kham adventure

PostScript
Dharmasala 8 October 2004
Norbulingka Institute

Walking down the street in Dharamsala, I spot a beautiful woman whose jewelery seems very familiar. We talk. She is from Dege..a refugee for the past 6 years. She is enthralled that I have just come from Dege..There are many from Kham here in Dharamsala..many aided by the Norbulingka Institute which has craft workshops, English lessons, help for trauma suffered in China and many from Kham. The director can show my pictures from Kham on his digital projector and we make a date at 7:00PM to show them. About one hundred and thirty tibetan refugees sit in the hall above the Institute's Meditation Hall and sit, mostly in silence, as one hour of photos is shown . The director prefaced the show by suggesting the audience would be looking for people they know, or relatives. There are some sighs, some laughter at the shots of playing and face making monks..and afterwards, excited appreciation..TASHI DELEK!!! and a request to immediately DO THE WHOLE SHOW OVER AGAIN..the photos were transfered to their hard drive, so they can show them again..
It felt like completing the story, to be here in India, seeing the faces of joy and welcome that were so important and wonderful in our Kham adventure...and to experience the resolve with which the Tibetans are advocating and preserving their culture and claim to self government.

ps..I am trying now to upload more pictures of the trip..so if you wish go back to the earlier entries and see if I did do it...

I am so glad you are here, and so glad I could share part of the Tibetan experience here with Eva

TASHI DELEK, ALL!!!

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