Word: tashi
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Three years ago, on a desperately cold day in the Himalayan winter of 2006, Tashi and his two friends reached Lhasa after a long trek from their nomadic settlement in Tibet's Ambdo province. From there, they telephoned their families to tell them they were going across the border, to Dharamsala in India, to see the Dalai Lama and get an education. The families were worried - in addition to the risk of being caught fleeing Tibet, the boys faced an even more arduous, monthlong trek through innumerable snow-covered passes. Each was barely out of his teens and had paid...
...Tashi, who asked to be identified by only one name to protect his family back in Tibet, still speaks just Tibetan and some Chinese. He had never been to school in Tibet, and in Dharamsala, he says, "I only managed to study for two years ... I struggled with languages. And now, since I don't know Hindi or English, I can't find...
...Tashi Wangdi, the Dalai Lama's American representative, denied the allegations. "I have heard about the [I.D.s]," he said. "But as far as official policy goes, there's no discrimination." Regarding the oath to give no assistance, he said, "I am sure that no Tibetan government administration office has asked anyone to sign this document." However, he notes, "It is within the rights of individual organizations to have conditions that they stipulate for members...
...given by the government." But he estimated a two-week ban would cost Nepal about $1.5 million in climbing fees-peanuts compared with the tens of millions in aid and loans that Beijing gives Nepal. "It basically shows how much influence the Chinese government has here,? says Tibetan activist Tashi Dhundup, 32, who lives in Nepal. We can't even walk outside the Chinese embassy without getting clubbed about...
...individual medley. Last week, she became the first woman ever to do the double again. "When you do it once, that is very important," she says. "When you win twice and make history, that stays in the record books forever." TSHERING CHHODEN and TASHI PELJOR Bhutan had never won an Olympic match until current OS athletes Chhoden and Peljor scored archery's biggest first-round upsets last week. Chhoden beat 11th-seeded Chinese Lin Sang in the women's draw, and Peljor outshot No. 13 seed Jocelyn de Grandis of France in the men's. Both lost in the next...