THE QUEST FOR CULTURAL AUTHENTICITY
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by Jamyang Norbu
5M ago
TIPA’s project in the 1980s to seek out, research and document authentic folk songs, dances, and other performing traditions of Tibet. By Jamyang Norbu In the summer of 1959, a small group of Tibetan musicians in Kalimpong were summoned to Mussoorie by the just established exile government. This group was instructed to organize a performing ..read more
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TIBET GENOCIDE FILE
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by Jamyang Norbu
1y ago
A Preliminary Survey of China’s Genocide Campaign in Tibet: 1950 to 2023 HIGH ASIA RESEARCH CENTER The International Commission of Jurists in Geneva (ICJ), in their report on Tibet of June 24, 1959, stated that there was prima facie ev­idence that Communist China had “…committed acts of genocide in Tibet, with the intention of destroying ..read more
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Samdhong Rinpoche and the Subversion of the Tibetan Freedom Struggle
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by Jamyang Norbu
1y ago
An old friend sent the above photograph of me and Samdhong Rinpoche having a spirited side discussion at the first Tibetan Youth Conference in October 1970. Perhaps he sent the photograph to remind me I had not written the second part of the essay I posted in 2019, where I recounted Samdhong Rinpoche’s bid for ..read more
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Echoes From Forgotten Mountains (synopsis)
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by Jamyang Norbu
2y ago
Jamyang Norbu has taken the stories of “forgotten” Tibetans: resistance fighters, secret agents, soldiers, peasants, lamas, aristocrats, merchants, women, officials, chieftains,  even street-beggars, and skillfully worked their myriad accounts into a single glorious “memory history” of the Tibetan struggle. He uses recollections from his own childhood to ease the reader into an immersive understanding of ..read more
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A MOST SELF-INDULGENT COUP
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by Jamyang Norbu
3y ago
Illustration: Craig Stephens, SCMP. When Trump held his infamous rally on the 6th of January and urged his supporters to “march to” (read “storm”) the US Capitol Building, and further called on them to “cheer on” (read “threaten”) US lawmakers to reverse the “stolen” election, I had a strange moment that I can only describe ..read more
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Transcending the Confines of Traditional Male-Dominated Society in Old Tibet
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by Jamyang Norbu
3y ago
Myself with an exciting new generation of Tibetan intellectuals at JNU, Delhi. Prof. Tashi Phuntsok-la sitting, front left. This rambling essay is based on a rambling talk I gave to Tibetan students at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi on the 1st of April 2019. I had been invited to speak at the Dawa ..read more
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Introduction to ANOTHER PLACE, a novel by Tsering Wangyal aka “Editor-la”
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by Jamyang Norbu
3y ago
Tsering Wangyal at a March 10 rally, 1979, Chanakyapuri. Image@High Asia  We got off on the wrong foot. I met Tsering Wangyal-la in 1968 when I was working at the Bureau of H.H. the Dalai Lama at Delhi. Three junior officials had come down from Dharamshala to fly to Britain for further studies. In my ..read more
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The Buddha’s Discourse on Defending Democracy
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by Jamyang Norbu
3y ago
The Death (parinirvana) of the Buddha, c.AD 20. Grey schist from ancient Gandhara. The Victoria and Albert Museum, London. At a time when many democracies are being undermined at home by corrupt politicians or threatened externally by would-be totalitarian regimes, perhaps a discourse the Buddha gave before his great passing, his mahaparinirvana, might provide an ..read more
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Buying the Dragon’s Teeth 2020
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by Jamyang Norbu
4y ago
Introduction to the 2020 (coronavirus) edition I used the example of the dragon’s teeth of Greek legend for the title of my 2004 book to convey the destructive and frightening quality of the malaise that Western leaders in their shortsighted eagerness to do business with China were introducing into their economies, national security and even ..read more
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A Pilgrimage to Old Tibet
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by Jamyang Norbu
4y ago
Pilgrims from Jhangthang visiting Karmapa’s Monastery at Tsurphu in Tölung Cultural Monuments of Tibet                                                                  Michael Henss,                   ..read more
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