Bhutan is a smallest landlocked country in the south Asia. It has two supreme ethnic groups.
Besides,many other ethnicities, the so-called Drukpas who resemble the Tibetan culture reside in northern Bhutan. They hold the political power to rule the state. Bhutan has a autocracy. The other dominant ethnic group who resides in the southern foothills resembles Nepali culture.Both of these groups of people had been living in Bhutan for the same period of time. They equally sacrificed as much as they could for the welfare of the nation.They are rich in their respective cultural values. They are proud of their own ritual, rites and cultural entities. They respect each other without biasing.


Unfortunately, in 1988 the monarch, Jigme Singye Wangchuk Proclaimed a skeptic and bias national policy. The policy in course of time shattered the peaceful, harmonious and congenial unity, trust and mutual brotherhood between the northerners and the southerners. The government used the rhetorics to create myths to draw the line of separation between the twin brothers.This bred hatred, suspicion and malignity between the brothers.The slogan of policy was "one nation one People"

It sounds superficially superb. It seemed to bring the multi-ethnic residents of Bhutan into a common platform. Denotatively, it said united we stand, divided we fall. Connotatively, it had multifaceted ill motives. Obviously, it had been a clever design to evict all ethnicities and their cultural assets except that of the ruling class. As Socrates says that every man is born with equal innate perceptive power and intelligence. The southerners could no longer remain subservient and suppressed. They reacted to the king, of course, peacefully. Let me quote some evidences to justify my statement...

First and foremost, the government imposed common code of national dress. It is the traditional dress of the ruling class. The government ignored the consent of the diverse ethnicities. The southerners could not give up their own traditional costume.

Secondly, the government imposed Dzongkha, the dialect of the ruling class, to be the official language. Every one was forced to communicate in Dzongkha. All official documentations had to be done in Dzongkha. The southerners loved and respected Dzongkha, but, they loved their own language, Nepali, more.Until 1988 both Nepali and Dzongkha were included in the classroom curriculum. After 1988 Nepali was banned in the schools. All Nepali textbooks were burned down into ashes in the eyes of the Nepali students. This attitude of the government badly hurt the sentiments of the southerners. Most southerners could not communicate effectively in Dzongkha. Many school kids had to quit studies due to the lack of their competence in Dzongkha. The standards of judgment and evaluation were discriminatory, too.

Thirdly, Nepali speaking students were hardly granted abroad scholarship for any professional studies. They were deprived of the opportunities to attain professional degree in the fields of their interests. This narrowed minded governmental approach accumulated frustration and sense of disrespect in the Nepali speaking students in the colleges. Not only this but also the government officials of Nepali origin who were the heads of the offices were replaced by the ones from the ruling class irrespective of their academic qualification, work skills, efficiency and proficiency. The qualified and able Nepali origin officials lost their patience to be disgraced by the ruthless monarchical government.Fourthly, Nepali origin Bhutanese in the south have their own popular festivals and rituals. They have their own standards to worship and celebrate their festivals. Until 1988 the government used to declare official holidays in the south during the period of these festivals. After 1988 the government stopped government holidays on the occasions. The national holidays have been declared only on the festivals and auspicious occasions of that of the ruling class.