Tibetan diaries

Vignettes from a Tibetan settlement at Majnu ka Tilla in Delhi.

A house in Majnu ka Tilla by night

Serena Chopra, Children playing in the temple square, Majnu ka Tilla, Delhi, 2009. FL9chopra

Serena Chopra, Thar, my first assistant, pets a dog in the temple square. A group of Tibetan youths hang out in the background, Majnu ka Tilla, 2008. FL9chopra

Serena Chopra, The temple square is the centre of Majnu ka Tilla’s political activity, Majnu ka Tilla, Delhi, 2011. FL9chopra

Serena Chopra, A prayer assembly in the renovated Tibetan school, Majnu ka Tilla, Delhi, 2015. FL9chopra

Serena Chopra, Rinchen Norzon at home, Majnu ka Tilla, Delhi, 2009. FL9chopra

Serena Chopra, Inside Donzin’s house, Majnu ka Tilla, Delhi, 2009(1). FL9chopra

Shooting the breeze, Donzin and a friend. A 2009 photograph.

An elderly woman saying her evening prayers in Majnu ka Tilla. A 2011 photograph.

Serena Chopra, Wangdue Tsering, Majnu ka Tilla, Delhi, 2009. FL9chopra

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Serena Chopra, A mother and her child sit with all their possessions on the road bordering Majnu ka Tilla, Delhi, 2012. FL9chopra