58 years ago, on March 31st, 1959, His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, reached India with approximately 80,000 Tibetans, who had known no home but their own. It was an escape from persecution and oppression from our adversary; Rehabilitation in India started with insurmountable challenge. My father once told me a story that perfectly sums upContinue reading “My TED x Talk on Leading Freedom in Exile”
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China’s Fear Remains Even After Tenzin Delek Rinpoche’s Death
Tibetans across the world were devastated by the news of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche’s death in a Chinese prison on July 12 this year. The news opened fresh wounds for Tibetans who called his death a protracted political murder. Tibetans in Tibet braved gunshot wounds to protest against his death. A series of actions continue toContinue reading “China’s Fear Remains Even After Tenzin Delek Rinpoche’s Death”
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”
Honoring Dr. Ama Jetsun Pema
On a cold winter morning in December 2012, the mother figure for hundred thousands of Tibetan children stood tall amid the dignitaries, luminaries and students of the University of San Francisco (USF). Ama (mother) Jetsun Pema was being conferred with the honorary doctorate by USF. The statement released by USF on the eve of theContinue reading “Honoring Dr. Ama Jetsun Pema”
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