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New arrivals in the Bronx


April 1, 2011
By Misha Cohen

Chet Nath Timsina's youngest brother, Om, is happy to be in the United States with his family.

Photo: Misha Cohen/IRC

A reunion in the Bronx

  • The day after their arrival, Uma accompanies the family to the Bronx.
  • Man Maya walks carefully down the stairs to the Grand Central Station platform.
  • On the subway, the new arrivals were surprised to see street performers dancing.
  • The family has another new experience - riding the escalator.
  • In the Bronx, Uma escorts her in-laws to their new apartment.
  • Dill Ram and Man Maya
  • Ama was most excited about seeing her grandchildren.
  • Man Maya adorns Uma with a necklace from Nepal.
  • In Nepali culture necklaces are a symbol of marriage.
  • As the youngest son, Om is his parents’ caretaker.
  • In Nepal, Om lived with Chet Nath, Uma and Kushal outside of the camp.
  • Om is happy to be in the United States with his family.
  • Arriving home from school, Pratiksha jumps into her grandfather’s arms.
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In the fall of 2009 Chet Nath Timsina’s parents, Dill Ram, 66, Man Maya, 63, and his youngest brother, Om, 22, arrived in New York from the refugee camp in Nepal where they had been living for 18 years. Photographer Misha Cohen documented the family’s first few weeks in the United States.
 

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A reunion in the Bronx

  • The day after their arrival, Uma accompanies the family to the Bronx.
  • Man Maya walks carefully down the stairs to the Grand Central Station platform.
  • On the subway, the new arrivals were surprised to see street performers dancing.
  • The family has another new experience - riding the escalator.
  • In the Bronx, Uma escorts her in-laws to their new apartment.
  • Dill Ram and Man Maya
  • Ama was most excited about seeing her grandchildren.
  • Man Maya adorns Uma with a necklace from Nepal.
  • In Nepali culture necklaces are a symbol of marriage.
  • As the youngest son, Om is his parents’ caretaker.
  • In Nepal, Om lived with Chet Nath, Uma and Kushal outside of the camp.
  • Om is happy to be in the United States with his family.
  • Arriving home from school, Pratiksha jumps into her grandfather’s arms.
Launch Slideshow

In the fall of 2009 Chet Nath Timsina’s parents, Dill Ram, 66, Man Maya, 63, and his youngest brother, Om, 22, arrived in New York from the refugee camp in Nepal where they had been living for 18 years. Photographer Misha Cohen documented the family’s first few weeks in the United States.
 

All IRC Slideshows >
All US - New York, NY Slideshows >

Freelance photographer and IRC volunteer Misha Cohen has been telling the story of the Bhutanese Timsina family’s first months in the U.S. in pictures. Follow the odyssey of Chet Nath, his wife, Uma, and their five-year-old son, Kushal, as they begin their new life in New York City, following 17 years living in exile in Nepal. For a recap, catch Misha’s blog in The Huffington Post and her previous installments on the blog.

In the fall of 2009 Chet Nath’s parents, Dill Ram, 66, Man Maya, 63, and his youngest brother, Om, 22, arrived in New York from the refugee camp in Nepal where they had been living for 18 years.

Chet Nath’s parents had languished in the camp, reluctant to resettle and hoping to return to their land in Bhutan, but with no repatriations in sight and at the urging of their sons, four of whom resettled earlier in the year, they decided to make the journey to America.

In this latest installment of the series, Cohen documents the family’s first few weeks in the United States.

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