FACES | “My Name is Sendu Lepcha and I am Flying Back Home Like a Bird”

I’m a 24 year-old German-Indian, residing in Sikkim. Currently, I work for the government but I’m very passionate about taking photographs of things that happen around me. Most of the pictures I take are not about me but about the people around me. I love to chat with people after I take their photographs, and listen to their stories. This inspires me in many ways.

Here’s a photograph of a young boy who I came across one fine day. As I was talking to him, he said, “My name is Sendu Lepcha and I am flying back home after my school like a bird. I’m 9-years-old and my mom has a shop where she sells momo. My mama said I lost my dad when I was 6-years-old. My dad lost his life when he was working with the woods in the village. When I grow up, I want to become a footballer like Messi”.

~ Ekzella Bista

A young boy happily running home after school to his mother | Photographed by Ekzella Bista

A young boy happily running home after school to his mother | Photographed by Ekzella Bista

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