Learning About Life
By Jenni Knight / June 3, 2019
I feel so lucky to have had the privilege of teaching at Lha. My time was too short and I have vowed to return for longer next time. What a unique, life affirming, eye opening experience. How did I get here? Well, at the end of 2018 my teaching contract read more →
Sharing Experience: A Tibetan Web Designer
By Lodoe Gyatso / May 31, 2019
As I meet Karma Ringzin Topgyal, he is ready for me. He hands me a document containing information about his date of birth, parents, education and work history. He seems almost surprised that I want to know more about him. Karma reveals that he is currently a freelance Web designer. read more →
My Biggest Dream
By Martina von der Brüggen / May 2, 2019
Volunteer job at Lha: English Conversation Teacher Travelling to Asia was one of my biggest dreams for many, many years. Just for a laugh I used to say to my family, “I´m sure that I must have been a rice farmer in a former life because I like it so read more →
National Democratic Party of Tibet
By Lodoe Gyatso / April 4, 2019
On meeting Tsering Yangzom, the International Secretary of the National Democratic Party of Tibet (NDPT), one’s first impression is one of youthful enthusiasm mixed with a hefty dose of idealism. “Tibetans should work, stand and fight together,” she speaks out. “We are all aiming for the same thing: to return read more →
Kate’s Story
By Kate Konchog / April 4, 2019
When my husband, Sonam Choephel, and I moved to Clitheroe in the north of England in 1995 we laid claim to him being the only Tibetan in Lancashire: there was one in Yorkshire, another in Merseyside, but we had to travel to London or Brighton to celebrate Losar or be read more →
Return to Mcleod Ganj – Happy, happy days.
By Nick Hawkins / April 1, 2019
In 2015 my wife, Jackie, and I had the most wonderful year travelling the world. We saw spectacular sights such as Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe and the Iguazu Falls in Argentina; visited desolate wildernesses in Patagonia and Namibia; enjoyed fantastic wildlife in the Galapagos Islands and Botswana; and marvelled at read more →
Men-Tsee-Khang: Preserving and Promoting Tibetan Medicine and Astro-science
By Lodoe Gyatso / January 21, 2019
Tashi Tsering Phuri is the Director of Men-Tsee-Khang, the institution whose primary objective is to preserve, promote and revive the traditional system of Tibetan medicine (Sowa Rigpa) and Astro-science. He explains that Men-Tsee-Khang was originally established in Tibet in 1916 by the thirteenth Dalai Lama. Today there are 55 branch read more →
This Month’s ‘People’ Story: Dancing His Way to Success
By Nick Hawkins / January 4, 2019
Tenzin Migmar has recently opened a new dance and fitness studio, Upside Down, in McLeod Ganj. This is an exciting venture for this talented young man and an innovative development for Dharamshala. Migmar’s parents migrated from Tibet to Sikkim in 1959 and settled in Kunpheling Tibetan Settlement, where Migmar was read more →
A Part of Lha Always Stays with You
By Soumya Singh Tarang / January 2, 2019
I was told that volunteering stories are about experiences. People going to new places, meeting new people, helping people. Soon I realised volunteering stories are about people. My story starts not from when I sat for days on my laptop screen in Delhi trying to look for an escape from read more →
The Active Nonviolence Education Centre: Promoting Peaceful Strategies
By Sarah Gittleman / November 22, 2018
In spite of the daunting and unfortunate circumstances they have faced since losing their homeland to the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Tibetans remain steadfast in their commitment to nonviolent resistance. While many explain this tendency by simply pointing to Tibetan Buddhism – particularly, its message of compassion and nonviolence read more →