About Us
Bhutanese Literature Dot Com is a community-based literary website launched by a group of active, dedicated youths abroad in 2009. The site was initially launched with a blog and limited members’ articles. Within a short period of time, it culminated widely and has taken the full shape of a site. It has become public property and, ultimately, the property of the nation.
Work under progress (To be reviewed)
Mission Statement
The official mission statement of Bhutanese Literature Dot Com is to preserve Bhutanese literature, language, and culture. It is also dedicated to promoting the development of Bhutanese languages—Dzongkha, Nepali, and English.
Aim and objectives
- To develop the history of Bhutanese literature (English, Nepali and Dzongkha)
- To develop the profile of all the established Bhutanese writers
- To make a tri-lingual publication of the creation
- To conduct an annual conference for the discussion and promotion of Bhutanese literature
- To help publish the literary books of writers abroad
- To encourage and promote the literary creation of the young generation.
- To prepare hard copies of the selected creations from Bhutaneseliterature.com and distribute them widely in Bhutan, India, Nepal and possibly in other parts of the world.
History
On the seventh of May 2009, with the single initiation of Ramesh Gautam, who is currently in Rogaland, Norway, the site began as www.bhutaneseliterature.wordpress.com as a WordPress blog. With teamwork and close coordination of Yeti Raj Ajnabee, Rup Narayan Pokhrel, Sanchaman Khaling and Dona Acharya, a huge campaign was made, and the site became popular subsequently. In November, the site formally declared the Board of Founders. In January 2010, the Board of Editors declared its decision. The Editorial Board consists of the Chief Editor, Managing Editor, and three Editors on three desks- the Nepali Desk, English Desk and Dzongkha Desk. The Dzongkha Desk has been empty and shall be filled as soon as possible. After the formation of the Board of Editors, the publication is being made weekly. Currently, we are publishing a new volume every Sunday. In February, the site was hosted with ample capacity.
Working Structure
The working procedure is classified as founders, editorial team, and board of trustees to make the site function smoothly. The site is an equal opportunity base site irrespective of caste, creed, sex, and ethnicity. Any interested personality in literature can be a member of the board of trustees. The editorial team is nominated by the board of trustees.
Founders
The category includes the personality of the person who instigated the site’s vision and mission. These founder members are energetic and dedicated youths who are currently living abroad to study. The group consists of five members: Ramesh Gautam, Yati Raj Ajnabee, Rup Narayan Pokhrel, Sanchaman Khaling, and Dona Acharya.
Editorial Team
This is a team of members with high efficacy in literary as well as language. They possess good experience in literary publications. They are entrusted by the board of trustees. The Editorial Board consists of the Chief Editor, Executive Editor, and Desk Editors [three for each desk, nominated by the Chief Editor and approved by the Board of Directors.
The Editorial Team remains neutral in all forms of the site’s works. The board is solely responsible for all forms of intellectual activities. The names with their designation are listed below:
Editorial Team (2009-2010)
Editorial Team (2010 – 2014)
Current Editorial Team
Board of Trustee
This is a member-based board. It is open to all interested persons in literature, irrespective of caste, creed, language, sex, and ethnicity. A certain membership procedure must be followed to become a member. This board shall constitute the founders, executives, editors, and general members.
Board of Directors
This board is the administrative body for the site’s overall activities. Headed by the Executive Director, the board consists of Assistant-Executive Director, Managing Director, General Secretary, Secretary, Finance Director, Asst. Finance Director, Public Relations Director, Asst. Public relations director, Technical Director and Members. Executives are the members elected from within the members of the Board of Trustees.
Members
These are the general members who take membership voluntarily. Any interested person in joining the site should write to the site’s general secretary. The GS then will provide a form through e-mail, which the person should fill out and return through postal mail. The members, after getting membership, have the right to receive all the services that the site offers, including voting rights to the Board of Directors and the candidacy for it. However, the membership is annual, and it has to be renewed every year. Only the Bhutanese citizens can be members of the Board of Trustees.
UPDATE: Bhutaneseliterature.com became the official publication platform of the Literature Council of Bhutan (LCOB) in June 2011, and it is managed by the Publication Board of LCOB.
Achievements
Bhutanese Literature Dot Com has achieved a huge number of literary lover fans within a short period of time. We have a dedicated team of editors. Besides their daily stuff, they manage time for the site to generate prospective ideologies.
The site has successfully begun the journey of writers’ profiles.
The site has been transformed from a blog to a website of ample capacity.
The site now has columnists to update the analytical articles in a timely.
Future Plan
Bhutanese Literature Dot Com, has the following tasks to do in the future days:
- To extend the number of members in the Board of Trustees
- To begin the publication in Dzongkha.
- To develop Regional Representatives all over the world
- To continue the process of writing the history of English, Nepali and Dzongkha literature in Bhutan and from Bhutanese.
- To develop the writers’ page within the site, which gives vivid pictures of the writers to signify their contribution to the site.
- To extend the columnists with the analytical writings.
- To make the constructive Board of Advisors.
- Once the Board of Trustees achieves a constructive number of members, the Board of Directors will be elected, and then the Board of Editors will be nominated.
- To begin the journey of conducting the Annual International Conference on Bhutanese Literature.
- To begin the collective publication of the selected articles from the publication of this site and distribute all over the world.
- To contribute to forming the Bhutanese Linguistic Association.