Eulogy
Losing our senior K. B. Khadka is one of the most difficult moments we have gone through. As we are writing this eulogy, we realize how fortunate we the Bhutanese in exile were to have him with us. There are no appropriate words to express his influence in our community, despite difficulties and hardships that we have gone through the long stay in eastern Nepal.
Perfectly he was not a politician but certainly a leader, a community organizer. Khadka was hardworking, strong, loving, and gentle. He loved his family – the larger family of Bhutanese exiles – and was deeply devoted to their wellbeing. He truly believed that if you worked hard, treated people right, and with a little luck from God, you could have a good Life.
In precise, he was a driving force behind leading the Bhutanese exiles into the internet super highway and computer education, the most essential ingredient of this net-savvy world.
We remember how he dared to face challenges while in supporting media in exile during intricacies. Association of Press Freedom Activists regards him as most fierce backbone in guiding us to get insidious to complex refugee community. It is through his example that we learned to be journalists, defenders of press freedom and advocates for protection of right to information.
Although Khadka may never have said it out loud we know that he was truly proud of his community where he grew up. Most Bhutanese rested their faith on Khadka in getting many complicated social disputes, politics at times. He meaningfully and tactfully handled all those glitches.
He showed strength and love right up until his last days with us. We miss his able leadership, friendly chats, parentally guide and above all encouragement and love. We have fewer words with us to deplore and condemn the inhuman wrath. Obviously, the murders in our view lack human feelings and sentiments. All prayers are for his departed soul and a peaceful place in heaven.
K. B. Dai, we shall never forget the benevolence that you bestowed on us and your words will continue to guide us in our endeavor, especially during threats in reporting.
I.P Adhikari
President
APFA-Bhutan & Bhutanese Media Family in Exile
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On behalf of all the bhutanese in UK, i extend our condolences to all the family members of KB khadka.
We dearly misshim here because most of us know him for many many years.
I am sure everyone will remember him as an untiring man who selflessly dedicated himself for our service
Still in shock we in UK endlessly talk of him and his good deeds
The murder of K.B. Kharka on 8th September shocked us. He was a popular social worker and served refugee communities with dedication. He was affable and had good relation with every person including the local people around the refugee camps.
There are few inspiring leaders left in camps after the departure of most leaders to west. He was one such leader. His death is a huge loss to the refugee community. No such tragedy should ever befall to any Bhutanese refugee.
The Druk National Congress mourns the tragic death of K. B. Kharka and extends our heartfelt condolence to the bereaved family members.
Rongthong Kunley Dorji
President
K. B Kharka, the person who is unforgettable Leader of youth, Lawyer for Bhutanese Refugees, and Hero of AMCC is killed by notorious and demons like persons recently.
We the Bhutanese of Kentucky, Lexington pray to god for the peace of his soul and give the way to heaven and also share the power to the hopeless families.
and request Nepal police force to search the colprit and punish as soon as possible
D C Adhikari
Beldangi iii sector a/3 70
I was deeply saddened by the news about the death of popular Bhutanese social activist KB Khadka. This must be very difficult for not only to late Khadka’s relatives in camps but also to all Bhutanese around the globe.
Khadka was such a kind soul, who will be greatly missed by all who knew him. Our organisation will miss his helpful advice, support, and continual cooperation, particularly for our mission for the establishment of complete media freedom in Bhutan.
Khadka was a strong voice for voiceless refugees in camps—be it during local’s terrible attacks on refugees in Sanischare camp a couple of years back or in Beldangi camps at various times. His continual commitment to work on behalf of suppressed refugees could not last long following his brutal murder on September 08 at a young age, 40. More than 10,000 refugees and locals participation in funeral processing, could be more had it been done at the day time, is a strong testament to his popularity within and out Bhutanese refugee community.
I think about how much we all will miss him. May his departed soul rests in peace in heaven and god bless his bereaved families with strength to overcome these sorrowful moments.
