Today, the 2nd September is the 63rd anniversary of the officially declared day, widely known within the Tibetan exile community as Tibetan Democracy Day, Mangsto Duchen (‘Mangsto’: democracy; ‘Duchen’: occasion). It marks the founding of Tibetan democracy by the Central Tibetan government in exile (CTA), based in Dharamsala, India, which governs over 1 million Tibetan… Continue reading THE STRUGGLE FOR A MODERN TIBET: Anniversary of Tibetan Democracy Day (Mangtso Duchen) and the ideals of a liberal, ‘free speech’, secular democracy