Rinzin Pelmo's Profile

Tshomo, the protagonist struggles as she was an elder sister in the family. Her journey begins after her mother's death. She met with Wangchen when she was on her way to Trongsa to offer butter lamp but Wangchen soon left her and married her younger sister kesang. So, for that reason she left her home and begins her new life journey. She works along the roadside of Thimphu to Phuentsholing. This is where she mets Denchen Choki who becomes her close friend even though she is much younger than her. Together they travel towards Kalimpong where Tshomo mets with her brother. To earn their living, they begin to weave and sell different pattern bags. After a while even Dechen married and left her alone. She travelles to Dorjiten with some of her neighbors for pilgrimm and further more travel to Nepal where she mets ani Decho and Ani Decho gave her prayer beads so that she could gain merits. They also visted Tso Pema in India where she met Gomchen Lhatu and later married with him. He was a laymen who goes with young women and later he left her. One night she had a frightful dream about the Rinpoche whom she had met earlier. This Rimpoche had cured her karmic illness(swollen belly) . When she went to visit the Rimpoche, she found out that he has passed away. She decided to live near memorial chorten and follow religion till the end of her life.
Reviewed by-Rinzin Pelmo
10 D, Tashidingkha Central School, Punakha