Life in exile a study oftibetan diasporic writings

Abstract

newlineThe present study aims to look into the journey of evolution of the Tibetan community taking into account their struggle not only for freedom of Tibet but also for survival. It also looks into the change in the Tibetan identity caused by or resulting from a change in their way of life and changing values, the differences that intersect one another: religion and secularism, Tibetans in the homeland and Tibetans as diaspora further divided as South Asian Tibetan communities and Western Tibetan communities. newlineThe following Research Questions shall be addressed and answered in the study: newlineand#61591; What are the causes and consequences of Tibetan exile and how exile is a challenge to the Tibetan community? newlineand#61591; Have the migrated Tibetans adjusted to the alien but lonely life finding an anchor in the foster land? newlineand#61591; Has freedom in exile , armed with education, helped the Tibetans understand the dynamics of cultural preservation? newlineand#61591; Have gender and generation roles of Tibetans changed in exile? newlineThe main theme of Tibetan writing is loss of homeland while associated themes are displacement, exile, pain, nostalgia, freedom, memory, culture, identity, rootlessness, alienation, death and protest For this end, writers and poets of three generations of Tibetans living in exile shall be studied in detail. The varied experiences of these writers make them look at exile from varied perspectives. The writers of the first generation of displaced Tibetans suffered from the pangs of separation from their beloved homeland and wrote about their loss and their pain. While the writers of the second generation suffered from severe identity crisis the dilemma of belonging to nowhere neither to their lost homeland nor their adopted land in which they were labeled as refugees, the writers of the third generation, born and raised in exile, have a different perspective of exile. They want to do something for Tibet but do not wish to return there. newlineThe study will focus only on Tibetan writers as the primary source though readings of theoretical te