Tag: Bhutan
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I am a Bhutanese, that’s the start and the end of it.
my srilankan friends asks me why is my name ‘prena’ and not pema, dorji or sonam ( Bhutanese names they have always heard ) even the professors who mispronounce my name tells ‘oh, you have an Indian name” “why?” i tilt my head slightly to right and bite my tongue, it’s easy, i am a…
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what a home can look like
what i have learned is thathome is not always a four walled placewith dining table and fancy family portraitsit is the palace you seek in other people’s livesit is a place in your mother’s heart,the warmth of your fathers hug,the bottle of drink you share with your friends. sometimes it is the sky that tellsand…
Prena Poetry 