Category Archives: Features

  • Hollywood’s whitewash and era of nostalgia 14 October 2016 | Chewang Ngokhang one comment

    Certainly, there is a lot of whitewashing in the production of Hollywood films and television series, due to a dearth of good non-white actors in the film industry. ...

  • Unique Tibetan gene and its evolution 7 October 2016 | Tenzin Tsedup no comments

    The adaptation of Tibetans is a wonderful discovery to understand how evolution can occur rapidly in response to geographic and environmental constraints. ...

  • Indonesia’s Nalanda 4 October 2016 | Jamyang Dorjee no comments

    The Muara Jambi monastery complex and Borobudur monuments in Indonesia are important to Tibetan Buddhism and the Nalanda tradition of Buddhism. ...

  • Nawang Gyalwa’s happy new life in the Netherlands 28 September 2016 | Lobsang Wangyal no comments

    Nawang Gyalwa was born in Sog Dzong in eastern Tibet, escaped to India in 1996, and lived there for a few years before moving to the Netherlands. ...

  • Yuthok’s rejoinder to Gyalo Thondup’s The Noodle Maker 17 September 2016 | Jigmie Dorji Yuthok 8 comments

    I have only discussed a small portion of The Noodle Maker of Kalimpong, addressing inaccuracies and falsehoods about which I have some personal knowledge. ...

  • Kalimpong: Tibetan times in days gone by 2 September 2016 | Laden Tshering Samdup 2 comments

    Kalimpong is well-known and perhaps dear to many Tibetans. It was a major trading outpost to Tibet. ...

  • Boudhanath Stupa – A sight to behold 25 August 2016 | Laden Tshering Samdup no comments

    Today Boudhanath is a bustling metropolis, a home away from home for Tibetans and their religion and culture. ...

  • Bhoti language, custodian of ancient Nalanda tradition 10 August 2016 | Jamyang Dorjee 3 comments

    The many-centuries old Bhoti language, which has translated and preserved almost all the teachings of Nalanda masters intact, should be included in the 8th schedule of the constitution of India. ...

  • Himalayan Viagra: Tibet’s gold rush may be coming to an end 2 July 2016 | Simon Denyer no comments

    For hundreds of thousands of Tibetan herders across a vast swath of the plateau, caterpillar fungus is their main source of income, their economic lifeline and their only link to China’s growing prosperity. ...

  • Dharma holiday in Sikkim 30 June 2016 | Jamyang Dorjee no comments

    Ravangla has a Buddha park with a 130-foot statue of the Buddha, named and consecrated by His Holiness the Dalai Lama as "Tathagata Tsal". ...