Tibet
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
Twice removed: Tibetans in North America
For Tibetans in North America, maintaining links to the homeland presents unique challenges.
Tsering Shakya | Dec 18, 2014
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