Phool Maya came from Nepal about 35 years ago. She moved to Lama Camp with her husband, who used to cut and carry wood. There were two PWD houses with tin…
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Bishnu Maya Tamang stayed in Lama camp for a year in the early 1980’s. There were about six houses then at Lama Camp. She raised her children who were…
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Tirthe came to Lower Ramalingam about 30 years ago. At the time of our interview he was 75 years old. When he first came here, there were only 4 houses in…
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Budhi Maya Lamini is now highly asthmatic but she has traveled far and wide. Her husband who initially lived in Ramalingam escaped to Tezpur during the war of 1962. He then…
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Senju Tamanga is one of Phulmaya’s sons. From 1991-1998 he worked with the Forest Department at Sunderview as a chowkidaar (night watchman) from 1991-1993. Back then, there were a total of…
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Phul Maya Tamang planted saplings at the small-plantations and nurseries around the area. Her husband was good at carpentry. She is a mother to 18 children, of which 9 survive…