Dhardon Sharling

Unfulfilled Yearnings with my Chinese Friends

‘Where the yearning ends, there the sprouting stops’ – self (Pictured are University friends; they do not represent the three characters in the story) the names of the Chinese friends are altered to respect their identity The Year 2006 -07 was a touchstone year of sorts. It was the year I lived, studied, ate,Continue reading “Unfulfilled Yearnings with my Chinese Friends”

A reverential ode to the land that reaped and reaped: TCV

Nestled in the Dharamsala hills, overlooking the beautiful Dal lake, I perched on the window sill in the comforts of my family home located right in the heart of Upper TCV School. As July’s torrential rain overtook the otherwise sunny Sunday morning, I paused to reflect on the ‘whats’ and ‘ifs’ of my life. IContinue reading “A reverential ode to the land that reaped and reaped: TCV”

Autonomy: Scotland and Tibet; Birds of the same feather, daring to fly together

I wrote this piece for the journal Tibet Today in the year 2007 whilst pursuing my graduate studies in Edinburgh Living in Scotland, I am enamoured by its successful autonomous model. His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama has admitted to being inspired by the Scotland Model. Imagining Tibet’s autonomy within the similar paradigm, I canContinue reading “Autonomy: Scotland and Tibet; Birds of the same feather, daring to fly together”