The story of my family
My childhood
The March 10th uprising
The Chinese fan the flames of war
Imprisoned at the Tibet Military District headquarters
Imprisoned at the Norbu Lingka barracks
At the Nga-chen power station construction site
In Téring prison
In Drapchi prison
The Trong-nying prison farm
Back home from prison
The agitation by the Muslims of Woba-ling
The fall of the Panchen Lama
The misuse of education
The establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region
The onset of the "Cultural Revolution"
The June 7th massacre
A disastrous new year
Old Tsampa in old Méru
The Sino-Soviet war brings increased oppression
The "one smash and three anti's" campaign
The "great massacre"
PLA soldiers destroy the fruits of the people's labour in the marshes
The systematic destruction of Ganden monastery
Sent to Kongpo as a construction worker for the second time
The "Xichao Dachang" timber yard
The Tölung power station construction camp
The Lin Biao affair
The defamation campaign
"Socialist transformation"
The Banak-shöl production cooperative
The farmer's life
The death of Mao Zedong and subsequent developments
The rewards of my hard work
Working in the Potala Palace
At the Tibet Academy of Social Science
Epilogue: leaving Tibet.