A First in a Refugee Settlement
I was born in the Mundgod Tibetan settlement in the late 1970s and personally was quite fond of reading.
Mundgod Tibetan Settlement (source. www.tibetmuseum.org)
I think my interest in reading was born out of my curious nature and my interest to acquire new information and knowledge. I vividly remember a monthly magazine called Wisdom which had articles on different subjects and I also had a collection of comics bought from a shop which sold used books in the nearby town. Our school library didn’t exist then and sadly, serves as just a physical presence even today.
Being a refugee community, our parents were more concerned with providing for the family and our existence was at stake, so exploring ways of learning was not a priority. Reading as a pleasurable activity ...