One of the famous figures of McLeodGanj is LHASANG TSERING. He is running the bookstore”BOOKWORM”.
Lhasang Tsering was born in 1952 in Western Tibet,close to the sacred KAILASH mountain.During a pilgrimage to the holy sites in India his father passed away and Lhasang came to Manali where he attended school. He was only 7 years old.From the Nursery for Tibetan Children(later the TCV) he was brought to Mussoorie(the first place in India His Holiness the Dalai Lama stayed )where he was chosen by a team of American scientists to attend the Wynberg Allen School, because of his high IQ. Lhasang Tsering was predestined to study medicine ,but he joined the Tibetan Resistance in Mustang. (more…)