Article Archive for Year 2009
The death of Ngabo Ngawang Jigme has stirred emotions on both sides of the Himalayas. While the official Chinese media carried flowery obituaries and praised him for his contributions to the Motherland, the Kashag of …
2006, Germany, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Winner of the 2006 Academy Award for Best Foreign films
Jamyang Kyi on The Lives of Others
Before the collapse of the Berlin Wall, East Germany’s population was closely monitored by the …
I may be getting paranoid but it seems to me that in most academic discussions and scholarly forums on Tibet, these days, a conscious effort is being made all round to avoid mentioning the word …
December 15, 2009. The Special Envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Lodi Gyari, graciously accepted an invitation to join RFA Kalden Lodoe’s The Round Table Talk to discuss the recent remarks by Zhu Weiqun, …
Kunleng invites Tsering Woeser, author of “Forbidden Memory: Tibet During the Culture Revolution”, and Dolkar, who translated the new Tibetan edition from the Chinese, to discuss the book and the obstacles that confronted the author …
Wildlife and Nature Conservancy in Old Tibet
One evening at McLeod Ganj, in the late 1990s, a couple of my sarjor (new arrival) friends from Lhasa brought Taktra Rimpoche over to my house. He was the incarnation of the last regent of …
LIKE GOLD THAT FEARS NO FIRE − New Writing From Tibet
Publisher: International Campaign for Tibet
Year: 2009
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Jamyang Kyi hastily brushed her teeth, put on her clothes and dashed out of her house without having breakfast. …
Dear President Obama:
In Walt Disney’s 1994 film The Lion King, there is a Kenobi-esque moment in which the deceased head of the pride — Mufasa — appears as an apparition before his reasonably accomplished yet …
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it.”
– Abraham Lincoln
The Chinese Government’s most recent abomination — comparing Abraham Lincoln’s war on slavery …
Jamyang Norbu presentation
RTYC Minnesota invited writer & activist, Jamyang Norbu for 2 days of events to celebrate 40th Founding Day anniversary in Minnesota. A segment of his presentation is shown here.
Part 2 [05:51] | Part 3 [10:00] …