Ongoing Lhakar Pledge
Woahh! Its been about 4 to 5 months since my last Lhakar post, apologies! I dont have any new cooking videos right now, as its been pretty hectic after getting back from India.… Read More
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Take action for Tibet from the inside
There are many reasons I’m happy to be a Tibetan-Canadian. I get to eat both beaver tails and donkey ears [phungoo amjhok]. I get to enjoy cheese so dry it’s as hard as… Read More
Lhakar Update
It’s been a while since I posted so I thought I’d write a short post to update everyone on the Lhakar kind of day I had today. The Ottawa Tibetan community, although very… Read More
Canada’s Stance on Tibet’s Independence
With today being February 13th, Tibet’s Independence Day, and the 100th anniversary of the day when the 13th Dalai Lama proclaimed the restoration of Tibet’s independence, it got me thinking; while Tibet was… Read More
The Museum on the Roof of the World: My Take
I really enjoyed reading Clare Harris’s The Museum on the Roof of the World (2012). On finishing the first half of the book, which went into detailed analysis on the political life of… Read More
Upholding the Pledge: Lhakar in 2013
Happy 2013 to all our readers out there! Now that the holidays are over it’s back to work here at LD. After a long and busy holiday I thought what better way to… Read More
The Art of (China’s) Colonialism: Constructing Invisibilities in (Tibetan) History and Geography
© 2012 Dlo08 (FOR READERS: I’ve defined the following terminologies to smooth out the read: Assumption: Representation. Invisibility: Erasure: Silences. Formation: as how things are formed Discourse: narrative: discursive: polemics: writings: texts: as… Read More
Lhakar Diaries Drops in on Art for Tibet
In a town like New York City, art openings are as plentiful as potholes. But a show like Art for Tibet, where artists from around the world donate their one-of-a-kind works for the Tibetan… Read More
Fear of the Unknown
© 2012 Dlo08 For the past month, as the number of self-immolations climbed, my adviser and I sat down several times, trying to figure out activities we can do to highlight the situation… Read More
