Tibet

Whose Himalaya is it?
John Keay, Erika Fatland and Ed Douglas’ books on the Himalaya exhibit ways of seeing, or failing to see, the mountains and their people
Amish Raj Mulmi | Mar 01, 2023

Refusal and responsibility
The predicament and precarity of Tibetan intellectuals in China.
Palden Gyal | Aug 26, 2022

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

Arguing ordination
The debate over full ordination of nuns in Tibetan Buddhism remains unsettled.
Lora Tomas | Sep 11, 2015


To another valley
NOTES FROM THE FIELD: Earthquake survivors from the Langtang Valley find shelter at a camp in Kathmandu.
Abhimanyu Pandey | May 11, 2015

Hunger for Tibet
The latest book on Tibet’s environmental degradation shows how any attempt to save the plateau’s ecosystem must come from within China.
Ross Adkin | Mar 08, 2015
