{"id":7595,"date":"2017-11-04T00:27:22","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T18:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=7595"},"modified":"2017-11-04T00:27:22","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T18:57:22","slug":"royal-touch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2017\/11\/04\/royal-touch\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal touch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Dear Editor,<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Bhutanese King JigmeKhesarNamgyalWangchuk, Queen Jetsun Pema and their cute little son Prince JigmeNamgyelWangchuk are presently undergoing a State visit to India. Their pictures not only freshen up the mind and soul; this Bhutanese connection also impart an education as well. Not only is the King extremely gentle, polite and humble; his father had voluntarily relinquished the throne so as to welcome democracy in Bhutan! I doubt whether such an unique sacrifice on the part of Royals have ever been witnessed in the history of the world. During my visit to Bhutan a couple of years ago, I noticed a large mansionfrom a Thimphu cliff, I thought that it was the residence of Bhutan royals! I got rectified by our guide and came to know that it is actually the seat of Bhutanese Government! When I asked where the King lives, the guide pointed out few cottages near the Dzong. It was indeed an eye-opener for Indians like us who are habituated on viewing the luxurious and opulent life styles of the politicians, rich and those possessing &#8220;blue blood&#8221; in their veins. No less than the King of Bhutan leads such simple lifestyle!<br \/>\nMost of the countries(specially in so-called Third World) desire to achieve &#8220;development&#8221; and &#8220;modernity&#8221; by catering to the influential rich and playing to the gallery of &#8220;highest statue&#8221;, &#8220;tallest flag&#8221;, superfast trains and &#8220;smart cities&#8221; for the elite nouveau-riche, statistical jargons like &#8220;high rate of growth&#8221; and Sensex, gala sporting extravaganza etc. by sweeping all concerns for the downtrodden and common population under the &#8220;patriotic&#8221; carpet!<br \/>\n<strong>Yours,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>KajalChatterjee, <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Kolkata<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Editor, The Bhutanese King JigmeKhesarNamgyalWangchuk, Queen Jetsun Pema and their cute little son Prince JigmeNamgyelWangchuk are presently undergoing a State visit to India. Their pictures not only freshen up the mind and soul; this Bhutanese connection also impart an education as well. Not only is the King extremely gentle, polite and humble; his father [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7595","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-readers-forum"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7595\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}