Books
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Story of Indian Officer Who Escorted the Dalai Lama to Safety
The brave story of an Indian frontier forces soldier escorting His Holiness the Dalai Lama is published. Rani Singh’s book on Har Mander Singh, now in his nineties is an expectional reading filled with inspiration and heroism. ‘An Officer and His Holiness’ explores the how the Indian force escorted the Dalai Lama across the border…
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‘In Diasporic Lands’, A Book on Tibetan Refugees in India
“In Diasporic Lands: Tibetan Refugees and their Transformation since the Exodus”, a book by Sudeep Basu, an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Studies in Social Management, School of Social Sciences, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar is based on the author’s ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Darjeeling town, West Bengal dealing with refugee’s emergent culture in…
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Historic Book Released By Dalai Lama, Grab Your Copy Here
A historic book about the science of the physical world was released by His Holiness the Dalai Lama jointly with the Chief Minister of Bihar Shri Nitish Kumar in Bodh Gaya, the holy place where lord Buddha attained enlightenment more than 2500 years ago. The book release earlier this week is the first of the…
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Sharling Dhardon Launches Tenzin Phuntsok’s Debut Book
‘My Name Is Tenzin, I Am Not Chinese’ is the debut book of Doring Tenzin Phuntsok which is a memoir of his college life in India was launched by former Exile Tibetan MP, Sharling Dhardon today. The book launch event took place at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamshala today at three…
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Book review: A Home in Tibet by Tsering Wangmo Dhompa
Dhompa’s is to learn and discover the old Tibet and explain the new. And she does it with a sensitivity and keen observation that enlivens and sustains her considerable narrative skill.