Tibet Oral History Project
Paljor
Remembering the western outskirts
Paljor places a remembered visit to a doctor at Dickeyling beyond Shoey, on the western outskirts of Lhasa. His recollection gives the atlas a different point of entry: a journey for care, described through places on the edge of the city.
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About this interview
- Birth region
- Utsang, Tibet
- Work
- Servant
- Age at interview
- 81
- Left Tibet
- 1959
- Interview / catalogue date
- 2007-07-02
Editorial introduction based on the English transcript, not a quotation or a reviewed Tibetan translation.
Sources & credits
Original interview and transcript: Tibet Oral History Project. Rights remain with the source and respective holders.
Introduction references: PDF p. 8.