14 Facts About Tenzin Tsundue

Tenzin Tsundue was born on 1975 and is a poet, writer and Tibetan refugee and activist.

Tenzin Tsundue won the first-ever Outlook-Picador Award for Non-Fiction in 2001 for his work "My Kind of Exile".

Tenzin Tsundue has published four books which have been translated into several languages: Crossing the Border, Kora, Semshook, and Tsen-gol.

Tenzin Tsundue joined Friends of Tibet in 1999 and is the current General Secretary.

Tenzin Tsundue's parents were forced to leave their country, Tibet, in 1959 fearing persecution by the People's Republic of China.

Tenzin Tsundue did his schooling from Patlikuhal village, Kullu valley and Dharamshala, and later went on to study English at Loyola College, Chennai and Mumbai University.

Tenzin Tsundue won the Outlook-Picador Award for Non-Fiction in 2001.

Tenzin Tsundue's writings have appeared in on a regular basis in the Tibetan and Indian media and in international publications.

Tenzin Tsundue has been involved in Tibet's independence movement since his student days.

In 2008, Tenzin Tsundue announced his intention of taking part in a return march from Dharamshala to Tibet, that was being organized as a part of the "Tibetan People's Uprising Movement", a united effort put together by five major Tibetan NGOs.

Tenzin Tsundue has been wearing a red band around his head since 2002 which he says is the mark of his pledge that he would work for the freedom of his country, and would never take it off until Tibet is free.

Tenzin Tsundue wrote in the Hindustan Times in 2019 that, "whenever the president of China visits India, the Indian police locates me, no matter where I am and throws me into the nearest central jail".

Tenzin Tsundue says that he is "informing people about India's border security" in three languages.

Tenzin Tsundue walks holding both the Tibetan flag as well as the Indian tricolour.