T. P. Mishra
President
Third World Media Network- Bhutan Chapter
‘ My Bhatij’ who is very dear than my own sons was so kind and lovable that his death shocked me terribly. I was not so much saddned when my father died than now’ recalls KB Khadka’ s kaka and Kaki parents settled recently in Reuve, Netherlands. They were a bit consoled when I presented a Bhagavad Gita As It Is edition in Nepali and read some chapters that deals with body and the soul.
It is indeed a loss to all the Bhutanese inside and out. He is one of the most caring and God conscious among my mamasasuralis.
In a seminar I attended recently over ethnic identity, one professor presented the scenario where the differences in faith and improper understanding of religion is the main cause that provoke people to hurt others abominably. This occurs between two races, religious groups or parties having differences in their ideas. He then pointed out the case of Nepalese either of Nepal of anywhere that is very typical becasue they engage in destroying the peace and progress of of their own fellowmen. The murder of KB khada was fresh in my mind and felt abnoxious of this reality of our community. I wonder why the Nepalese government and Bhutanese leaders could not protect people from such terrorism. Why can’t they find those murderers and punish them.
Lets move to the higher consciousness, unite ourselves and realize that we are one and the same as everybody else who need peace and security that each indicidual deserve.
Hope abominable acts do not occur again.
I pray for the separted soul to have rest in the kingdom of God and for peace to sons and daughters.
Nanda Gautam
Nederland
The Bhutanese people resettled in Norway deeply mourn the sad and untimely demise of K B Khadka who had been a source of inspiration to the people from different walks of life. May his departed soul rest in peace in heaven and the bereaved family be given the strength by the Almighty God to overcome this sorrowful and tragic situation.
By the time we have missed many significant figures from the brutal killing like this. This will make a sense that Bhutanese community in general is getting metamorphosed to something we had never dreamt of. We strongly comdemn any sort of such situations being created for demolishing peace in the camps and tarnishing the image of Bhutanese people around the globe.
Ramesh Gautam
President
Association of Bhutanese in Norway
More than just a wonderful person
It’s incredible and so miserable to know that KB Khadka, the selfless and dedicated social worker got killed by some unidentified criminals. He was more than just a wonderful person. I am pretty sure that his untimely death not only leave a void in our lives, but in the hearts of all those whom his was known to.
His unexpected passing cost lot to the Bhutanese Community and great loss ever. So in this tragedy, I would like to extend my heartfelt condolence to the shocked family and would like to pray almighty to give strength to care themselves. Further, this matter must have to be taken seriously by the Government of Nepal so as to give justice to thousands of saddened and worried hearts.
No doubt KB Khadka will always remain within our hearts. Let his soul rest in the realm of god.
With Deepest Sympathy.
Narayan Lamichhane
USA, Arizona.
Irrecoverable loss for Bhutanese community
Khadka’s unfortunate death is an irrecoverable loss on the part of entire Bhutanese community. His contribution towards the community is worth appreciable. It is not just the people in the camp who are mourning at his death but whole across the globe where Bhutanese are residing.
I would appreciate people now in the camp taking several measures to bring the culprits before public for justice. The recent declaration of indefinite closure of all the services in the camp is acceptable too but that should not go long.
Unless we do so, it is certain that Nepal government would stay idle. I would suggest to do everything possible to find out the culprit but let normalcy exists in the camp. Constant pressure should be given to both UHCR and the government of Nepal.
Durga Tamang
Twin Falls, USA
He was honest and kind
Khadka’s death discourages the coming generation who wants to be a good social worker. I know the work of late Khadka till I was in camp.
He was very honest to every people not only by mouth but he proved them by his kind work. I blame the Nepal laws for this incident because these types of evil works are happening due to monopoly of Nepalese police and corruption.
I myself feel very difficult to overcome the feelings created by his brutal murder. May God give strength to overcome the feelings of his family.
Bikash Rai
Denmark
Message of sympathy
We all the Bhutanese Refugee in Cincinnati are greatly shocked and mentally paralyzed by the sudden and tragic death of K.B Kharka.
We have really lost helpful and promising member of our society. At this hour of darkness, we would like to convey our heartfelt condolences to the bereaved parents and other family members of Kharka and share their sorrow. We pray to the God to provide them peace, solace and fortitude to bear the greatest loss of their beloved member of the family.
