This is a poem of pilgrimage and transformation as through the evocative recollections of the author we journey across a dramatic and emotional landscape one that exerts a profound resonance. It is essentially a tale of personal alchemy where the loss of a nation challenges of exile and physical frailty are transmuted into a moving and eminently readable testimony.
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR
Tsoltim Ngima Shakabpa was born in Dast Tibet on September 7 1943. He was educated in Tibet India and the United States. He had worked for the Tibetan Government-in-Exile in India and was a senior international banker in the United States until he was diagnosed with stomach cancer in October 1993. He battled his way to good health through western medicine and meditation but was struck down again with a debilitating stroke in January 1999. Despite these setbacks in 2002 Mr. Shakabpa wrote a magnificent book of poems entitled RECORDS D UN TIBETA which was translated and published in the Catalan language by by the prestigious Spanish publishing firm Pages Editors.
In April 2002 he received the EDITOR S CHOICE AWARD for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry from the International Library of Poetry. Later in 2003 he was selected as ONE OF THE BEST POETS OF 2003 and was featured in an international WHO S WHO IN POETRY book. In early June 2003 Mr. Shakabpa s inspiring new book of poems poe entitled RECOLLECTIONS OF A TIBETAN was published by the reputable United States publishing firm Publish America. Now he has written this touching and revealing autobiography WINDS OF CHANGE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A TIBETAN which is probably the first ever autobiography written in poetical form. This autobiography should be an inspiration to all immigrants and to all those afflicted with debilitating illnesses.
ISBN-10 : 8186230513
ISBN-13 : 978-8186230510
He continues to write and fight for the independence of Tibet and maintains a healthy attitude toward life.
Mr. Shakabpa is the Executive Director of his late father s memorial foundation TSEPON WANGCHUK DEDEN SHAKABPA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION and like his famous father the Tibetan historian and patriot has been a strong advocate for the independence of Tibet.
His poetries and autobiography are marked with philosophical inspiration romanticism patriotism and a fighting spirit - all expressed with a touch of Tibtan charm and American candor.