Where is Ladakh?
Children- Ladakh Tibet ke paas hai – Tibet kahan hai? (Where is Tibet?) Children- Near India and Near China, but Hindustani and Chinese –very dangerous – Oh really! and are Tibetans very safe? After a small tête-à-tête the children conclude that it is the Chinese and Pakistani that are dangerous. – Why is Pakistani dangerous? Children- Pakistan kill Indian man – And doesn’t Indian man kill Pakistani man? Children- but Indian man helps others… – And what about Tibetans? Children- Tibetans very simple and don’t fight. – But just a while ago those two friends were rolling on the ground hitting each other in the dust. So Tibetans do fight. Children- Tibetans fight but do not kill. – So fighting is not dangerous but killing is. Children- Yes – Then, Tibetan fighting is not dangerous but Chinese is? Children- Yes because Chinese have gun and bomb… they kill….. This is how our introductory session with some 6-10 years old Tibetan refugee children began for the ‘Right to home’ project. After a
