In this month’s show:

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First-​​Time Voter: Producer Lhakpa Kyizom rushed back from Delhi to Dharamsala to cast her vote for the very first time in a Tibetan elec­tion, and gives her per­sonal expe­ri­ence of the process.

Thinking Differently: A young Tibetan stu­dent from Stanford University decided Tibetan chil­dren lacked crit­i­cal think­ing in their for­mal edu­ca­tion, so she pio­neered a class at Tibetan Children’s Village in Dharamsala, India, that’s mak­ing stu­dents think in whole new ways.

News Roundup: Tibetan exile vot­ing did not go so smoothly in some parts of Nepal.

Open Mind: “Meditation” is a word that brings all sorts of lofty ideas to mind, but in fact, says one med­i­ta­tion teacher and for­mer Buddhist monk, it’s like any other skill — to get good at it, you have to prac­tice, prac­tice, practice.