Kalakaaris Magazine Aug 2014 | Page 93

having a cup of tea in the warm wooden house with a kinnauri family, listening to their family stories or meeting a lama predicting the future of a lady. Visiting the Buddhist forts during the morning prayers or tasting the homemade apple alcohol distributed after evening worship of Gupt devi in a temple. And I swear, I can keep on continuing about these lovely memories which are still fresh in my mind. I was keen to know the lives of Kanuri people, understand their culture and feel their hardships in this inhabited village. I found the feeling was mutual to know about each other’s life to live the life for a few moments which is different from us. I have never met such cheerful and warm people. I got invitations from the villagers as I smiled and nodded to say hello. Sitting in their small wooden houses they talked about social )