My house at my village in pemagatshel is almost 60 years old. It singularly stands near a forest in Labar. This is the house where my parents are living, and we were all brought up. It is a huge house with three-storied stone, wood, and mud built. Though, there was no iron pillar as such in it, it stood against any kind of natural calamities like earthquakes and soil erosions just beside the house. Earlier than, the soil erosion tried to erode beside our house many times, but after having built layers of wall and planted trees; it is now a matter of talk. My father said that it was also struck by an earthquake several times, but not a stone came down. It is as it was before. I like my house. I wonder how my parents could have built a huge and strong house. It must have been very hard work for them during the 1960s. My father was said to have brought carpenters and workers from Assam. I guess this is his engineering and design as it looks like one of the best Bhutanese houses. Because of this house, my father was known to be the wealthiest in the Gewog, and is also known to many people in the Dzongkhag. He was and is. Now I look back at this house with lots of pride and respect. This was and is my house, my temporary house, just like my late brother Sonam, who left this house, I too have to leave…to my permanent house…where? Too sad.
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are some photos of my house which I clicked last time from my mobile.
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| Front view |
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| Side view |
