Category Archives: Features
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Kazi Dawa Samdup, and Tibet in the Twilight Zone
14 November 2016 | Laden Tshering Samdup
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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. ...
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Saint and freedom fighter of Sri Lanka
24 October 2016 | Laden Tshering Samdup
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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. ...
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Hollywood’s whitewash and era of nostalgia
14 October 2016 | Chewang Ngokhang
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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. ...
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Unique Tibetan gene and its evolution
7 October 2016 | Tenzin Tsedup
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The adaptation of Tibetans is a wonderful discovery to understand how evolution can occur rapidly in response to geographic and environmental constraints. ...
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Indonesia’s Nalanda
4 October 2016 | Jamyang Dorjee
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The Muara Jambi monastery complex and Borobudur monuments in Indonesia are important to Tibetan Buddhism and the Nalanda tradition of Buddhism. ...
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Nawang Gyalwa’s happy new life in the Netherlands
28 September 2016 | Lobsang Wangyal
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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. ...
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Yuthok’s rejoinder to Gyalo Thondup’s The Noodle Maker
17 September 2016 | Jigmie Dorji Yuthok
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I have only discussed a small portion of The Noodle Maker of Kalimpong, addressing inaccuracies and falsehoods about which I have some personal knowledge. ...
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Kalimpong: Tibetan times in days gone by
2 September 2016 | Laden Tshering Samdup
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Kalimpong is well-known and perhaps dear to many Tibetans. It was a major trading outpost to Tibet. ...
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Boudhanath Stupa – A sight to behold
25 August 2016 | Laden Tshering Samdup
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Today Boudhanath is a bustling metropolis, a home away from home for Tibetans and their religion and culture. ...
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Bhoti language, custodian of ancient Nalanda tradition
10 August 2016 | Jamyang Dorjee
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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. ...