Tenzin Dhardon Sharling opens new ways to Tibetan women. Text: Jaana-Mirjam Mustavuori Photos: Johanna Myllymäki Source: VOI HYVIN (Finland’s lifestyle magazine) Interview date: November 6, 2011 Place: Helsinki, Finland Translation from Finnish to English: Erja Sini-Kaarina Varis, edited by Albion M. Butters All expectations dissolve in an instant when I meet this speaker of TibetanContinue reading “TOWARDS THE DREAM, How is it to be a Tibetan woman in today’s world?”
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Exile – the Nursery of Nationalism
This article appeared in the April 2013 edition of Seminar magazine. http://www.india-seminar.com/2013/644/644_dhardon_sharling.htm “There is no greater sorrow on earth than the loss of one’s native land.” ( Euripides, 431 B.C.) SINCE the beginning of the Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1949, approximately 1.2 million Tibetans have been killed, a figure denied by the ChineseContinue reading “Exile – the Nursery of Nationalism”
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”
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