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Timeline
of the activities carried out since 12th September.
Day
|
Date
|
Time
|
activities
|
Friday
|
12/9/2014
|
3:00
|
Questionnaires discussion with the students
|
Sunday
|
14/9/2014
|
3:0
|
Pencils
and erasers distribution
|
Monday
|
15/09/2014
|
7:30
|
Started
the journey from college
|
Monday
|
11:00
|
Reached
the RNR office,Rubesa
|
|
Monday
|
11:30
|
Set
off for interview in to the different households.
|
|
Monday
|
12:30
|
Arrived
at the first household to interview with three extension agents
|
|
Monday
|
2:00
|
Lunch
break
|
|
Monday
|
3:00
|
Second
household
|
|
Monday
|
4:00-5:00
|
Third
household
|
|
Monday
|
5:00-7:00
|
Started
our journey back to RNR office.
|
|
Monday
|
7:00
|
Back
to RNR
|
|
Tuesday
|
7:00-11:00
|
Journey
to zamding chiwog
|
|
11:00-11:40
|
Interview
in first household
|
||
11:45-12:25
|
Second
household
|
||
12:40-1:20
|
Third
household
|
||
1:20-2:00
|
Fourth
Household
|
||
2:20-3:20
|
Lunch
|
||
3:20-5:00
|
Journey
back to RNR
|
||
5:00-600
|
Canteen
pleasure in Tencholing with Tandin Sir, Livestock officer and four friends.
|
||
Wednesday
|
17/09/2014
|
6:30-12:00
|
Journey
to Shelly via Khotokha
|
2:30_1:30
|
Interview
|
||
2:00-2:40
|
lunch
|
||
3:27-6:00
|
Journey
to RNR and luggage packing
|
||
6:15-7:00
|
Back
to hostel.
|
||
Hypothesis
The people of the Rupeisa Gewog are the least hospitable.
Challenges
and resolutions
Firstly
the challenges during the survey week come from the journey we had to travel.
The red soil became slippery as the rainfall hits on the less trodden farm road.
The hilux had to jump from one puddle to another. It was drizzling and the weather was
unfavorable yet we moved on. We were six in number. Tandin sir, livestock officer,
agriculture officer, Kinley Dorjee and I were just outside on the Hilux.Through
out the journey from the RNR center to the household we had to interview, was
not good. Soon enough we reached
Samdruggang and interview started.
Challenges
in Language
Being
a person from non dzongkha back ground, I faced some challenges of speaking out
the Technical terms. As soon as I arrived the household to which I had to
interview,I quickly took out a packet of
doma and handed over to the owner.With me were all the three extension agents.
”Kuzu zangpo,ama”
“Kuzu zangpo la
dasho.Thimphu ley joem joem eena la?”(Are
you all the way from thimphu?)
No, no. “We are from
NRTI, Lobesa”I said.
We
were immediately taken to the innermost cozy and tidy room where thick carpet
laid on the wooden floor. No sooner had we just sat down, than a cup of tea
each and biscuits on the plate were served. Dragged by the tiredness, we were
hungry. I quickly pulled one piece of biscuit and a tea. I came out to the kitchen
to observe how kitchen work is done. My main intention was not to observe but
was to escape from those three senior colleagues. I was in confident to speak
dzongkha.I had no guts to utter a word in front of them. I was afraid what if I
spoke a wrong funny word in front of them? Then I was sure I would become a
topic of their laughter.I came out where the woman was cooking and started
asking questions as she was cooking.
“Lopen,Zhug shug la”(Sir,
please be seated)
“Khemey la,ama,nga na
lu longbey rang drewa kha dakpa chi dri
gey la.(I will ask you some questions by standing)
I started slowly lest
the other colleagues hear me.As time went by I could speak better than what I
started with.
There are some funny
incidents that come through the challenges in translating dzongkha terms.
“Na gi sazhing na lu lotho tsu di,pchheka rogi
za pchhe ka rangi zasoel yoega”Do you practice share cropping?Pchhe
bewachin,apple shing lesha tsuni yomena:nee zum gi shing tsuni yoega?(Do you
have orchard)
Their use of terms like
“nisho chi”(Four hundred) and “kako chi/nyi”(Approximately) were really unheard
before. This also added up to the challenges.
Time
consumption
Challenges
in response.
When
a simple question for example, “do your crops get raided by wild animals?”For
this simple one word answer, they kept on elaborating beyond the horizon of
required responses thereby jeopardizing the time. To overcome this challenge, I
told the tshogpa,(the chiwog head) tell the respondent to cut short their talks
for we had no time.
Another
challenge comes from the communication the respondent make with the local
leader on the issues away from the survey and this consumes lots of time.
Too much
Hospitality and formality
Infact,
this hypothesis that the people from west will be cold (Unfriendly) and less
caring for the guest. Yet it proved to be the otherwise. As soon as I arrived
in their house for interview, they started preparing tea and serving eatables.
This kind of culture is a great challenge especially when one has limited time.
Same happened to me. This type of culture made them compulsory to serve us tea.
This hampered my time and became one hurdle.
In this case, as soon
as I arrived the household to interview, I told them not to prepare tea and
that I was busy.
Illiteracy
A
small fault on their part and a small fault in mine is the problem of illiteracy.
Most of the respondents were literate where I had a tough time translating
technical terms into dzongkha.The units they used to indicate the yield of
crops were brand-new on my ear. Every now and then I had to ask them to repeat
what they speak. However to overcome this problem, I observed more things and
asked little.
Things
need to learn further
ü I
need to learn better dzongkha words and develop fluency in speaking.
ü I
need to learn the local dialect of the people of that locality.
Expectation
Judged
by other incidents of the past, I was brainwashed by them. I had a very thought
that the residents and the people in general from the western part of Bhutan
will be cold, least hospitable and serious. When I reached there and started
interviewing, they were the most hospitable and kind people I ever have come
across.
Hypothesis
based on experience
The null hypothesis that
people of Rubesa Gewog are the least hospitable is rejected. The alternate
hypothesis is true.
The people of Rubesa gewog are hospitable like any other in the country.
Annexure
Photos
on hospitality
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