Category Archives: Features

• Kazi Dawa Samdup, and Tibet in the Twilight Zone 14 November 2016 | Laden Tshering Samdup one comment

  Kazi Dawa Samdup and Dr Walter Evans-Wentz collaborated on groundbreaking literary works which played an important part in bringing Tibetan Buddhism and people to the West. ...

• Saint and freedom fighter of Sri Lanka 24 October 2016 | Laden Tshering Samdup 2 comments

  A Tibetan became a Theravada monk, was a much-adulated freedom fighter of Sri Lanka, officially declared a National Hero, and given a state funeral upon his death. ...

• 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. ...