Lost and Found: Resilience, Trauma and Nepaliness in the Bhutanese-Nepali community in the US with Jhuma N Acharya

Jhuma N Acharya, Chairperson, Board of Directors of the Bhutanese Community of Central Ohio (BCCO) on the ethnic cleansing of Nepali speakers from Bhutan in the 1990s, how he spent 19 years in refugee camps in Nepal, and his journey to the US. We talk about what it means to have multiple identities, what it means to be a refugee in the US, and why he identifies as Bhutanese-Nepali. Jhuma talks about how the Bhutanese-Nepali community is trying to make the best of the opportunities that the US provides, and how the community continues to grow and contribute to their new home. Show recommendations include:   The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After - Clemantine Wamariya, Elizabeth Weil The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini The Dragon Bites its Tail - Kanak Mani Dixit, Himal Southasian Bhutanese political prisoners have been languishing in jails for nearly 30 years - Devendra Bhattarai, CIJ, Nepal