Queen asks youth to play key role in Bhutan's development

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Press Trust of India Thimpu
Last Updated : Aug 10 2013 | 2:00 PM IST
On the second day of the fourth edition of Bhutan Festival of Literature, Arts and Culture, Queen Mother Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck has said Bhutanese love their identity and she hopes rural educated youths will play a key role in the development of the country.
The Literature festival, 'Mountain Echoes' which is organised through a joint India-Bhutan initiative was started on 8th Aug.
"We keep our identity because we love our identity," she said yesterday.
The Queen Mother expressed hope that rural educated youth will lead their communities for development of the country.
Talking about his Shiva trilogy, renowned writer Amish Tripathi said, "we all are free to follow our separate paths and it is unfair to judge the path of other person. I tried to taught tolerance in the simplest and yet most honest terms.
Actor Aparna Sen, during the session 'Half the Sky: Women and the World', talk about changes that have come in West Bengal regarding women safety.
While actor Rahul Bose spoke of how men always want to be 'macho', but the way to go should be to change the concept of 'macho'. Men should treat women in same manner as they look at other men. He insisted that the coming generation will be what we make of it and need to be taught by an example.
He said, "the best thing to do is to make sexism uncool, which can be done by socially working towards changing the mindset of the people."
Indian artist Amruta Patil showed her art from Kari and AdiParva in an exquisite presentation talking about graphic designing and her own interpretation of Mahabharata.
She spoke of the concept of the sutradhar and how she has incorporated it into her work.
Music Band, Bandish wrapped up the evening at the clock tower.
India-Bhutan Foundation was established in August 2003 during the visit of then King of Bhutan, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, to India with an aim of enhancing people to people exchanges in areas like education, culture and environment protection.
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First Published: Aug 10 2013 | 2:00 PM IST