K. Dhondup
K. Dhondup (1952-1995) was born in Rubin Gang in Tibet. He was a restless youth with great zeal. In the 1970s, when there were severe repressions in Tibet by the Communist China, a few Tibetans set up a Tibetan communist party in exile. On 1 May 1979 the Tibetan Communist Party (TCP) came into the open with K. Dhondup, Namgyal, and Kelsang Tenzin as its founding fathers, causing ’shock, distress and panic’ in the exile community. Understandably, the party was vehemently opposed and its founders faced public rage and ostracism.
K. Dhondup passed away at 6 am on 7 May 1995 in New Delhi. He was 42.
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Poems [11]
- After Spring
Spent and sad after spring / walking the darkness / drenching in the night rain
26 December 2007
- Broken Tunes
how they took away everything / and left only a handful of / joyless songs on our trembling lips
26 December 2007
- Cold Mountain Songs
For ages / I have been gone / from the home in the Cold Mountains
26 December 2007
- Exile
Exile / is a marigold / blushing luxuriantly
26 December 2007
- Existence Anonymous
We are all late, except him / We are late for the ceremony of death,
26 December 2007
- Of Exile and Refuge
Who knows what sunshine / the spring has in its fold for the / soul yearning for its shore
26 December 2007
- Fresh Winds
Give us the chance to pursue / our search for our / shores and shapes.
26 December 2007
- Lines to a Prostitute
I love you no less than my own self / This spring night I invite you to be my guest / You are my comrade;
26 December 2007
- A Poem of Separation
And after years of escape and separation / You still recollect those native hills / Those prayer-flags,
26 December 2007
- A Poet’s Poetry
The best poems are written not on papers / But by the swans on the shores / the winds on the highway
26 December 2007
- Poisons of the Mind
A Tibetan Geshe came / in the morning / and spoke about poisons / that grow in our mind
26 December 2007
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