Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly collection by which NPR’s worldwide correspondents share snapshots capturing moments from their lives and work world wide.
I used to be resting close to a playground, between interviews for a narrative on the shrinking variety of Tibetan youngsters in a boarding college constructed for them within the northern Indian metropolis of Dharamshala. This Himalayan valley is the place the Dalai Lama settled after fleeing Tibet, and so did 1000’s of Tibetan refugees. The Tibetan diaspora in India is way smaller now, however the college continues to soak up Tibetan youngsters as boarders and teaches them about their heritage.
It was quiet within the alpine cool of the afternoon — till a couple of women rushed out of a constructing. They scrambled up play gear and goaded one another to leap off a platform that seemed excessive for little ones. A girl walked out — a home mom or a instructor — and scolded the ladies in Tibetan. They nodded obediently, and as quickly as the lady turned her again, they had been again to leaping off the platform once more. I used to be laughing as I took this image — I’ve a tender spot for cheeky youngsters, and I like seeing how youngsters, irrespective of the place they’re, discover a method to play.
