Of Rainbows & Clouds
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (844 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0906026490 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 184 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Additional reading Rudolf U. Weber If you are interested in Bhutanese history, you should read Michael Aris' "The Raven Crown" (1994) first. Unfortunately Aris covers only the period up to about 1960. Despite his intimate knowledge of the royal family (he was tutor to the royal children around 1970) he does not mention the Queens at all and their family only in passing."Rainbows and Clouds" offers some interesting glimpses at 20th century Bhutan and at somebody who lived through the huge changes this country has. "I can't believe people think this is well written" according to Robert J. Smith. I could barely make it through. The beginning is filled with endless Bhutanese names of places and events that eventually are very oblique and confusing. Her story telling ability is very limited and misses any real immediacy since it is a life told to her by her father and then told to the reader. I do not know anything about the history of Bhutan but I had a sense that this was a story only somewhat related to any fact. Her father told her this story and she remembered all of. Tulku Mingmay Dorji Wanchuck said What a funny, but saddly false book!. As a real Bhutanese who has read this book, I have to say that grand liberties taken by Ashi Dorji Wangmo are truly funny. So what if she writes well? She had a ghost writter anyway. She has totally invented her family's tree to give legitimacy to some claim to royal origins even though she is already married to the His Majesty the King. Big mistake on her part because the people she claims to be related to are still living. I wonder why she would do this when everyone in Bhuta
The book includes a description and the only extant photographs of the royal wedding in 1988 of His Majesty the King of Bhutan with four of Yab Ugyen's daughters. Yab Ugyen's memoirs reveal the story of a remarkably close and loving family, brought to life through historical photographs of five generations of its members as well as contemporary photographs of those temples, houses and palaces associated with the family. Through the dramatic and gripping vicissitudes of his life and fortunes, beautifully narrated by his daughter, Yab Ugyen reveals a simple and inspiring philosophy of life that has enabled hi