life in exile

It was a sunny day on July 6 and everyone was in a festive mood to celebrate the 83rd birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Thousands of Tibetans, Indians, and foreigners gathered at the Tsuglagkhang to witness the grand celebrations. I was at the event venue on an assignment to take photos for CTAs news websites. I was enjoying the performances by different troupes. More

Sleeping for barely 4 hours and waking up early the next morning to attend the CTA's yoga session is both pretty tiring and exciting. In fact, I haven't practiced yoga at all until now. So I thought it would be a wonderful and refreshing experience for me to stretch my body and limbs. More

I thought to write today on the recently concluded Yarkyi festival. So, I googled and browsed Wikipedia to do some research on it but I didn't find much information. So I started to write something with whatever little knowledge I had. If there is any shortcomings or add ups that are needed, please free to let me know. More

I have been reading articles and listening to people share their ideas about Rangzen and Umaylam which I found quite interesting. So, when I got an opportunity to listen to His Holiness address delegates of the first international Umaylam conference at Tsuglagkhang on 30 May, I was quite thrilled. More

During the holiest festival of Tibetan Buddhism (Saka Dawa), people tend to tread the meritorious path and in that pursuit become vegetarian for the whole month and don the generosity hat in giving alms to the poor. More

I was searching for something interesting to write this week, an interesting entity that has provided immense contribution to the Tibetan struggle over the last five decades of Tibetan exile history. More

Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has many projects under its umbrella. One such small but vastly diffused in social supporting projects done under Youth Empowerment Support (YES) of Department of Home, CTA is Tibetan Career Centre (TCC). TCC is initiated in collaboration with CTA and TechnoServe, a non-profit global economic development organisation in 2012-2013. More

As I was thinking about what to write this time for my weekly ‘Life in Exile’ series, I was invited to attend a talk on ‘Health on Life’ at Tibet World on Sunday. My motive to attend the talk was to get some photos of Dawa, a dentist in Delek Hospital. Somehow I ended up listening to the full talk. The talk was informative and connected me with the way I eat in daily life. More

“I was born in the winter of 1964 on the 7th mile at a roadside makeshift tent in Sikkim where my parents, like many other Tibetans, were working on the Nathula road as road builders. I was born into Gangpa Dhekyi family.” Recalling his growing up years in India as a refugee, he said, “Even three days after my birth, I didn’t have a name, as there was no lama around to give one. More

Let us detour and observe one of the most happening and exciting event of the Tibetan community in exile i.e The proceedings of the Tibetan parliament-in-exile which is currently in session. Although we Tibetans are refugees but we exercise the highest level of democracy. The sessions of the Tibetan Parliament has become one of the most important part of our exile community. More