Sunday, January 23, 2011

Coincidence?

I have come to India to do some finalising research for the Tibetan character in People of the Great Journey. He is a young tulku (reincarnated lama) and his name is Tenzin Dawa. I've just survived a 12 hour overnight bus journey from Dharamsala to Delhi, hairpin turns and all. But here's the stunner. The woman beside me asked me to write out her name on the bus ticket list handed around by the driver, as she only writes in Tibetan. Put my brother's name, she said, as he booked the ticket. And what was his name? Yes, you got it. Tenzin Dawa. [Twilight Zone music.]

5 comments:

Pat said...

Not surprising really...after all it is India!

OR Melling said...

The land of mystical magic ..

sandi said...

did you share this with your bus neighbor?

OR Melling said...

Tried to, but I got the impression she had no idea what I was talking about. She had very little English. My hair was standing on end lol

Kiki Hamilton said...

No such thing as coincidence....I love it!