A Beginner's Guide to Changing the World

✍ Scribed by Isabel Losada

• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 387
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

'Sometimes you just have to do something, don't you? Sometimes an injustice comes along and you think 'No, this cannot be', and rather than just turn off the TV, you know it's time to act' So begins Isabel Losada's extraordinary "For Tibet With Love" in which she explores whether it's possible for an ordinary person to change the world, just a little, and if something so serious can be achieved with joy in one's heart. From visits to Nepal and Tibet, to meetings with the Chinese ambassador and Tibetan awareness-raising groups, Isabel single-handedly hatches a stunning PR coup involving Nelson's Column, a 15 metre banner and a base-jumping parachutist that captured headlines worldwide. And then she meets the Dalai Lama. Warm and funny, moving and thought-provoking, the astonishing "For Tibet With Love" celebrates the fact that we can make a difference.

✦ Table of Contents

Title Page......Page 2
Dedication......Page 3
Contents......Page 6
The Quest......Page 10
Grant Me the Serenity to Accept the Things I Cannot Change......Page 12
Wednesdays Between Six and Eight......Page 14
Short History Lesson......Page 23
Waking Up in Kathmandu......Page 36
Meeting Khenpo La......Page 43
Yak Tea with the Rinpoche......Page 52
She Is So Naughty......Page 59
Closed Gates......Page 64
Breathe In, Breathe Out......Page 68
Bring Me Sunshine......Page 73
The Eyes of the Buddha Maitreya......Page 79
The Friendship Highway......Page 85
Who Are You?......Page 87
Official Visits......Page 91
What Did You Do in Lhasa?......Page 96
A Gentle Friendship......Page 107
The Courage to Change the Things I Can......Page 116
May I Give You This Booklet?......Page 118
Wait a Minute, Sergeant......Page 122
Will You Come Next Week?......Page 132
You Need to Change the Chinese Mind-Set......Page 133
Head in the Sand......Page 141
Can We Call You Back?......Page 144
Are You Busy Thursday Morning?......Page 147
Achievable Targets?......Page 156
Have You Written to Your Member of Parliament?......Page 164
Tits for Tibet?......Page 172
Princess Smarty-Pants......Page 182
So You Want to Form a Company?......Page 187
The Importance of Being Webwise......Page 189
Abandonment Issues......Page 192
Changing Careers Again......Page 194
Grandfather Clocks and Angel Cake......Page 196
Hasn’t Everyone Done That?......Page 201
Money Raising for the Wary......Page 202
Do They Think I’m Crazy?......Page 208
Not Falling, but Flying......Page 211
Tea with the Ambassador......Page 216
The Dalai Lama’s Representative in London......Page 232
Publicizing the Panchen......Page 241
A Mug with a Handle......Page 246
Don’t Dillydally......Page 252
Flames Won’t Be Necessary......Page 259
Twenty-two and Climbing......Page 263
Vegetarians and Anarchists......Page 268
Red Alert......Page 273
What’s the Bunting?......Page 278
Saturday Sport......Page 290
And the Wisdom to Know the Difference......Page 296
The Most Exciting Letter Ever......Page 298
Walk This Way!......Page 304
Words from Bapu......Page 306
Whatever You Say, Khenpo......Page 310
Don’t Take the Bus......Page 312
Would You Like Some Masala Tea?......Page 315
Two Dogs Doing It......Page 318
David Beckham, Very Good Footballer......Page 319
Chicken Tonight......Page 324
It Is Helpful, Yes......Page 325
A Day Off......Page 335
Over the Hills to Far Away......Page 341
Wearing a Chupa......Page 344
An Honest Prime Minister......Page 346
Rehearsal with the Deputy Secretary......Page 351
Pinch Me, Someone......Page 356
His Holiness the Dalai Lama......Page 358
What Can I Do?......Page 370
Tibet......Page 373
China......Page 378
Acknowledgments......Page 383
About the Author......Page 385
Copyright......Page 386
About the Publisher......Page 387