It is interesting to reexamine everything that seemed "real" and "true" for you in a place. I was born and raised in the capitol city of Bhutan, Thimphu. After revisiting my city five consecutive summers, I noted an interesting trend in the culture and narrative surrounding youths. It was only as I stepped out of the space that I started noticing the system's various gaps and cracks. My thesis looks at several narratives of young individuals in Thimphu who are often viewed as "problem youths" and estranged figures in the community. Their narratives weave a story of the city they live in and its various shortcomings, some of which include the incredible tension between development and cultural preservation and the growing gap between the powerful and powerless. This research might be able to push the city into examining its so called “youth issue" on a more in-depth and honest level.
