“I live in Mungod, Tibetan refugee settlement in south
India. I came to visit my son in Dharamshala.
I came from Tibet in the year of 1959 with
my mom. I didn’t even remember how
we came across the border, because i was just one year old. But my mother always
told me that, she has carried me her sheet, like a Kangaroo. “
“Whenever I make her angry, She use to say
that ‘”we lost our country because I give birth to you. “ I don’t have much idea about my father
as he passed away when I was very young. My mother told me that he is a brave
man who lost his life while fighting for the nation. “
“For me, it has been 54 years staying in India as refuge. Of course, in the
first phase of being a refugee was so difficult. I gave birth of my first child when i was 16 years old. I
didn’t had much choice. Being a
mother at such young age is a quite responsibility. “
Now, all of my children are doing good and
I am a happy mother.
Tenzin Dolma, Dharamshala.
Interview and Photo credit: Kunga Teznin.
Edited by: Kunsang Tenzing.
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