A tear from Dhondup Wangchen’s wife.

My summer job has finished for the day, but work for my visa and other document has just begun. I often feel that there is always another burden blocking my way after climbing over the previous block. It is a worldly problem for every refugee who has lost his or her land. Unlike the avg. [...]

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Sitting with Samdhong Rinpoche for 25 Minutes

In August 2007, I met Samdhong Rinpoche. I left Dharamsala for his residency on a rainy September morning;the small hill of Dharamsala was covered in fog. I woke up a bit earlier than usual and prepared the things that I needed to take with me. I put my thesis, which discussing Sino-Tibetan Dialogue and one [...]

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My dairy after 8 years in exile.

Each time I think about my past, memories of horror, pain, courage and hope come to my mind and knock on the door of my heart. When I can go back to my motherland (Kawachen)? When I can get my freedom back from China?

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