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Tibet Through the Eyes of a Tibetan American

A website documenting an interview by Molly Burke and Robin Nguy, VIEW WEBSITE HERE. … [Read more...]

Jackson Heights: A Tibetan Perspective

A Brief History Over the past one-hundred and twenty-five years, Jackson Heights, a community situated in the northern part of Queens, New York, has become one the most ethnically diverse communities in the United States. In the early 20th Century, when Jackson Heights was first developed, nothing about its design or purpose precluded to the ethnic diversity it has today. … [Read more...]

NYC Tibetan Food Project

An Introduction to Tibetan Food Culture This tumblr link is dead now but the description has some value — Jack Lambert, 06/12/23 A tumblr website by Zaza Yongkusolkit, Irin Phatraprasit, Stephanie Chen, VIEW HERE. “ I sometimes think that the act of bringing food is one of the basic roots of all relationships” – Dalai Lama Although Tibet is a very religious country, not that … [Read more...]

Jackson Heights: Conclusions

Thomas Corcoran Higgins I personally have had the privilege of being born and raised in New York. As one grows up in New York they get to experience all the different aspects that the city has to offer. I remember when I was a junior in High School I was enrolled in a Chinese class that spent many Fridays exploring China Town to practice our Chinese. That was an eye opening … [Read more...]

Jackson Heights: Interviews

In an effort to get a understanding of the current society of Jackson Highest I briefly and informally interviewed three different locals. The first person I interviewed was a early-twenties Tibetan-American woman who had emigrated from Nepal in early 2015. The second person I interviewed was a middle aged Indian-American man who had immigrated to Jackson Heights from India in … [Read more...]

Jackson Heights: Tibetan Immigration

Approximately 128,014 Tibetans, including those born in Tibet and those of Tibetan Ancestry live in exile. According to the Central Tibetan Administration the world-wide distribution of Tibetans are as follows: India 94,203, Nepal 13,514, Bhutan, 1298, and the rest of the world 18,999. These numbers are from 2010 and it is assumed that even more Tibetans are now living in exile … [Read more...]

To Build a Buddha

Adrian Garza The phrase “thangka painting” is used often to describe Buddhist and traditional Tibetan art, but the word thangka is actually much broader, and used to encompass anything from a simple painting to a complex three-dimensional piece of art. Generally, it includes the original painted or embroidered picture, mounted on some textile, and framed with anything from … [Read more...]

‘Game of Thrones’ Tibetan Plateau Flyover Tour

Hi! Our names are Chase Manze and John Avendano and for our East Asian Civilization: Tibet, final project, we created a digital Google Earth flyover of the Tibetan plateau and surrounding areas. We decided to do it "Game of Thrones" style for a creative twist, and take you from our humble abode at Columbia University to the peak of Mount Everest, major cultural areas like Kham … [Read more...]

Amundsen, Edward. In the Land of the Lamas: The Story of Trashi Lhamo, a Tibetan Lassie. London/Edinborough: Marshall Bros. 1910.

Write 4-5pp (1200-1500 words) book review of the book you selected, and post it here using the format that is up there (CCNMTL staff can help with wiki postings if you have any trouble). Please start your paper with a one paragraph (150 word) abstract giving the following information: who the books is about, the main figure (include Tibetan spelling of personal names if you can … [Read more...]

Shelton, Albert L. Pioneering in Tibet: A Personal Record of Life and Experience in Mission Fields. New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1921.

Christina Stoltz Review of Shelton, Albert L. Pioneering in Tibet: A Personal Record of Life and Experience in Mission Fields. New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1921. Abstract: Dr. Albert Shelton (1875-1922) was an American medical doctor and Christian missionary in Kham in the early twentieth century. In his autobiography, written while taking a yearlong furlough in … [Read more...]

Lama Yongden. Mipam. 1938. [Indian reprint 1971; SUNY reprint 1987].

(Note: Mipam, the first novel written especially for Westerners by a Tibetan Lama, was originally published in 1938. "…while camping with my mother by adoption, the explorer Alexandra David-Neel, amid the vast solitudes of Northern Tibet, I happened to speak once more of the distress I had experienced on seeing the people and things of my native land so travested. She urged me, … [Read more...]

Ekvall, Robert Brainerd. Tents against the Sky. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Young. 1954.

Ekvall, Robert Brainerd. The Lama knows: a Tibetan legend is born. Novato, Calif.: Chandler & Sharp Publishers, 1981.

