Category Archives: Features

  • 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". ...

  • Tibetan Warrior — a film review 28 June 2016 | Tashi Wangchuk no comments

    The real life story of a Switzerland-based Tibetan musician, his frustrations, aspirations, and struggle while the whole world continue to overlook what is happening inside Tibet and choose to shake hands with China. ...

  • John Kenneth Knaus, 92, CIA officer who aided in Tibetan struggle 27 May 2016 | Bart Barnes one comment

    The CIA trainers knew next to nothing about Tibet. They thought of Buddhism only as the Tibetans’ religion and not as the bedrock of their nationalism. ...

  • Eight places around the world for Buddhist pilgrimage 23 May 2016 | Ming Teoh no comments

    Here are eight places since this is a significant number in Buddhism, in view of the eight-fold path; Buddha's birthday celebrated on the eighth day, and more. ...

  • Beyond the wire: Harry Wu 7 May 2016 2 comments

    He resolved not only to survive 20 years of torture, but also to ensure that no one forgot China’s laogai and the thousands suffering there. ...