| #2456291 in Books | Eland | 2012-04-12 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.40 x.70 x5.40l,.66 | File type: PDF | 240 pages | Eland||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| ) To find a first-hand account of what it was like in the 1960s was very exciting|By flyingpiglet|I found this book fascinating, because I've spent time in Dharmashala teaching English (in 2010, 2012 and 2013 - see my Kindle books 'Between Monks and Monkeys' and 'The Yeti in the Library' about my experiences there.) To find a first-hand account of what it was like in the 1960s|About the Author|Dervla Murphy was born (and still lives) in Lismore, County Waterford in 1931. Full Tilt, her first book, describes her exuberant bicycle ride from Lismore to India, through Iran and Afghanistan. It has been followed by some twenty further title
Tibetan Foothold is Dervla Murphy's account of the day-to-day life in an orphanage for Tibetan children in the refugee camps of Northern India in the 1960s. Dervla vividly describes the children's lives in squalor while a handful of dedicated volunteers do their best to feed and care for them, attempting to keep disease at bay with limited resources. Dervla's heart-rending account is interwoven with her own observations on the particular cultural and social problems asso...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Tibetan Foothold | Dervla Murphy. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
