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Source: Echoes in The ruler, Senglon married Gyaza; The great hero Gyatsa Shelkar was born; The Ling people had a grand birth ceremony And the Chinese ruler offered three weapons. Here is the account of the birth of Sengchen Norbu Dradul – the ‘Great Lion Gem that Subdues enemies’. In the lineage of the Mukpo Dong … Continue reading
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Source: The Tibetan Political Review By Chewang Ngokhang (Southern California). Yes, MWA or the Middle Way Approach is the worst form of proposal on the table except for the rest. Some of you will be able to know where I am coming from. Today, many youth in China are lamenting that Beijing is not doing enough … Continue reading
Source: Tingmo Zema My sister who I stay with is my 24/7 surveillance camera. She thinks I am very Indian. She responds “gyaka gyaka” (too Indian Indian) to my mannerisms specially when I talk and act together with my light hands in the air. She thinks I am too ornate with my gesticulations, animated and expressive … Continue reading
Source: Tibet Web Digest By Sakyil Tseta Sakyil Tseta was born in Rebkong, Amdo. He started writing in 1998 and published his first piece in the Rongwo Monastery magazine called “The Golden Bridge.” Since then, he has been published in many literary magazines. In 2002, he published his first book of essays titled “The Soul … Continue reading
Source: Lhakar Diaries by dlo08 I really enjoyed reading Clare Harris’s The Museum on the Roof of the World (2012). On finishing the first half of the book, which went into detailed analysis on the political life of archival documentation, specifically images of Tibet-ans, I immediately found myself wishing I had read this book to … Continue reading
Source: High Peaks Pure Earth Continuing with the High Peaks Pure Earth weekly music video series, today’s translation of “Your Happiness and My Suffering” by Khoten was kindly submitted by Tenzin Dickyi and Dhondup Tashi Rekjong. The music video of this live performance first started appearing online around February 2011. Khoten, whose real name is Tenpa, … Continue reading
Source: Tibetan Political Review By Kunsang Tanzin, Toronto, Canada There can be precarious external circumstances under which making democracy function true to its ideals become challenging. We can overcome such challenges from within by improving ourselves. But it is a matter of serious concern to watch at the vagaries of Tibetan democracy within are being … Continue reading
Source: Echoes In Exile Although they proclaim, We’re brethren and alike, Part and parcel of the motherland, Yet to this day, no Chinese leader Has ever had the warmth or courage To walk freely, unescorted On sacred Tibetan soil. Delving deeper I realise, there’re fears All over the Chinese empire. Dreaded and deep-seated. Here and … Continue reading
Ideas, Advocacy and Dialog On Tibet By Buchung Tsering The appointment of Jampa Phuntsok (Ch: Qiangba Puncog) as a Vice Chair of the National People’s Congress on March 14, 2013, completes an interesting development in the regional representation in the top Tibetan leadership in Lhasa. This new development could be said to have begun when … Continue reading
Source: High Peaks Pure Earth Unless one is deaf or blind, we can assume that everyone has seen or heard about the non-violent protests through self-immolation being carried out by many Tibetans in the last few years. Initially monks and nuns have carried out self-immolation protests and later this was followed by laypersons setting … Continue reading
Source: Tibetreport’s Blog By Bhuchung K. Tsering I am glad the Voice of America has lost no time in challenging the Chinese Government’s accusation that it is encouraging Tibetans to self-immolate. On February 6, 2013 VOA released a video and written statement in which its Director David Ensor said the allegations were “totally false and … Continue reading
Source: Lhakar Diaries This past week, I saw the film ‘Death by China’. This film is based on the book written by Peter Navarro and Greg Autry. I didn’t know what to expect going into this film, I hadn’t heard anything about the film, but my doubts about this film were instantly soothed when I … Continue reading
Source: Mountain Phoenix over Tibet My children belong to the third generation of Tibetans living in the West. To keep them interested in the Tibetan language and culture, I use music as one of my most valuable allies. Over the years, the search for child-friendly songs and dances has become something like a creative hobby … Continue reading
