Today, Bhutanese society has undergone major changes. Clearly, two levels of middle class have emerged - the upper middle class who own a lot of property and wealth such as lands, buildings and businesses in Bhutan and the lower middle class which is composed of educated, financially independent, office-going people.
It is unfortunate that the members of the National Assembly are mostly half-literate unexposed villagers while the so-called lower-middle-class of educated, well-traveled, well-read, office-going people who constitute most of the urban-dwellers is ill-represented in the NA.
I do not mean to belittle all respected memebrs. There are very capable ones too. But many are too timid or too ignorant to even raise a single issue in the whole session.
Rather than laugh at their half-baked rhetoric and lament at their sometimes stupid decisions, some of the educated people from this maruti-driving class should become members of the NA to actively take part in the discussions affecting all Bhutanese.
Come 2008, this much-needed change might come. The educated class probably cannot bear to be taken for a ride any more. Their hands will itch for a touch on the steering wheel. Otherwise, we may see ourselves laughing at the same jokes they occasionally serve us today
It is unfortunate that the members of the National Assembly are mostly half-literate unexposed villagers while the so-called lower-middle-class of educated, well-traveled, well-read, office-going people who constitute most of the urban-dwellers is ill-represented in the NA.
I do not mean to belittle all respected memebrs. There are very capable ones too. But many are too timid or too ignorant to even raise a single issue in the whole session.
Rather than laugh at their half-baked rhetoric and lament at their sometimes stupid decisions, some of the educated people from this maruti-driving class should become members of the NA to actively take part in the discussions affecting all Bhutanese.
Come 2008, this much-needed change might come. The educated class probably cannot bear to be taken for a ride any more. Their hands will itch for a touch on the steering wheel. Otherwise, we may see ourselves laughing at the same jokes they occasionally serve us today
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