Tibet
How Tibetans in Karnataka’s Dhondenling put down roots in refuge
The lush home gardens in India’s southernmost Tibetan refugee settlement tell stories tracing 50 years of exile
Hanna Geschewski | Oct 10, 2023
New Tibetan writing stares down the hard truths of exile
A generation of Tibetan writers, many working in English, are laying claim to the voice of exile and pushing back against the fetishisation of Tibet by the West
Amish Raj Mulmi | Aug 18, 2023
Refusal and responsibility
The predicament and precarity of Tibetan intellectuals in China.
Palden Gyal | Aug 26, 2022
The caravan of Sanuman
Translated excerpt from Dor Bahadur Bista’s Nepali-language novel ‘Sotala’.
Dor Bahadur Bista. Translated by Amish Raj Mulmi | Jul 16, 2021
Tibet: Impossible yet existent?
A reinvigorated spiritual politics of Tibetan Buddhism could prove to be a way forward.
Mila Samdub | Jan 07, 2020
In the embrace of letting go
A Tibetan writer’s personal essay on a death in the family.
Topden Tsering | Oct 11, 2018
Beyond development and diversity
Historian Tsering Shakya on the state of contemporary Tibet.
The Editors | Jun 25, 2018
Literary sandbox
Tibetan fiction’s two overused themes of politics and religion limits experimentation
Bhuchung D Sonam | Sep 28, 2016
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