Source: Yuthok Lane I am taking these pills called “gu-yu de-pak” that are supposed to cure my “drangwa.” My problem is, I don’t know what these pills are, I don’t even know when exactly I am supposed to take them, and I don’t really know what this “drangwa” is that the pills are supposed to … Continue reading
Source: Tibetreport’s Blog On December 10, 2012, China’s official CCTV broadcast a discussion on Tibetan self-immolation on its Dialogue program. It was titled, “Realities in Tibet,” and obviously, the aim was to drive the narrative on the issue in the way the Chinese Government wanted: to place the self-immolation in the context of crime and … Continue reading
Source: Mountain Phoenix Over Tibet I should have declined. But he was a friend and so I agreed to take three watches and deliver them to his brother. “It’s just watches, easy to pack, no weight”, so I thought to myself. When he actually handed the watches over though, they came in expensive-looking, bulky boxes … Continue reading
Source: Drugmo Lives… In Lhasa when people speak of the political past, a popular saying is “dewa shung ghi jhutok desey goleb ghi jhigi reh” which can roughly be translated as “matters of the government are the flat-headed (Desey Sangye Gyatso) regent’s business” implying that it is not the business of ordinary people. However in the … Continue reading
Source: Angry Tibetan Girl Submitted by Angry Angry Angry: I’m so f’in annoyed right now. Lately I’ve been meeting and finding out a lot about the Tibet studies scene. So the buzz in that scenes for academics, it seems, happens to be authentic Tibetans who (get this) live in Tibet! that makes sense right? But … Continue reading
Source: Angry Tibetan Girl Can you guys please stop scheduling HH on grueling 2months around the world in 51 countries with 1.5days at each city please? I’m not sure if you have noticed but he is aging and in need of rest. I understand he has many important meetings he would insist on attending but … Continue reading
Source: Tibetan Political Review. By Tenzin Mingyur Paldron (Berkeley, California) Headlines of the current decade reflect significant interest toward various kinds of emancipatory politics and their effects, with a particular gravitation toward LGBTQ rights and democratization in non-Western nations. An interesting feature emerges when contrasting the notions of LGBTQ rights and democratic values– the latter represents … Continue reading
Source: Drugmo Lives “…When this ink-stained body’s need for food and drink is finished When this collection of bones- its thread of hope for gain and honor snapped- is scattered, Then may the forms of these letters, a pile of much learning amassed through hardship, Reveal the path of vast benefit in the presence of … Continue reading
Source: The Daily Californian By Tenzin Mingyur Paldron The bodies of youth in Asia are burning in acts of protest. What is the message? Not just whatever slogan bystanders may have heard them articulate, but what message is being spoken in this act as an event? What do these acts signify? What might they produce? … Continue reading
Source: Merapsarpa Journal By Kalsang Wangdu Blue Lake One cold winter day in 1984, on the far edge of the Tibetan plateau that gives way to the lowland of Mainland China, a Tibetan composer sat by a piano in his office. The audience that day was composed of three Tibetan women in their early twenties, … Continue reading
Source: High Peaks Pure Earth The above photos are all taken from Sina Weibo. Picture 1 shows the “urgent notice to once more emphasise the regulations directed at people from the ‘four main Tibetan regions’ who want to enter Lhasa” issued by the Lhasa Security Bureau. Picture 2 shows the security checks located in … Continue reading
Source: Tibet Telegraph By Tenzin Kalsang When I saw pictures of my classmate’s home in Ngari I wondered if I would also have been living in a stacked-stone hut upon a barren, rocky field if I were in Tibet. When we did projects in school about Tibet and we came across ethereally beautiful pictures of … Continue reading
Source: Lhakar Diaries ICT recently posted “Tibetans in the Chinese Communist Leadership” by Bhuchung K. Tsering on their blog. I became especially interested in this part of the blog-post: It was interesting to see that way back on March 16, 1953, there was an “Inner-party directive drafted for the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist … Continue reading
Source : Les clichés de Jigmé Bondour! Me is Jigme, and like all Asians, I do not age, I eat rice, I have a small dick and I see nothing when I laugh. Come to me duck-liker on Facebook!
