Tashi Tewa

        It has always been my father, Gyaltsen and what he always inspired to do. Without him, it would not have been possible for me to be an artist. He used to be a very good skilled artist including a painter and also a good craftsman. Without any support, he learned many skills. Still he was known as a ‘Gyaltsen Khewa’ (skilled Gyaltsen). Though he was a breadwinner for the family, he never gave up his art. Early as a child, I learnt a lot from him. My young eyes met in depth with those colors painted beautifully by my ‘aaki’ (father).                                                     Image 1: A Gaze by Tsering Samdup. Sherab Jhyama, my mother always patiently waited for his arrival every time when he left the village for his work in other neighboring Dolpo villages. Distance with my father was filled with the love of my dearest mother. She still takes the best care of me.      During my time as a herder running after those livestocks including Yaks, Hima

Before few months back, I got a chance to interact with one of my brothers who came back from Dolpo. He was especially jubilant over the fact that he succeeded to assist in a village level budget preparation which also finalized a budget for the construction of a road connecting his remote and marginalized village, one of many villages within Dolpo. It was over two hours of discussion and in this I will try to summarize how we interacted the development during the conversation.  The ongoing road construction in Dolpo connecting especially Dho and Tingyu VDCs (the present Dolpo Buddha Rural Municipality. Photo copyright belongs to: Phurwa Tashi Dolpo (Dralung Futado) There are several points to reconsider in his interaction. Basically, he argued that with road construction connecting many still to be connected villages within Dolpo will allow many villagers of Dolpo to get many goods cheaply. Till date, he believed that many Dolpo faced a lot of difficulties in that regard. Dur