Ugyen Dhundup, Dharamshala.

"It has been almost 15 years since I lived in Dharamshala. Living in Dharamshala is a strange feeling. No family around, rent, ahhh… I really don’t know how to explain it. It is all mixed up. You know, the food Khichiri, all mixed up. Same like that. It is really like that. Somehow, being refugee is difficult. "

"Therefore, I wish those refugee who are in news often now a days, hope they will get help as soon as possible as I know how it feels. Even you, being a Tibetan know well about this right?

So, that is what I usually think most of the Time. But what can I do, being my self a refugee living in India. There is nothing I can do rather then pray for them. "

"My name? Well, I am sure that you also know me as ‘Nam- Ngyonpo’ which means ‘Blue Sky’ in English. So, same here, all of my friends know me as ‘Nam-Ngyonpo’ rather then my real name. Back in my village, it is the swear word. More like, i swear with blue sky. But here, it is very new word of swearing and that is why I guess people call me as ‘Blue Sky’ rather then my name. And I don’t mind it at all. Well, if you want to know my real name, then it is ‘Ugyen Dhundup’."

Ugyen Dhundup, Dharamshala.

Interview and photo credit: Kunsang Tenzing