Resistance in Exile: A Study of Tibetan Poetry in English is a pioneering work on Tibetan poetry in English. Tibet may perhaps be the last existing colony in the World. They are a set of people who still believe in an ancient theocratic world, but they have neither a country nor identity not even existence as a nation. Scattered all over the World as refugees, they form a world that does not exist for the modern man. The Tibetan refugees have started to voice their protests. This work is an analysis of their protests - of how poetry can be a resistance in exile; a peaceful resistance. In a world torn between violent attacks by extremists and often governments themselves; this study is the record of three generations of poets and how a people are able to protect their essential "Tibetanness" and highlight their lost culture.

Resistance in Exile: A Study of Tibetan Poetry in English, Appu Jacob John, Authorspress, Hardcover, 190 pages, 2016, $22.00

Appu Jacob John is an Assistant Professor in English at St. Albert's College, Ernakulam. He did his PhD under Dr. V. C. Harris, Dean of Languages and Literature, Mahatma Gandhi University on Resistance in Exile: A Study of Tibetan Poetry. He has translated Perumal Murugan's Mathorupakan to Malayalam as Ardhanareeswaran published by DC Books. He is also actively associated with several humanitarian associations.