We also pray to the Almighty God that the dear departed soul may find a permanent and peaceful place in the heaven.
Bhutanese Refugees,
Cincinnati, OHIO (USA)
A brutal murder in camp
It is really a sad news for the entire Bhutanese refugee residing in all parts of the world. This is not a new story for us but I don’t know why such activities are happening inside the camp.
The authority should act promptly and bring the culprit to the desk. Such murder has nothing to do either with resettlement process or repatriation but it is a kind of vulgarism. We know refugee camp is a breeding place for such activities and one should find a quick way to settle somewhere promptly and discourage all kinds of such activities.
Such kind of murder is rear in history and we should condemn such inhuman activities with all possible words. It really shocked everybody and we are really concerned about our relatives back in camps.
Khem Regmi
Atlanta, USA
I lost my schoolmate, childhood friend
I have no words to express on this, I am nervous. Karna was my school mate and childhood friend. We were Sunday market mates in Gelephu before the start of the Bhutanese problem and met many times in Phuntsholing even after that. We shared many things including the future aspirations.
His brutal killing was the biggest shock to me.
No words right now but we have to trace the roots of such cause and prevent other dear ones to lose lives, so precious to every individual.
Parsuram Sharma Luitel
Australia
Camp is no more a secure place
This incident of brutal murder of KB Khadka clearly indicates that the situation inside the camp is no more secure. Late Khadka, who stood at front line supporting repatriation had been supporting and giving selfless service to the Bhutanese for last 18 years.
His death has given deadly blow to the entire Bhutanese community and is the most irreparable loss. Whatever the intentions or causes are hiding behind his murder, his death has made the entire Bhutanese society paralyzed.
I highly condemn the brutal act and wish that all those behind the scene be brought before the court as soon as possible. I also request the Nepalese government, UNHCR and other concern parties to ensure a secure situation in camp.
Lastly, I wish to offer heartfelt condolence to the pain-stricken family and pray that the departed soul of Khadka rest in heaven with peace.
Khem Khadka
North Carolina, USA
A big tragedy in camp
What a big tragedy in the Bhutanese community! We condemn this brutal act. We pray for the rest of the departed soul of Late Kharga in peace.
Our condolence is always to the bereaved family. May god give them power to shoulder the situation with courage and patience.
The culprits should be brought to book and punished accordingly. The entire Bhutanese community should put our efforts to find the culprits.
Durga Giri & Family
Munich, Germany
YOB condemns Khadka’s murder
It is very disturbing and disheartening to witness the sudden and cowardice murder of K.B. Khadka on Sep 8, 2009. It is not only an irrecoverable loss to the family but also a great loss to the entire Bhutanese community. }
Khadka was very helpful, man of courage, veteran refugee leader and a great social and human rights activist. He had been a strong voice for voiceless for the Bhutanese refugee community ever since the establishment of camps. He helped the people of all walks of life in the camps through his selfless and tireless service which indeed is imprinted in the heart of all Bhutanese refugees in Nepal and around the world.
At this moment, Youth Organization of Bhutan pray his departed soul be rest peace in heaven and pray with the almighty to shower the strength and power to the bereaved family to cope up with this difficult situation.
YOB condemns this heinous, barbaric and cowardly act of criminals and urges all the concern authorities to apply all the possible measures to apprehend and punish the murderers and their mastermind with the fullest extent of law.
Rajen Giri
President
California, USA
He dwelt among the roses
Shared the fragrance of his garden
To all that passed through
The fatigue of exile.
He lit the lane of the bleak
With stolen love from his family.
We pray for the peace of his soul and bereaved family strength to endure agony of the loss of their dearest one.
On behalf of all Bhutanese in Australia
HEARTFELT NEWS IN BHUTANESE COMMUNITY
Late K B kharka was a challanger who gave his life for his community. He was generous and kind to the community.whatever he did he did he did for the community. Iand my family pray for the peace of his soul in the heaven. on behalf of all bhutanese in vermont usa
We all the family from Houston, Texas would express our heartfelt condolenve on the untime demise of K.B Khadka. who was the back bone of every bhutanese people. we prey to God for his departed soul reach in peace in heaven.
