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 […]
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