Country before self

December 14th, 2024

Who will live, if Bhutan dies? I posed this odd question to myself and to my fellow-citizens in a little article that I wrote some years back as I reflected on the fundamental tenets of the relationship between State and citizens and the primacy of the Nation, as indeed on the many ways nations can die. I have sustained this quest over the decades through my myriad reflections in books, articles and talks and indeed in my interactions with my fellow-citizens whenever a situation presented itself to allow such self-examination in relation to my country.