His passing will not only leave a void in our people lives , but in the hearts of all those who knew him. K.B dai will always be remembered within our hearts.His death clearly shows that IOM was right since it started the office in Damak to resettle camp people for saving them from such anti-social activities.
We are shocked to hear the untimely demise of our great social worker .So we pray may the soul rest in peace in heaven
This is just terrible, terrible, terrible. I know he have been “on the list but not of the list” so to speak and with only a few brief mentions of his, this is really a sad moment for me. Thank him for all he have done to put together so much helpful information & grief. I just feel so bad that all this work and effort and thought were dismissed. I am just so sorry for him, & his family.
I being his friend and brother, i remember his days he used to stay with me while he is in thimphu.He was practical and very fun loving person and staright forward person.
I don’t know of his contribution for communinity, it is good to hear he had done lots to people….i am sorry we lost him from us…
This should give some foods for thoughts for our Bhutanese Neapli community in in genaral….is killing and voilence like is our resolutions to our problems?
May god bless his soul…
We the Bhutanese community in Colorado were deeply sadden with the news of murder of Late K.B Khadka and join together to send heartfelt condolences to the grieved family and pray for the heavenly abbot of the departed soul.
Although he is no more between us but his social sacrifices, vision for democratic movement and his profound love for the nation are the foot print he left through which the generation will walk.
We miss a son, a father, a brother, a friend and a dedicated leader, his absence left a big gap on Bhutanese movement.
Those evil hands raised against Late Khadka, if manage to escape from social justice cannot hide from the divine justice.
Bhutanese refugees living in the Netherlands would like to express their deep sorrow and grief at the sudden death of Mr. K.B. Khadka, former camp secretary of Bendangi 2 extension and a social worker of the whole Bhutanese refugee community on 8th sept. 2009. He was one of the rare Bhutanese refugee leader who worked selflessly for nearly two decades for the wellbeing of his fellow refugee. His sudden demise has created a permanent vacuum in the forefront leadership at the refugee camps and is a great loss to Bhutanese worldwide.
It is quite surprising why such innocent personality should be brutally killed when he was busy doing humanitarian works.
We would like to condemn in strongest word possible for his gruesome murder and request Nepal Government to pursue hotly the murderer and bring them to justice immediately. Nepal government should work together with the innocent Bhutanese refugees to prevent any such killing in the days to come. Bhutanese refugees became insecure and their life has turned most miserable now, if local authorities does not provide them with proper security and relief timely then time may come when refugee camps turned into chaos and uncontrollable.
At this great hour of grief we would like to stand by on late khadka’s family and send our deepest condolence and solidarity to them. We pray that Late Khadka’s soul rest in peace in the heaven. Also as a token of our support and solidarity some of us here have contributed 32,371.37NRS (thirty two thousand three hundred seventy one rupees and thirty seven paisa) to help Mrs. Khadka to perform his last rites and other rituals. The amount is already being send to Tek Nath Pandey, brother in law of Late Khadka and will be handed over to Mrs. Khadka at the earliest.
We hope every Bhutanese worldwide will come forward to help his family so as to let them know that they are not alone and the whole Bhutanese refugee community is behind them at this sad hour of their life.
Ram Bahadur Karki Chhetri
Pijnacker Hordijkstraat 44
2593 HE The Hague
Netherlands.
We are very sorry to here the death of k.b.khadka in USA in michigan.We always pray for is internal life in heaven.
We also pray for his familys for peaceful and god will give them strength to overcome.
we miss u so much.
5400memorial Drive
Stone Mountain
Georgia,Atlanta30083
We pray to the God Late Khadka’s soul rest in peace in the heaven.
We would like to condemn in strongest word possible for his gruesome murder and request Nepal Government to pursue hotly the murderer and bring them to justice immediately.
It is a great loss for the Bhutanese community to loose one of the committed members like Khadka.
