November 3, 2023 | TIPA’s project in the 1980s to seek out, research and document authentic folk songs, dances, and other performing traditions of Tibet. By Jamyang Norbu In the summer of 1959, a small group of Tibetan musicians in Kalimpong were summoned to Mussoorie by the just established exile government. This group was instructed to organize a performing …
TIBET GENOCIDE FILE
March 6, 2023
A Preliminary Overview of China’s Genocide Campaign in Tibet: 1950 to 2023 HIGH ASIA RESEARCH CENTER INTRODUCTION The International Commission of Jurists in Geneva (ICJ), in their report on Tibet of June 24, 1959, stated that there was prima facie evidence that Communist China had “…committed acts of genocide in Tibet, with the intention of …
Samdhong Rinpoche and the Subversion of the Tibetan Freedom Struggle
December 22, 2022
An old friend sent the above photograph of me and Samdhong Rinpoche having a spirited side discussion at the first Tibetan Youth Conference in October 1970. Perhaps he sent the photograph to remind me I had not written the second part of the essay I posted in 2019, where I recounted Samdhong Rinpoche’s bid for …
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Echoes From Forgotten Mountains (synopsis)
August 29, 2021
Jamyang Norbu has taken the stories of “forgotten” Tibetans: resistance fighters, secret agents, soldiers, peasants, lamas, aristocrats, merchants, women, officials, chieftains, even street-beggars, and skillfully worked their myriad accounts into a single glorious “memory history” of the Tibetan struggle. He uses recollections from his own childhood to ease the reader into an immersive understanding of …
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A MOST SELF-INDULGENT COUP
January 17, 2021
Illustration: Craig Stephens, SCMP. When Trump held his infamous rally on the 6th of January and urged his supporters to “march to” (read “storm”) the US Capitol Building, and further called on them to “cheer on” (read “threaten”) US lawmakers to reverse the “stolen” election, I had a strange moment that I can only describe …
Transcending the Confines of Traditional Male-Dominated Society in Old Tibet
December 31, 2020
Myself with an exciting new generation of Tibetan intellectuals at JNU, Delhi. Prof. Tashi Phuntsok-la sitting, front left. This rambling essay is based on a rambling talk I gave to Tibetan students at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi on the 1st of April 2019. I had been invited to speak at the Dawa …
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The Buddha’s Discourse on Defending Democracy
October 28, 2020
A Pilgrimage to Old Tibet
February 21, 2020
Buddha’s “Theory of Everything”
September 1, 2019
OCEAN OF IGNORANCE
June 15, 2019
THE QUEST FOR CULTURAL AUTHENTICITY
November 3, 2023
TIBET GENOCIDE FILE
March 6, 2023
Samdhong Rinpoche and the Subversion of the Tibetan Freedom Struggle
December 22, 2022
Echoes From Forgotten Mountains (synopsis)
August 29, 2021
A MOST SELF-INDULGENT COUP
January 17, 2021
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The Buddha’s Discourse on Defending Democracy
October 28, 2020
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A Pilgrimage to Old Tibet
February 21, 2020
A PASSING TRAGEDY
July 11, 2019
Looking Back From Nangpa-la
July 1, 2019
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The Buddha’s Discourse on Defending Democracy
October 28, 2020
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A Pilgrimage to Old Tibet
February 21, 2020
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A PASSING TRAGEDY
July 11, 2019
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Looking Back From Nangpa-la
July 1, 2019
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A Pilgrimage to Old Tibet
February 21, 2020
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Buddha’s “Theory of Everything”
September 1, 2019
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A PASSING TRAGEDY
July 11, 2019
Don’t Stop the Revolution! –– A Review
November 17, 2018
In Focus On The Roof Of The World
November 1, 2018
