| Prem Paykurel, too, had been a successful farmer in | | | | come. "I have waited for so long living in these |
| Bhutan. His memories of the expulsion are fresh links | | | | camps, thinking a day would come when we would |
| of london in his mind: "When we left Bhutan, | | | | go back to our native Bhutan," he Big Apple |
| the agitation for restoration of democratic rights was | | | | Charm laments. "Life has been really miserable |
| going on. Even though I was not involved, I was | | | | here, and especially the children went through a lot. I |
| arrested and beaten. Finally, we were given an | | | | am taking this decision of going to USA only because |
| ultimatum by the Bhutanese authorities to leave the | | | | it will ensure a good life for them. But I know my |
| country. But we never thought that we would have | | | | wife and I will have to endure many hardships." |
| to live in Nepal for 18 years." | | | | Yager also sees these objects as a story about their |
| Paykurel is the head of a valentine's Day jewelry | | | | location and her own role as that of an urban |
| family whose migration to America was followed by | | | | beachcomber or archaeologist. Her work has part of |
| Hinduism Today (see sidebar, page 27). At the time | | | | its genesis in the time she spent combing the ocean |
| of this interview, two of Prem's children valentines | | | | beaches for pebbles and stones to transform into |
| bracelets had already flown to America. He and his | | | | jewelry while a graduate student at the Rhode Island |
| family feel the time for their better future has finally | | | | School of Design 20 years ago. |