I came back late from the Representative's office, and Tenzin and I went straight for a walk. Then I went to do my net business without passing "Go". The Representative is the representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and his office runs the camp administration. Pretty feudal, really. It's been very hot day. I started scanning documents this morning. After lunch the lap-top was running so hot that I had to turn it off to let it cool down for an hour. The material is good, with many peronal and even confidential letters giving witness of various power struggles as well as difficult infrastructural projects. Thinley, my former field assistant came to the office. He is working in a nearby court now, claiming Indian citizenship for Tibetans who were born in India. We went together to look at the old house where the Swiss advisors used to live in the 60's and 70's. Later it was used as staff quarters for teachers at the Central Tibetan School. It's in a beautiful spot overlooking the fields but very run down. A group of young Tibetan artists were squatting there now. We have run out of gas in the house so we can't cook. Tenzin tried to get some from our neighbours today but failed. Better luck tomorrow. We had to go back to Anna's favourite again. Today the whole place smelled of blue cheese but it was a sewer problem. I hope I will survive )-:
