I hope this
update of mine greets you in the best of your health and I am very sure that
you all must be keeping fine.
All the
updates that I have given until now is because of something that ignited in me
and led to these writings. My update today is sheer out of frustration. Like
many a Thimphu-ite I reside in one of the buildings that populate Thimphu. It
is always a hassle to find an apartment, pay the advances and then move the
furniture. After moving in, you find out there’s no TV cable, there’s no water
heating facility, sun doesn’t shine into your apartment etc… etc… After months
when you realize that you are now settled, the water runs dry. How could I keep
my calm?
Water was
the very reason why I chose to move into a new apartment. It was ok that the
water flowed from the taps until now. It has been twice and almost a week that
there is no water in the taps. I am having the most horrible time of the year. How
could I keep my calm?
Mr. Landlord
rings my door bell without fail every month for the rent. Even if he is out of
station he makes sure there is some crony of his to collect the rents. Now the
tenants where I reside are frustrated. There’s no water flowing into his
building and he is nowhere in sight. People just care about money and nothing
else. How could I keep my calm?
Imagine the
plight of families who has no running taps for weeks at length. I hear many buildings
have two inlets. One from the municipality and a private one. If water from the
city (municipality) runs out, there is another inlet to keep the water flowing.
My owner has a private inlet only for the vegetable garden he has maintained.
It is not connected to the building. And during the ripe-time for the veggies
he has grown, it is stolen. He is clam though!
I have seen
my previous owner who tirelessly works to keep the water running and I am
seeing the current one who is bother less. This is the second incident in this
month. I fetched buckets after buckets to keep my people going and that
reservoir too is out now. How could I keep my calm?
Another one!
I don’t know whether Diwali has gone or is yet to come but nights in my
vicinity is disturbing. The RBP put a ban on sale of fire crackers but there
are hooligans, who I don’t know must not
be having a home to sleep. They shout, drunk mostly and throw light
firecrackers wherever they please. I have seen a Community police centre here
and I am not sure if men in blue have turned literally deaf. How could I keep
my calm?
Given the
perennial problems like the stinks, clogged drains, and power outages with
rising bills every month...
How could I keep my calm folks?
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