All works are equally good if it is done with dedication & sincerity

The beautician Pema Metok graduated class twelve from TCV Gopalpur and her assistant Tenzin Yangzom completed her matriculation from CST Darjeeling. After completing CBSE Class XII from TCV Gopalpur, Pema Metok had undergone the beautician course of six months in Bangalore under Youth Empowerment Support (YES) of the Department of Home, CTA. Currently, she is running ‘Dream Beauty Parlour’ at Mcleodganj, Dharamsala.

Tibet Express (TE): What was the greatest challenge you faced in your life?

Pema Metok (PM): When I was fleeing from Chinese occupied Tibet with other twenty seven escapees, we were arrested by Nepali police at Tibet-Nepal border and put behind bars where we were completely devoid of food and blanket. I was very young during that time and I felt it the greatest challenge in my life. Then after arriving into exile in India, I got great privilege to get education till class XII, but unfortunately both my mother and I fell sick and faced great difficulty and finally, I couldn’t fulfill my dream to do further studies. So I think that is one of the greatest difficulties I faced so far in my life.

Bangchen 30 December 2008 Dharamsala

According to the news broadcast by RFA, a young Tibetan woman named Tenchog, daughter of Tsewang Gonpo and Lhamo Wangtso has raised a slogan of Free Tibet on December 29 in the midst of public area in the Tagchhudha market of Kardze district and she even distributed hundreds of pamphlets written with patriotic slogans and statements among the public.

China calls for return of Guantanamo Bay inmates if Obama closes Cuba detention center

BEIJING (AP) — China said Tuesday it wants Chinese detainees at Guantanamo Bay to be returned to China if the detention center is closed by President-elect Barack Obama.

Obama has said he intends to shut Guantanamo Bay once he takes office in January, a move that could see some detainees released and others charged in U.S. courts.

China says the 17 prisoners, Turkic-speaking Muslims called Uighurs from China's far West, are terrorists who belong to an outlawed group, the East Turkestan Islamic Movement.

December 19 STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Nobel Prize jurors who accepted all-expenses-paid trips to China to discuss the coveted awards are being investigated on suspicion of bribery, a Swedish prosecutor said Thursday December 18.