Source: Lhakar Diaries I have good reason to write a few words on my joys and sufferings. Therefore I pray of you master, write it down. To which her master replied, “There is no need to write a liberation tale for you — a woman…you must be silent! Many tears fell from my eyes, for … Continue reading
Source: Echoes In Exile LEST WE forget Our birthright, Our rightful inheritance – The land of our ancestors. Sacred. Pure. Holy Tibet. Unique roof of the world. Take courage from our Guardian spirits. Struggle on. Struggle on. Lest we forget The innumerable, pure Enlightened beings Who’ve trod on Tibetan soil. Blessing and purifying all. Unique … Continue reading
Source: SAMTSUL: Tibet Through My Eyes The dawn of the twentieth century witnessed the emergence of a hitherto unseen progressive leader on the Tibetan political horizon in the form of the thirteenth Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyaltso. Born in Thakpo Langdun in southeast Tibet in the year 1876, he was recognized as the reincarnation of the … Continue reading
Source” The Tibetan Political Review Now that His Holiness has devolved all his political powers and the Kalon Tripa is the political leader, the time has come for Tibetan democracy to adapt to the fact that the Kalon Tripa is truly in charge. This includes developing the necessary back-up structures to provide for what … Continue reading
Source: Drifts & Drafts A little ditty I recorded, inspired and based off of Dead Prez’s “Hip Hop”. Lyrics: uh, uh, chig, nyi, chig, nyi, uh, one, two, one, two, uh uh, uh, chig, nyi, chig, nyi, uh, one, two, one, two, uh Uh, one, two, one, two, uh, chig, nyi, chig, nyi It’s bigger … Continue reading
Source: Tibet Telegraph The original article on Tibet Telegraph contains a video of Lobsang Jamyang’s self-immolation By Gyaltsen It was just a month after my cousin brother, Lobsang Jamyang’s self-immolation in Tibet which I overheard a conversation of two students in my school in which one of the students said to the other “Why don’t … Continue reading
Source: Tibetreport’s Blog I wanted to say this before President Barrack Obama takes the stage tonight at the Democratic National Convention and all attention are focused on him. This is because I do not want to be seen as wanting 15 minutes of fame by milking the attention around the President. In sooth, I have … Continue reading
Source: Lhakar Diaries (Tenzin Lobsang) For a long time now, I’ve been wanting to do a post about sports and Tibet. And now with Choeyang Kyi from Tibet winning an Olympic medal just days ago in the 20km race walk event, I finally have something to write about. I don’t know much about Choeyang Kyi’s story … Continue reading
Source: Tibet Web Digest Palmo is a prominent Tibetan women writer whose works have been published widely in literary magazines including Drangchar (Sbrang.char), Tibetan Art and Literature (Bod.kyi rtsom.rig sgyu.rtsal) and others. In 2006, she published an anthology of poems by twenty-three Tibetan women writers living inside and outside Tibet called Sholung (Bszho.lung), named for the … Continue reading
Source: A Rambling Refugee A seed of unshakeable faith and honed sense of gratitude sown in this strained heart after reading Guru’s Kadhu, the concise life-story related with his sublime past, present and future projected reincarnations for the wellbeing of Buddha Dharma and, here, as supplicated by Mutri Tsenpo, the son of Trisong Dhetsen, related … Continue reading
Source: Yuthok Lane (Originally published on Phayul on August 20, 2012) I was watching the recent Voice of America Kunleng discussion on contemporary Tibetan writing, with guests Tenzing Rigdol (artist, poet) and Dhondup Tashi Rekjong (editor, writer). There was talk about Rigdol’s recent book of poetry and talk about Bhuchung D Sonam’s recent book of … Continue reading
Source: High Peaks, Pure Earth On May 7, early in the morning, CCTV rather mysteriously broadcast a special documentary about the self-immolations in Tibet, there was a Chinese and an English version. This 41 minute long piece describes the self-immolations from the point of view of China’s official media that serves as the mouthpiece of … Continue reading
