Description
From the Introduction
Following the forced escape of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in March 1959, thousands of Tibetans also fled Tibet, and it was these refugees who formed the early exile community. The refugee community now stands at around 130,000 spread across numerous settlements in India, Nepal and Bhutan, with thousands more displaced around the world. Tibetans are often referred to as the world’s most successful refugee community, but the story of how they first came into exile and survived is sometimes forgotten in the annals of history.
This photo journal attempts to highlight the profound challenges and considerable efforts undertaken under the leadership of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, then aged 23, and the first generation of Tibetan refugees who worked tirelessly with limited resources to establish the community in exile.
