Category Archives: Features

• Word of mouth: Tibetan dumplings 7 April 2012 no comments

  It was in a monastery in Eastern Tibet as a teenager that Phuntsok Gyatso learned to make neatly pleated steamed dumplings. ...

• An Irishman’s Diary 17 March 2012 | Michael Parsons no comments

  Who knew that the "Abominable Snowman" – one of the most enduring myths of the last century – had an Offaly connection? ...

• Tibetan students share ethnic food in Montville 25 February 2012 | Kala Kachmar one comment

  Tibetan students at Montville, Connecticut, prepared momos, a Tibetan meal, that was served at lunch Thursday in honour of Losar, the Tibetan new year. ...

• Lhasa: The land of Shangri-la 26 February 2011 | Jaideep Mukerji and Veeresh Malik no comments

  Jaideep Mukerji embarks on a journey to Lhasa, a place steeped in history, that has withstood the ravages of time and cultural vandalism ...

• Tibetan UNI students to meet Dalai Lama 17 May 2010 | Mary Stegmeir no comments

  "The Dalai Lama and UNI, they've taught us how to become not just better Tibetans, but better humans," University of Northern Iowa graduate Dolma Tsering said. ...

• The long march backwards: Chinese capitalism 2 October 2008 no comments

  Most people, particularly those living outside China, assume that the country's phenomenal growth and increasing global heft are based on a steady, if not always smooth, transition to capitalism. ...