Foreword by the Dalai Lama
Preface
PART ONE: THE HOPE AND OPTIMISM OF YOUTH
1. My Early Childhood in Kham
2. The Journey from Kham to Lhasa
3. Life in Lhasa
4. From Lhasa to Kalimpong
5. Schooling at St. Joseph�s Convent
6. St. Joseph�s College, Primary Division
7. St. Joseph�s College, Middle Division
8. St. Joseph�s College, Upper Division
9. A Visit to Lhasa
10. Back to School in Darjeeling
11. To Delhi with the Tibetan Delegation
12. A Brief Stopover in Bombay En Route to China
13. To China with the Tibetan Delegation
14. Back in Kalimpong
PART TWO: ENORMOUS, IMMINENT CHANGES IN TIBET
15. An Official in the Tibetan Government
16. The Enemy at Our Door
17. Tragedy at Shegar Khunlung Jangthang
18. In India with Foreign Minister Surkhang Surpa
19. In China as an Official with the Tibetan Delegation
20. Back to Tibet after the Signing of the Seventeen-Point Agreement
21. The Return of the Panchen Lama
22. The Sadutshang Family Separates
23. To China with the Dalai Lama and His Entourage
24. The Return Home
25. Tense Times in Lhasa
26. The Dalai Lama Visits India for the Buddha Jayanti
27. Last Days in Lhasa
28. Farewell to Lhasa
PART THREE: A REFUGEE AND STATELESS IN INDIA
29. A Refugee in India
30. An Appeal to the United Nations
31. A New Democratic Constitution
32. Financial Responsibilities in the Exile Government
33. His Holiness Visits Japan and Thailand
34. The Plight of Tibetan Refugees in Bhutan
35. Promotion and a New Portfolio
36. Changes in Chinese Government Policy
37. Over the Years
Index
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