In Kuwait
10 percent About a 1000 Bhutanese people - give or take - applied for this job opportunity. From that, 150 of us were shortlisted. From that very short list, 15 of us were luckily/qualified to get the chance to go to work. That means only 10 percent of the shortlisted candidates got selected. This is the competition in our present time. As we were preparing to board the plane at Paro Airport, I had a good look around. 11 girls and 4 boys were flying to Kuwait. I looked at my friend beside me as the white dragon of Bhutan soared into the sky. "Now, we're flying!" "Yes, we are!!!" This article is written in point of view of a Bhutanese who worked in Kuwait. Our writer was able to get an interview with him, as he had to return to Dragon Land because of the pandemic. Mirage The flight landed in India. The layover was in Delhi, and later, Dubai. When Druk Air reached us in Delhi and Dubai - I began to realise just how small our aeroplanes were. The Bhutanese plane l...
