“Let me put myself on the same flight as the Dalai Lama.”

Anya Fenn

INDIA

Colonel Vembu Shankar

Chennai

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Mehar Gujral

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Mehar Gujral

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Colonel Vembu Shankar wears many hats, but at heart is an army veteran. In 1998, he received the prestigious Shaurya Chakra, India’s third highest gallantry award in peace, by the President of India for his military service. Here, in Chennai, Colonel Shankar shares his experience meeting His Holiness the Dalai Lama and what they discussed.

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Colonel Vembu Shankar

Chennai

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