Kunzang Wangdi: Asha Jinpa
Quotes
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Ugyen Dorji : Maybe I was a yak herder in my previous life.
Asha Jinpa, the Village Headman : You must have been more than that. Maybe you were a yak.
Ugyen Dorji : A yak?
Asha Jinpa, the Village Headman : Yaks are very important to us.
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Asha Jinpa, the Village Headman : It has started to snow in the mountains now. Day by day, there will be more snow. Soon our village will be covered in snow. Winter has arrived. It's time to move our yaks to the lowlands. It would be better for you to leave now.
Ugyen Dorji : But I haven't finished my lessons.
Asha Jinpa, the Village Headman : If you don't go now, you won't be able to leave till next spring. We'd be happy to have you stay, but we don't have a choice. Please come back next year. You have to come back for the kids.
Ugyen Dorji : But, Asha... I'm going abroad soon.
Asha Jinpa, the Village Headman : For how long?
Ugyen Dorji : Maybe forever.
Asha Jinpa, the Village Headman : I have heard people say that our country is the happiest one in the world. So why would someone like you, who is capable and educated, who is the future of our country, seek happiness elsewhere? I will tell Michen and Singye to prepare the horses. You should leave the day after tomorrow.
