The Land of the Thunder Dragon may be 3,000 kilometres away from God’s own country, but from the 1960s onwards, Bhutan has had a special place in the hearts of many Keralites who have taught there.
Till the 1950s, monasteries on jagged hilltops doubled up as schools in the reclusive Himalayan nation. After a new government policy was introduced to change this situation, a Bhutanese delegation came to Kerala in 1962 to recruit teachers.
Since then, not less than 15,000 teachers from Kerala have worked in different parts of Bhutan, as per the Indo-Bhutan Friendship Association.
