged and want to raise the issues ,why you didn't approach him at that moment!!!having no achievement in life ,now you are shouting that you are greater than him!!!bullshit article ,blogger ...please ,don't use your blog to mislead the people and don't try to count the viewers and feel proud of yourself��������
ReplyDeleteDude, just stop. You are embarrassing yourself and the bhutanese in general. Please get off your high horse and do not, for the love of god, imply that Aamir Khan is not civilized. If the "civilized world" that you live in includes creating a mountain of a molehill, slamming a good will ambassador instead of showing gratitude for doing what he is doing and calling him 'uneducated and depraved', I don't think I want to be a part of your world.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I think I have wasted more seconds of my life that I would l have liked. Please remain 'gawk-eyed' on more important issues.
He was dressed perfectly fit to Visit an official site and was warmly welcomed for his visions to be turned into reality..what topic he emphasized on awed the plentiful and the deprived.stress on the positive and stop bringing chaos and negetavities where there are none. Grow up and go get a life
ReplyDeleteFirst of All,seems like you need to get out of your hole and get a life! Alright you have your views, even frogs in well have theirs. A goodwill ambassador is a person who advocates for a specific cause (e.g. a country or an organisation) on the basis of their notability, did you get that ..so if Mr Aamir was insensitive , do you think a named org like UNICEF would have even considered his name.Please read/google a little and then make comments.
ReplyDeletePlease don't make it even more worse for yourself, while no one else or very few seem to have been offended by Amir Khan's dress code, I don't know why you are keeping on and on. As a educated person, I just don't believe that you have turned out be so narrow minded. Like someone mentioned earlier, we implore you to please stop embarrassing the Bhutanese people even further.
ReplyDeleteI had so much respect for you as a photographer and the concern that you show for the environment, but with this blog post on Khan, I am shocked at your bigoted, small minded reasoning and explanation. I read the credentials that you have posted on your blog 'I am a Charter Member of the Rotary Club of Thimphu. I am also a Paul Harris Fellow. Currently I serve as the Club Secretary for RY 2016-2017. I am also the Co-Chair for the 9th RI District 3292 Annual Conference, February 17 - 19, 2017. By Profession, I am a photographer.' & you have this rant on Amir Khan .... you have just proven that branding is not everything, you maybe old but will always be small minded. Grow up!
ReplyDeleteJust because you can write a Blog doesn't qualify you to be a critic. Have some self respect and kill yourself cuz you deserve to, for forcefully advertising your screwed up biased Blod throughout multimedia.. It can even lead to false defamation in international standards for criticizing orgs like UNICEF and well known celebrity. so think before you blog buddy.
ReplyDeleteI support the author, people should have sense of humour when they are looked upon by in a larger scale. We aren't asking Mr So call Amir Khan to wear a gho nor not to wear what he wore during his visit here in Bhutan, we are just asking him to show a lit respect infront of our Prime Minister and as well to His Majesty portrait.
ReplyDeleteAnd some of bhutanese here is okey with his sense of style and with no respect and values him as a ambassador of unicef visiting bhutan as grt one, but what on earth did he do in for bhutanese. I guess he did nothing other than a few interaction with the women and few school goers and nothing else.please enlighten me if I did missed his financial support he offered to unicef bhutan or any other. Otherwise for me no matter what he is just an actor or say a short guy with no sense of humour
Stop being so narrow minded, I don't think he disrespected His Majesty or our Lyonchen.
DeleteDear Au Yeshey.....please do not pay attention to these anti-nationals who speak against you for defending the honor and dignity of the country and people of Bhutan. We true Bhutanese commend you for defending our PM office and our culture which keeps our identity intact. Protocol Officers in the MOFA and the RBP should also take a lesson from this incident and ensure that no foreigners are allowed to behave in such insulting manner.
ReplyDeleteI have grown up watching Amir Khan's movies and he is best among Khans of Bollywood to me. However, I was disappointed to see his outfits while meeting our prime minister. Any educated human would dare to wear proper dress while officially visiting /meeting a head of a state.I am sure that he wasn't shooting a movie with our PM.
ReplyDeleteFor gods sake, we are in the 21st century and we are still bothered about what someone is wearing or should not be wearing. There is someone here who even refers to all of us who don't agree with the authors post as anti-nationals, now how stupid can that be.
ReplyDeleteEven the best of us make mistakes. Aamir Khan's dress etiquette may have been one. But harping on ceaselessly about it is a greater one. Sir Yeshey, you have many admirers and followers of your work, including myself. We don't want to lose respect for you. Come on. We all have opinions. You're entitled to yours. But why press this issue and sink to such deplorable levels of negativity and triviality? We know you to be better than that.
ReplyDeleteYes everybody, please curse the writer. He is not unique Bhutanese like us. Why to write about some foreigner insulting our Prime Minister office. The foreigner has all the right to insult and not respect our laws. Amir Khan is a big guy, he is ambassador of UNICEF and all the Bhutanese should bow down before him and kiss his boots. That is Bhutanese dignity and pride.
DeleteStop making up stories, Amir Khan never disrespected/insulted anyone and neither did he show any disrespect for our laws. All you are doing is making a bad situation even worse. Fortunately for us, there are very few people that agree with you and the authors talibanistic views. Kindly do us a favour and stop embarassing our country even further.
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