Tag Archives: Art

• Miss Tibet versus the World 27 October 2012 | Kiara O'Gorman This post has no comments yet

  The Miss Tibet and Miss Himalaya beauty pageants have been subject to criticism from Western media and scholars. Kiara O'Gorman explores why the competitions are not necessarily a "bad thing". ...

• Tibetan film fest begins in McLeod Ganj from Wednesday 23 October 2012 This post has no comments yet

  Seven films on the lives of Tibetans will be showcased this week in this Himachal Pradesh town that has been home to thousands of Tibetan exiles ...

• Nepal’s ‘first’ global film star scrapes a living 1 October 2012 | Frankie Taggart This post has no comments yet

  Lundup plays Tinle, an irascible elderly chieftain of a yak-herding and farming village in a power struggle with Karma, a hot-headed upstart who would like to take his place. ...

• Buddhist statue taken by Nazis came from space rock 30 September 2012 This post has 2 comments

  A thousand-year-old Buddhist statue taken from Tibet in 1938 by an SS team seeking the roots of Hitler's Aryan doctrine was carved from a meteorite. ...

• China court rejects artist Ai Weiwei’s tax appeal 27 September 2012 | Robert Saiget This post has no comments yet

  A Chinese court on Thursday rejected Ai Weiwei's appeal against a hefty fine for alleged tax evasion which the acclaimed artist and government critic has called an attempt to silence his activism. ...

• Oregon town angers China with mural on Taiwan, Tibet 11 September 2012 | Teresa Carson This post has no comments yet

  A vivid mural in an Oregon town advocating independence for Taiwan and Tibet from his downtown building draws fire from China. ...

• How Google builds its maps — and what it means for the future of everything 6 September 2012 | Alexis C Madrigal This post has no comments yet

  Behind every Google Map is the deep map containing the logic of places: their no-left-turns and freeway on-ramps, speed limits and traffic conditions. ...

• Dalai Lama inspires Preity Zinta to work 11 August 2012 | Prashant Singh This post has one comment

  Preity Zinta is set to hit the big screen again with her maiden production venture, "Ishkq In Paris" (IIP). ...

• Drapchi: A Tibetan opera singer’s odyssey 16 July 2012 | Zafri Mudasser Nofil This post has no comments yet

  Indie filmmaker Arvind Iyer's new venture "Drapchi" traces the journey of a Tibetan opera singer. ...