OAKLAND — After years of working for Tibet’s exiled government in India, friends of Sonam Chodon say she moved to the Bay Area about two years ago, swiftly immersed herself into its tight-nit ...
When Tenzin Chodon arrived in Canada in late 2022, she carried a small wooden maple leaf souvenir that had sat on her desk in Mumbai for years. To many, it may have looked like a simple keepsake. But ...