th<\/sup> May 2009, we have been able to archive around 2,500 articles out of which 343 posts have been published in 2018. Arithmetically, 13.72 percent of the posts we\u2019ve published so far have been published in the last calendar year.<\/em><\/p>\nLiterature Council of Bhutan (LCOB), in conjunction with the local Bhutanese community organization, organized and successfully concluded a two-day programme in June in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. \u00a0Literature enthusiasts from Norway, Nepal, Canada, Australia and various states of the US were among the attendees. A few books of different genres of Bhutanese Nepali literature along with two music albums were released. LCOB released its publication \u2018Samakaleen Bhutani Nepali Katha\u2019. It\u2019s an anthology of contemporary stories written in the Nepali language by 16 Bhutanese writers from across the world. Such a collection has never been published in Bhutanese Nepali literature.\u00a0 Some papers on various subjects were also presented in the event. The event was historic in several senses and one of the evident evidences is the participation and recitation of her creations by a differently abled lady who\u2019s known by Maya Bhattarai. In spite of her oral and physical challenge, she traveled all the way from Kentucky to Ohio to attend the 2nd<\/sup> day of the event. LCOB also formed a new Board of Directors (BOD) in December 2018. We are looking forward to working with the new BOD more effectively and efficiently than ever.<\/em><\/p>\nWe would like to extend our heartfelt appreciation and gratitude to more than 200 writers who have been living in different nations around the world and marching together with us to a distant but a common destination. You all have been both the puffers and the supply of oxygen to young but clogged and asthmatic lungs of our letters. While on the track, we sometimes experience race-induced bronchoconstriction and you serve us as a Ventolin. We are hopeful that you keep sticking around in the years to come and fulfill our wish to have healthy longevity of our literary life. Keep creating and inspiring others with your creations as we have been pushed to veer off the narrow road but fortunately, we survived. The ecstasy of survival after such a fatal accident is invaluable and comparable to nothing. Let\u2019s engage ourselves more in documenting what we have seen or been through and that will be our history. We wish you all a more prosperous, productive, creative, happier and healthier time in 2019.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n