The Tibetan Sweater Sellers Association, along with other Tibetans celebrated the 30th anniversary of the conferment of the Nobel Peace Prize on the Dalai Lama and Human Rights Day at a Mumbai venue recently. This paper featured a report on the Tibetan celebrations, but more importantly, highlighted aspects of the sweater sellers and their challenges.

Tibetans have been coming to Mumbai annually, from different Tibetan settlements in India, to sell their woollens. Many of them have been coming in for nearly 50 years now. They are usually in the city from November onwards. They sit on the pavements selling winter wear to Mumbaikars.