Dr. Tsewang Yishey Pemba's memoir of early twentieth-century Tibet provides insights into traditional sociology, the British Raj, and his own metamorphosis.

Format: Hardback
Length: 228 pages
Publication date: 22 November 2022
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Written in the 1990s after retirement from his services as a doctor and discovered by his daughter in the loft of their house in Darjeeling, India, in 2017, this memoir of Dr. Tsewang Yishey Pemba provides an intricate portrayal of early twentieth-century Tibet. With his finger on the pulse of the Tibetan ethos, Pemba offers glimpses into the traditional sociology of Tibet and occasionally its snail-paced reforms, as well as the British Raj in India, while recollecting his young days in his native country. Pemba also draws information from prized sources like his father's diaries and his conversations with Tibetan and British officials as well as people at the grassroots. His own metamorphosis, as he leaves Tibet in 1949 for higher education abroad, foreshadows the metamorphosis of Tibet and its inescapable fate in the decade that followed.

Dr. Tsewang Yishey Pemba's Memoir: A Glimpse into Early Twentieth-Century Tibet

Written in the 1990s after retirement from his services as a doctor and discovered by his daughter in the loft of their house in Darjeeling, India, in 2017, this memoir of Dr. Tsewang Yishey Pemba provides an intricate portrayal of early twentieth-century Tibet. With his finger on the pulse of the Tibetan ethos, Pemba offers glimpses into the traditional sociology of Tibet and occasionally its snail-paced reforms, as well as the British Raj in India, while recollecting his young days in his native country. Pemba also draws information from prized sources like his father's diaries and his conversations with Tibetan and British officials as well as people at the grassroots. His own metamorphosis, as he leaves Tibet in 1949 for higher education abroad, foreshadows the metamorphosis of Tibet and its inescapable fate in the decade that followed.

Weight: 485g
Dimension: 236 x 160 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781666908565