Category Archives: Features
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Word of mouth: Tibetan dumplings
7 April 2012
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It was in a monastery in Eastern Tibet as a teenager that Phuntsok Gyatso learned to make neatly pleated steamed dumplings. ...
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An Irishman’s Diary
17 March 2012 | Michael Parsons
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Who knew that the "Abominable Snowman" – one of the most enduring myths of the last century – had an Offaly connection? ...
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Tibetan students share ethnic food in Montville
25 February 2012 | Kala Kachmar
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Tibetan students at Montville, Connecticut, prepared momos, a Tibetan meal, that was served at lunch Thursday in honour of Losar, the Tibetan new year. ...
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Lhasa: The land of Shangri-la
26 February 2011 | Jaideep Mukerji and Veeresh Malik
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Jaideep Mukerji embarks on a journey to Lhasa, a place steeped in history, that has withstood the ravages of time and cultural vandalism ...
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Tibetan UNI students to meet Dalai Lama
17 May 2010 | Mary Stegmeir
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"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. ...
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The long march backwards: Chinese capitalism
2 October 2008
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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. ...