[VIDEO] At 24 years old, Choedon, a Tibetan refugee, tried to peacefully walk with hundreds of others back to Tibet. Here, she talks about her arrests, and her willingness to die for her homeland, which she has never seen. Her tattoos mark this journey. Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
Choegyal is 32 years old; he came to India in 2004. He has two small tattoos on his hand, a ‘yundon’ and the letters ‘KO’. He had these done in prison as a symbol of friendship among his cellmates. He had the ‘yundon’, or swastika design done because Tibetans consider this as a religious symbol […]
Babs is in his early 20s, he was born in Lhasa, and escaped to in 1995 when he was only seven. He has more tattoos than most of his friends: ‘No Pain No Gain’ on his forearm, his school room number and a woman on his upper arm, an ‘Om’ symbol on his arm and […]
April was born in Tibet, but came to India for school when he was only seven, he is alone in India, all of his family are still in Tibet. On his neck, he has the word ‘Imagine.’ His favorite lyrics from Lennon’s classic song are: Imagine there’s no countries It isn’t hard to do Nothing […]
Tattoos of Tibetan Refugees and Choedon’s story are highlighted here. Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
Today on TV, we see so many TV shows dedicated to the stories behind tattoos. In the three years that I have been coming to the Tibetan community of Dharamsala in India, I’ve been quietly observing the tattoos of the people here. In many cases, these tattoos mark the skin of former political prisoners. In […]
Shambhala Sun picked up this post from the ‘Tattoos of Tibetan ex-political prisoners’ series here. Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
Somehow, I’ve been here a week already. I’ve been gone for eight months, and coming back, I just gazed on all the new construction, how many new buildings can a mountain top hold? My college sociology classes came tumbling back into my head: what is this doing to the rent for the locals as more […]
The first video to be released in the ‘Tattoos of Tibetan ex-political prisoners’ series was with Palden Gyatso, see it here. Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
Check my latest story in AMP Magazine! The English Beat’s Dave Wakeling talks about participating in ‘Free Nelson Mandela’, amongst other things. Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
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