| #3159599 in Books | 2013-12-02 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.67 x6.00l,.88 | File type: PDF | 296 pages||6 of 7 people found the following review helpful.| Interesting but....|By RebeKunga|First off I read this book because I am always curious about what people have to say about life in Dharamsala. I've lived there for extended periods over the past 5 years and have developed my own intimate view via friends and experiences. And no I'm not one of the westerners the authors rants about. I actually share in that rant to a degree and||"At times entertaining, at times heartbreaking, Dharamsala Days/Dharamsala Nights offers a much needed fresh perspective on contemporary Tibetan culture." Kunsang Dolma,
Meticulously researched, Dharamsala Days Dharamsala Nights transports readers to a place of suffering, laughter, sex, and violence, where almost nothing is what it appears to be. Before heading to Dharamsala in 2003 to undertake volunteer work with Tibetan refugees, Pauline MacDonald thought that she understood the situation: in 1959, approximately 80,000 had fled Tibet with the Dalai Lama, and since the 1980's, a new wave of refugees, the newcomers, had risked their l...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Dharamsala Days, Dharamsala Nights: The Unexpected World of the Refugees from Tibet | Pauline MacDonald.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
