Mixed Feelings – and New Challenges - Tibetan Magazine for Tibet News & Issues

Contact is taking a holiday!

Contact is taking a break after 25 years of bringing you news of Tibet and Tibetan issues. We are celebrating our 25 years by bringing you the story of Contact and the people who have made it happen, and our archive is still there for you to access at any time, and below you can read the story of Contact, how it came into being and the wonderful reflections of the people who have made it happen over the years.

When and how Contact will re-emerge and evolve will be determined by those who become involved.

Mixed Feelings – and New Challenges

By Tsering Wangdue, current Director of Lha and Contact / January 9, 2023;

I started working at Lha Charitable Trust as the office secretary in 2014 and Contact magazine was one of the biggest of Lha’s projects at that time. I had the opportunity to write several articles for the magazine and also my own story under the People category.

Contact magazine has been one of the longest running English language monthly publications in the Tibetan community. It has evolved from a community information resource in the beginning into a proper newsletter that provides news related to the political and human rights situation inside Tibet and the Tibetan community in exile. In all these years it has served as a reliable source of Tibet-related news, promoting free speech and the right to information in the Tibetan exile community.

I thank all the writers, editors, designers, circulation managers and everyone involved directly or indirectly in successfully running this magazine for all these years. Especially, I would like to extend my sincere thanks to Rabsel for coming out with such a brilliant idea and Jenny James for being the volunteer chief editor for the past ten years, bringing the quality of the magazine to its current high status.