Yeshi Tenzin. The Defiant Ones. Translated by David Kwan. Beijing: Chinese Literature Press, 1993.

The Defiant Ones By Yeshi Tenzin A Book Review by Jack Wilson On the surface, The Defiant Ones by Yeshi Tenzin seems to do little other than extol the values and ideologies of the Chinese Communist Party. Set in Yangde County, much of the story is centered on a peasant revolt staged in Dengye village against the tyrannical aristocrat and administrator of the region, … [Read more...]

Tailing, W. (Bras gling Dbang rdor, Brag gdong). The Secret Tale of Tesur House. Beijing, China: China Tibetology Pub. House, 1998.

Travis B. Thurber 30 May 2007 A Review of The Secret of Tesur House Abstract: The Secret of Tesur House is a book of historical fiction written in 1993 by W. Tailing, a teacher and a native of Tibet. The narrative follows the adventures of Drugye, a Tibetan commoner, as he struggles through a life of business, murder, and bureaucracy. Sprinkled throughout the story are … [Read more...]

Alai. Red Poppies. Translated by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002.

Sara Canby 23 April 2007 (Note: Originally in Chinese) A Review of Red Poppies Red Poppies, a novel by Alai, a Tibetan who lives in China, recounts the decline of the Maichi family and the decline of the ruling chieftains in general upon the Communist victory in 1959. The work is narrated by the Idiot, one of two sons of the Maichi chieftain; life in the Sichuan … [Read more...]

Rinjing Dorje. The Renegade Monk of Tibet. Edmonds, WA: Banyan Press, 2005.

Guhruh. Jahzong: Tibetan Tribal Leader. Xining: Plateau Publications, 2005.

Xinran. Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet. Translated by Julia Lovell and Esther Tyldesleytors. New York: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2005.

Julia Kirchner 04-28-07 (Note: Originally in Chinese) A Review of Sky Burial Sky Burial is story told by the Chinese author Xinran about a Chinese woman from Suzhou who spent thirty years in Tibet during the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution and the reform years. Her story offers the perspective of a traditional Chinese woman who falls in love with and embraces … [Read more...]

Kevin Stuart, Tshe dbang rdo rje and Alexandru Anton-Luca. Tibetan Weddings in Ne’u na Village. Xining: Plateau Publications, 2006.

Blo brtan rdo rje and Kevin Stuart. Marriage in Skya rgya Tibetan Village. Xining: Plateau Publications, 2007.

Lhamo, Rinchen. We Tibetans. New York: Potala Publications, 1985 [1st edition: 1926].

Seul ki Park A Review of We Tibetans Abstract: We Tibetans was written by a woman in the Kham region called "Rinchen Lhamo." It was published in 1926, with the historical introduction written by her husband, Louis King, a British man. The historical introduction provides an account Tibetan history from the mythical era until present. The rest of the book introduces various … [Read more...]

Sherap, Paul. A Tibetan on Tibet: Being the Travels and Observations of Mr. Paul Sherap (Dorje Zödba) of Tachienlu. London: T.F. Unwin [1926], reprint: Kathmandu: Ratna Pustak Bhandar, 1975.

Jack Wilson 11/2/09 Abstract: A Tibetan on Tibet collects the conversations of G.A. Combe with Paul Sherap. These conversations took place daily for one to two hours over a period of about 4 months. Sherap, after introducing himself and briefly telling the story of his life, spends the majority of these conversations describing the differing religious and cultural practices … [Read more...]

MacDonald, David. Twenty Years in Tibet. Delhi: Cosmo, 1932, 1996.

Daven Farnham David Macdonald: Twenty Years in Tibet Abstract David Macdonald’s Twenty Years in Tibet chronicles his time in Tibet from the early 1900s until the late 1920s. As the British government's Yatung Trade Agent, Macdonald had frequent interactions with the local people, being able to observe traditional Tibetan culture, religion, and lifestyles. This was also … [Read more...]

Gergan, Josef and Samuel Heinrich Ribbach. Drogpa Namgyal: ein Tibeterleben [Drogpa (Nomad) Namgyal: A Tibetan Life]. Munich: Planegg: O. W. Barth. 1940.

[Reprint: Culture and Society in Ladakh. New Delhi: Ess Ess Publications 1986]. (Note: Collaboration between a German Moravian missionary, and a Ladakhi convert to Christianity. This is a semi-autobiographical account of life, from birth to death, in Khalatse village on the Indus [Ladakh]. Obviously, this text is in German.) Write 4-5pp (1200-1500 words) book review of the … [Read more...]

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