It is one of the naked brutal examples of wickedness of Indian RAWs influence on Bhutanese community.This is not the first time that our people are being mislead by India.
Also, it is taking the advantage of economic helplessness of Bhutanese youths so that they earn their livelihood doing such antisocial activities like khadka’s muder. They are highly paid by India and Bhutan.
With the help of Indian RAW, Bhutan is playing the treacherous game on exile Bhutanese spreading the reign of terror in the Bhutanese camps so that our movement gets more complex fragmenting the society.
The so called Druk Leopard gang which has thrown some pamphlets soon after the murder is no other then such examples of Indian and Bhutanese puppets. Such people have to be carefully traced and nip in the bud, putting stoppage to further ruining the society.
It is also the mere carelessness of the Nepal’s security personnel that refugee’s life is not much cared.
KUSI NAJONI
SILIGURI
INDIA
What a sad day was that? Aha a helish they did? what a misfortune was that? oh god ! what a bad news was that?
I got the news of Mr. Khada in the following day of the baddest incident in the Camps ever happened.
In deed many got helped when Khadka KB was alive but see he didn’t get helped in times of need. My heart bits faster and broken hearing the loss of the milestone of the bhutanese community. oh! really he himself was the landmark of the entire civilization of the Bhutanese fellows in the Refugee camps in Nepal.
KB Khada was the versatile genues in the society. He worked many extra hours in his own gusto just for the community and his society – our society.
He spoke on belalves of the voiceless and worked onbehalf of the impaired and he fought on behalves of the injusticed. That is why he is a PUBLIC HEARTED HERO IN THE BHUTANESE COMMUNITY.
His deeds are all noteworthy
His advocacy is praiseworthy
His thought is social
His acts were communal
He is a hero, Oh! Hero
He is kept in all the hearts
He traceses with love and arts
He in himself is Jubliant
who killed him is belligerent
He who loves him has the mystry
Who he serves have the History
Oh ! History Oh ! histroy
Let Late Khadka rest in heaven peacefully
His coward killer be caught with knocked billy.
let the god Almighty grants power to the family and welwisher of the Khadka to tolerate the loss and convert the mourning in to the strength.
Late Khadka is a noble social worker.
LET US JOINTLY THINK OF DOING SOMETHING GREAT IN HIS NAME FOR THE SAKE OF COUNTRY AND COUNTRY MEN
AMEN
GOD BLESS ONE AND ALL WHO SUPPORT THIS ATTEMPT TO IMMORTALIZE MR. kHADK VIA SOME APPROACHES.
PURANAGHARE
I WISH GOD SEND HIM BACK ONCE MORE LIKE lAXMAN WAS RETRIEVED AFTER DEATH BY LORD rAMA
Iam writing my sorrow and deepest sympathies to you and your family. I was so very unhappy to hear about that. He was so kindness man and think for society he was wonderful man.
This is sudden and grief . I was very sorry to hear about passing away of sir K.B khadka. I had greatest esteem for him and his family members . We miss one of the member of Bhutanese family.
From me and my family side we want to share ours feeling of sorrow. Towards the khadka family and Especially to the soul of K.B khadka. and your family are in my thoughts and prayers. I will light candle for K.B khadka tonight and hope his soul will rest in haven peacefully. We miss him lot
Bhim Basnet
Dallas, TX 75231
k.b kharka is one of the great man of bhutanese refugee camp.he was one of the well known person,and can help every one in the refugee camps.when i heard the news that he was killed i fell cry beacause he was only the person who do good for all the refugee.he used to give good knowledge to all the guys in the camps.so i did not forget him and his soul will rest in pease in heaven.now i was in America but i did not forget my 17 years cottage in the camps through out my life.and the person who killed K.B must be cought and he must give the reason why he do so.whats the reason to killed him,who made him to killed K.B.we hope that no one can forget k.B and his heart.
it’s very sad to miss him from our bhutanese community, He is helpful to all the people.
i am really sorry to hear his unsudden death.our great social and helpfulness daju k.b.kharka.