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Tibet: A State or a State of Mind?
Tibet probably ranks high in many people's list as a place for which they feel a close affinity but know next to nothing about.
For instance, I recently sent a book of old photographs on Tibet to a friend's mother, an American. She told me later that she enjoyed it very much but was disappointed to see one photo of a group of men proudly posing for the camera with swords and firearms at their side, with a picture caption that said, 'Tibetan Bandits." She had hoped that Tibet would be the one place where something as mundane as crime didn't exist.