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About the Book
“I had the opportunity to accompany this extraordinary couple to Dharamsala in 2005 where we were afforded a private audience. Towards the end of the hour the Dalai Lama exclaimed, ‘You must write a book! The story must be told. When I say anything, the Chinese call me a liar.’ When asked for the book to be blessed, with a humorous impatience quite his own, he said, ‘The book is blessed! Just write the book!’” — Susan Murphy
Sudha Johorey, wife of an Indian diplomat, was posted in Tibet in the late 1950s, during the Chinese occupation. She and her husband KC were friends and political allies of both Prime Minister Nehru and the young Dalai Lama, who extended his blessing for this book when it was first conceived.
Sudha was a teacher who opened schools wherever she and her husband were posted; a mother who raised their four children in daunting circumstances; and a woman whose devout spiritual practice is an inspiration to all. Throughout their years of service, the Johorey’s played many instrumental roles pivotal to the ongoing dynamics of the Himalayan subcontinent today.