We are


The IDG is one of the oldest and most respected societies of St. Stephen's College, Delhi. It looks to broaden perspectives by discussing a variety of issues with eminent personalities.

Our talks often throw up some very unexpected answers and, even more often, some very unexpected questions.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010



The Informal Discussion Group invites you to an interactive session with
Tenzin Tsundue
(General Secretary, Friends of Tibet - India)
On the topic:
“What Makes an Activist?”

Tenzin Tsundue is a writer and freedom activist of the Tibetan community in exile. His life has been a story of determined activism, having caught international media attention in Mumbai, January 2002, as he displayed the Tibetan national flag and banners in the hotel where Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji was staying. In the year of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Tsundue led a peaceful march across North India to attempt to cross to Tibet.
Tsundue’s writings have been translated to several languages and published in several national and international publications. As a poet he has represented Tibet in the Second South Asian Literary Conference in New Delhi in 2005 organized by the Sahitya Akademy, and at Poetry Africa 2005, amongst others. In 2001 Tsundue was awarded the Outlook Picador Award for Non Fiction.
Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)