Tsering Passang*, the son of a Tibetan resistance veteran, writes from London on the recent recognition of former freedom fighters in Dharamsala, Britain’s historic ties with Tibet, and the duty of the diaspora and democratic nations to carry the Tibetan cause forward.
From London, Dharamsala can seem very far away. But for Tibetans in exile, it is never just a hill town in northern India. It is the political and spiritual headquarters of a displaced nation, where memory, grief, resistance and hope continue to meet.
The recent Tenshug, or long-life prayer offering, for His Holiness the Dalai Lama on the occasion of his 90th birthday, made by veteran Tibetan freedom fighters, was one...





