Data · dataset · 2026
Organizing for exile! 'Self-Help' among Tibetan refugees in an Indian town
Listed in ZivaHub and Deakin Research Online and DMU Figshare — shown once because both records carry DOI 10.25446/oxford.33353676.v1
This document examines 'Self-Help' and the work of the Tibetan Refugee Self Help Centre in Darjeeling, India.
Description
Darjeeling town is host to one of the oldest refugee centres in the Tibetan Diaspora. Established in October 1959, the Tibetan Refugee Self Help Centre (TRSHC) has become one of the most powerful symbols of resilience of the Tibetan community in exile.
Unlike the rehabilitation strategy for the permanent agricultural settlements in Southern India which were build at the behest of Tibetan Government-in-exile in Dharamsala and the Government of India, the TRSHC began with the idea that no refugee could ever be rehabilitated in the fullest sense of the word without "Self-Help", a realization that this "vital element could only come from within the community from within one's selves".
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Guided by the ethic of "Self-Help", the self-settled Tibetan refugees in Darjeeling town have achieved better integration into a multi-ethnic host society despite the perils of living in protracted exile. [Document includes photographs]
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- DOI doi.org/10.25446/oxford.33353676.v1 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from zivahub uct ac za
Catalogue records · 1
- OAI-PMH record api.figshare.com/v2/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_dc&identifier=oai%3Af… ↗
metadata API · from zivahub uct ac za
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Provenance · 3 source records, 13 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZivaHub | oai:figshare.com:article/33353676 | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Deakin Research Online | oai:figshare.com:article/33353676 | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
| DMU Figshare | oai:figshare.com:article/33353676 | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
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| concepts[field].anzsrc:field:480704 | mapping · dro deakin edu au | vocabulary-mapper@1.0.0 | keywords['Migration, asylum and refugee law'] |
| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · figshare dmu ac uk | connector:figshare_dmu_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
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| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · figshare dmu ac uk | connector:figshare_dmu_ac_uk@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:social-science | mapping · dro deakin edu au | connector:dro_deakin_edu_au@1.0.0 | |
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| title | source · zivahub uct ac za | connector:zivahub_uct_ac_za@1.0.0 | /metadata/dc/title |