Brother of an eminent writer and thinker Jigme N Kazi is no more

Brother of an eminent writer and thinker Jigme N Kazi is no more
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Late Tenzing Danen (61)

Mangan, Sept 22: Mr. Tenzing Danen, eldest son of late Lachen Yapla (RN Kazi) of Lachen, North Sikkim, died in Mangan a day after the terrible earthquake on Sunday (Sept 18). Mr. Danen was rushed to the Mangan hospital on Sept 17 when he complained of severe head and stomach ache. The sudden earthquake which took place at around 6.10 pm on Sunday (9/18) shook the whole area. Everyone fled from the hospital, leaving Mr. Danen and his wife there.
Shaken up by the tremour (6.8 magnitude) Mr. Danen and his wife left the hospital and returned to their home at the Power Department Colony near the Mangan bazaar. Already suffering from high blood pressure the tremour that shook the whole of Sikkim added to his agony. Mangan, headquarters of North Sikkim district, was the epicenter of the powerful earthquake that has led to more than 70 deaths in the State. Damages to houses, buildings, roads all over the State, particularly in North Sikkim, is extensive.
At home Mr. Danen fell in his bathroom leading to further deterioration of his condition. He was rushed to the hospital again late Monday (9/18) afternoon and died soon after at around 4.30 pm. The funeral took place at Pentok in Mangan on Wednesday. Since the areas (Chungthang, Lachen and Lachung) about Mangan were totally cut off by the quake and subsequent landslides none of his family members, relatives and friends could attend the funeral which was led by Nade Tsampa Lama and Lachung Khenpo.
Other family members, relatives and friends from the rest of Sikkim also could not attend the funeral since the road communication and other communication systems in the State snapped after the tragic incident of 9/18. However, his younger brother Jigme N Kazi and his family members, his sisters from Ben and Gangtok and some of their family members made it to the funeral.
Members of Mr. Danen’s family wish to thank all those who took great risks to attend the funeral and personally be with the bereaved family. We would also like to say a special ‘thank you’ to the people of Mangan who helped us in our hour of bereavement. They, traumatized by the deadly quake and still living in fear and apprehension, extended their support and sympathy to us.
Tenzing Danen (61), an ex-student of Gangtok’s Tashi Namgyal Academy (TNA), was the eldest son of former Lachen Pipon, late Rinzing Namgyal Kazi (Lachen Yapla). He was perhaps the third Lachenpa to come to study in Gangtok in the late 1950s. Since 1968 and till his demise, Mr. Danen has been working in roads, bridges and buildings constructions works in the State. But more than a contractor he was a social worker – a simple person who was always there for everyone when they needed him. He will, therefore, be deeply missed and forever remembered by those who knew him. He is survived by his wife (Rinchen) and 8-year-old son Tashi Pintso.