Recall life in exile after read 达兰萨拉的电话亭：QQ“哭哭

Hello Woeser la

Thanks for post this article. It really led me back to 20 years ago when I first came to India as refugee without any body's support and direction. Unfortunately, beside Chinese and Nepalese mistreatments, we ( 24 of us) went through another unexpected deceitful treats from few Tibetan women they were born in exile on Nepal boarder way to India to see H.H Dalai Lama. I will never ever forget this and we came to Dharamsala and we reported to Tibetan reception but who cares our feelings.

From Kathmandu to India our bus was stopped 5 times, Every single check points want money because there were so much over load products that these women bought from Kathmandu to do business in India. Every time police stopped bus they came to us collect 200Rp to 300Rp money because we don't speak anything. On last check point we refused to pay ( actually we don't have money) they kept us for two days and one night at same spot without food and drink.

They have money eat and drink but separated us and treated us like nothing.

Finally, we met a Tibetan name Lodga ( he came to exile 5 years before us and he also learnt some English in Suja school in India, and he was way to Nepal). He asked police why they kept us. that is why we found out reason they stopped the bus.

Polices thought those products were belong to us because these women asked us to help them to hold their products in bus because most of them are Chinese thermometry , shoes and Jean and knives.

At that point we were so pissed out and angry and we threw everything out of bus and gave to police and Lodga helped us told truth to police.

These women have no choice and finally pay some money to police ( we don't know how much) and they let us go.

That was such unwelcoming experience we have gone through from Tibetans born in India and grew up with education "others before oneself".

Disappointed and sad and that experience told me " don't trust people born in India".

Unfortunately and coincidently I actually met one of woman on a birthday party in my Friend house New Jersey. She was shameful and she couldn't look at me. I wrote about my experience to met her on birthday party.(Jamyoung Norbu's blog few months ago as comment on new comer see detail there)

I really felt in my heart how much new comers are going through without family and true friends around to relay on. this is just an experience of phone call and there thousands of ups and down in dairy life. who should they ask for help? who should they trust?
much more......