Source: Drokpa While returning to Sarah College from McLeodgang, I ran into a student of mine from English class. As an exile Tibetan, particularly one who has moved mostly in non-Tibetan settings (Indian boarding schools, American universities and workplaces), my interactions with Tibetans from Tibet has been limited. And one of the things I’m really … Continue reading
Source: Tibetreport’s Blog Bhutanese media have been reporting about the 20th round of talks between Bhutan and China taking place on August 10, 2012. Chinese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ms Fu Ying, is said to be leading an eight-member delegation for the talks. Aimed to coincide with the talks, Bhutan’s Kuensel newspaper also carries a message … Continue reading
Source: Mountain Phoenix Over Tibet To a child it looked like the grownups were building sandcastles in the sandbox: Both my maternal and paternal grandfathers used to play this game every morning in their homes: “Om Vajra Bhumi Ah Hung…,” sprinkle rice grains here, “Om Vajra Rekhe Ah Hung…,” sprinkle rice grains there. Then rub … Continue reading
Source: Tibet Telegraph The tragic wave of self-immolations by Tibetans has claimed forty two lives since 2009, clearly demonstrating that the Tibetans are no longer able to bear the draconian Chinese rule in their homeland. Up in flames Up in flames We have slowly gone We have slowly gone Can we pour some water on? … Continue reading
Source: Merapsarpa Journal By Palden Gyal Over the past few months I would go to bed every night praying not to wake up to another horrifying self-immolation in Tibet. My prayers have been going unanswered. Today I woke up to yet another self-immolation by a young monk in my hometown of Aba, Sichuan. The last … Continue reading
Source: Tibet Web Digest By Khyungzang Kunsang Tsering or Khyungsang, a teacher as well as a writer, has published many poems, essays, and short histories in both official and private magazines inside Tibet. He started publishing after he graduated from the Malho Teacher’s Training School and his first short story “Love under the Moon” … Continue reading
Source: Samtsul: Tibet Through My Eyes Singing has always been one of our favourite sources of recreation and entertainment. My Pala tells me, in Tibet one could overhear people singing while working in the fields, fetching water and even while doing minor household chores. Most of the singing was spontaneous and in promptu; people would … Continue reading
Source: Tibetreport’s Blog The other day, I read through Mao Zedong’s essay “On Contradiction” in the course of researching for a paper. Mao has said that life is a result of contradiction and I believe the present Chinese leadership is certainly proving this in its approach towards the Tibetan issue. Some months back we had … Continue reading
Source: Human Rights In China “Every day there’s something new in Lhasa,” many who have been to Lhasa will say. I would like to give two examples of the new face of Lhasa. Jiangsu Road If you are in Lhasa facing east, Jiangsu Road will be on your right, slicing at an angle through Lhasa’s … Continue reading
Source: Samtsul: Tibet Through My Eyes The Shimla Convention of 1914 was the first proposed forum for arbitration consisting of all the three Central Asian protagonists viz., Tibet, China and Britain. It was the first truce of its kind that witnessed the plenipotentiaries of all the three countries sitting face-to-face at the same negotiating table. … Continue reading
Source: Burning Tibet As a kid growing up in Tibet under China, the first song that I learned was The East Is Red. It was one of the most popular ‘red songs’ praising Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party (the CCP). This was adapted — like most Communist propaganda songs — from a traditional … Continue reading
Source: Journey of a Tibetan On Feb 8, 2012, as appealed by the Kashag (Tibetan cabinet), Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), Dharamsala, Tibetans in San Francisco and Bay Area assembled at the Chinese Consulate, San Francisco for solidarity candle light vigil. With a candle, I prayed and walked several San Francisco streets along with hundreds of … Continue reading
