Article Archive for November 2010
I was sipping on a drink in Goa,
away from all the silliness,
wading in the warm ocean,
I was minding my own business.
Two fish swam up to me
moving with the ocean sway,
they took a long look at …
An observation of the recently concluded preliminary election by a Tenzing Tethong supporter. I tried to be as objective as possible but if anybody finds it overly one-sided, you know which department you can forward …
Yangkup Gyal
Translated by DhondupTashi Rekjong
“From the east, the red sun is rising.” Have you heard this song before? If you haven’t, you can watch it here. (I tried to find it in Tibetan but failed). …
Language, Identity & Revolution in Tibet
The task of getting news out of Tibet these day has taken on the frustrating ambience of cold-war research methodology. Not exactly Sovietologists and old-time China watchers poring over precious photographs of Mayday line-ups for …
Laogai Research Foundation’s press release
WASHINGTON, DC, November 10, 2010. Laogai Research Foundation (LRF) Founder and Executive Director Harry Wu, along with distinguished scholar Robert Conquest and Lithuanian politician and activist Emanuelis Zingeris, received the Truman-Reagan …
Translated by Tenzin Dickyi
In Tibet, the issue and problem of language is growing. The situation is such that the Chinese language is pushing away the languages of minority nationalities to the edge.
Actually this situation …
Since the Chinese occupation of Tibet, the Communist Party’s outlook towards Tibetan language and religion has been of extreme suspicion and fear. Tibetan people’s way of life and their outlook towards the world is inextricably linked with Buddhism, which in turn is firmly linked with Tibetan language. This shared culture bind Tibetans into a unified entity giving them a sense of national identity.
By Yangkyab Gyal
(Translated by Dhondup Tashi Rekjong)
We had made meat momo and vegetable momo. The sun had almost set. As usual, it took a few hours to make the momos, but it can’t be …
When the Nobel Committee declared that the Nobel Peace Prize 2010 to be awarded to Liu Xiaobo “for his non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China“, it sent a wave of exhilaration across the globe …
Urgent Blogpost by Woeser; Lhasa Public Security Bureau Summon Her
High Peaks Pure Earth has translated an urgent blogpost by Woeser describing how she was summoned on the phone by the Lhasa Public Security Bureau. The …
