Through an interview to Nyma Lhamo, a Tibetan exile, we get into the hard and difficult reality of the Tibetan people who, since the invasion by Communist China in 1959, have been fighting to regain their identity signs. Her words, recorded in her location in exile in the South of India, reflect anguish, uncertainty and deep desperation. All this is shown within the singular context of the everyday tasks, the leisure and the religious activity in the refugee camp Tibetan New Camp, in Delhi.

"My name is Nyiam Lhamo, and I come from Kham. When I was 15 years old, I left home and went to Makhamshe and from there to Chamdo and Podrangmo. There in 1959, when we lost the independence, there were many prisoners. They were tied with a rope to their neck, they were beaten and they had very scarce food. I spent the whole way crying…
They hit my mates but not me, as I looked as if I were a child. I was 15 years old and I my hair was short. I spent the whole journey crying. The prisoners’ rooms were very small, by night they had no place to stretch themselves full out. They only had a piece of cotton to cover with, and they had to be snuggled up and sit on the floor. I did not get to see the food, but it mustn’t have been very good. They had a piece of wood tied to their neck and a chain to their ankles. The food was in a huge container and they walked in a row to collect their bowl. The last ones did not get any food and the rest were beaten or they were taken to work in the countryside, surrounded by policemen, who obliged them to work, forcing them to continue when they tried to have a rest. Seeing all this, I continued my journey crying, till I reached Lhasa.
I lived in Lhasa for five years, till 1987. That year, there was a popular revolt and many people were arrested in Bakhor. Those who were arrested by the police were freed if they reported ten participants. Thus is why the girl who lived with me, my friend and I were reported. We knew the next day we would be arrested, so early in the morning I escaped and left to somewhere else. We could not stay in Lhasa." .