A Businesswoman in McLeod
By Catherina Leipold / April 11, 2013‘My boss just put her hands together and she said “Sangmo, please never bake in your life” ’ Tendill Sangmo remembers. But in November 2012 she opened her own bakery which is now rated #1 on TripAdvisor. Woeser Bakery, named after Sangmo’s young daughter, is just one floor away from read more →
Ramzan Chapri, a Kashmiri Businessman in McLeod Ganj
By Kevin Roberts / April 10, 2013
“Good afternoon Sir, and welcome! Come into my shop, we will have tea and talk!” This was my introduction to the man who, in time, became my guide and mentor in all things Indian, my tutor on Kashmiri carpets, and my friend. Of course he wanted to sell me something read more →
Ramzan Chapri, Kashmiri Businessman in McLeod Ganj
April 10, 2013An opportunity to go to school
By Lhamo / April 10, 2013My name is Lhamo. I was born in Kham Lithang in Tibet. I am 20 years old. I came to India in 2007 and joined Tibetan Childrens’ Village Suja School where I completed my two years of language classes. Now, I am staying in Dharamsala and going to classes at read more →
Gap year colonialism?
By Lisa Bell / April 6, 2013
Volunteer job at Lha: Teacher and contributing writer. A lot of things have been said recently about volunteering abroad and not many of them are nice. A google search of “voluntourism” brings up multiple articles asserting that volunteer programmes perpetuate negative stereotypes of Western “colonialism”: a new way for the read more →
Thirty days on the mountains
By Dolma / April 4, 2013When I was in Tibet, I lived with my aunt because in my home there were seven siblings. My siblings didn’t get an education like me. During winter, my younger brothers and sisters worked in the fields and during summer they went with the nomads. When I was in Tibet, read more →
A short story of a Tibetan refugee in Dhasa
By Suja Jamyang Norbu / April 4, 2013My name is Jamyang Norbu and I was born in Tibet. My family is very small. We had only four family members, my parents, my younger sister, and me. We had a small field and some animals: three cows; two oxen; one zomo*; a horse; a dog and a cat. read more →
A foundation for peace
By Monsang / April 4, 2013My name is Monsang. I was born in a small village in Tibet. Tibet has three provinces: Cham, Amdo and Outsong. I am from Cham. My family are nomads so I grew up with animals such yaks, goats, sheep and horses. I have a big family – my parents, six read more →
Why I came here!
By Motomi Sugita / April 4, 2013
My name is Motomi Sugita. My friends call me Gen, it’s my nickname. In Japan, I have some jobs, mainly my job is as a painter, but its not enough to earn a living so I have another job. Before coming to India, I worked in a guest house as read more →
People never forget who they are
By Miranda Hall / April 4, 2013‘They didn’t understand that people never forget who they are’ Soepa talks about his experiences as a political prisoner in Tibet In a room where framed photos speak of mass protests, labour camps, torture instruments, hospitalised victims of police crackdowns and blood-stained clothing, I sit opposite a smiling man with read more →