My name is Bhawani Dangal. I was born in Bhutan. As a result of the Bhutanese government’s ethnic cleansing campaign, my family was forced to flee the country to Nepal, where we lived in refugee camps. I’ve written about my experiences in my upcoming book Down the Braided River: My Journey as a Deaf Refugee, which is co-written with Julia Freeman-Woolpert. The creation of this book has been a labor of love over the past six years. I’m thrilled to announce that our hard work w
