Lhakar to the extreme
Dear Lhakar Diaries, Today was an incredibly “Lhakar-ish” day. Here’s how it went: 8:00am: Woke up in Montreal and put my new favourite chupa on with a white shirt (whonjoo). LHAKAR! 9:00am: Gen… Continue reading
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A Tibetan stranger in Zurich city on Lhakar
Okay, so I decided for today to wear a chupa. No, today is not Trunkar ( His Holiness‘ birthday) or Sumchu Tütren (10th March) and no, my mother didn‘t force me to. The… Continue reading
Teaching Tibet
…the simplest and easy way – Show a film. That’s what i did for Lhakar yesterday at my work place. I played the film ‘Kundun’ to two of my work colleagues who didn’t… Continue reading
Waving Flag
This week, I thought I’d share something really cool that my little sister did. Last year was my sister’s first year of high school in Belleville, Ontario, and she noticed that many of… Continue reading
The Voice of Tawu
[Guest post by Gabriel Feinstein Jr. – in collaboration with anonymous Tibetans] Following is an interview with a brave Tibetan, herein dubbed “the voice of Tawu.” He is Rinpoche, a teacher, a friend,… Continue reading
Cultural Anthropology-Tibet: Why?
© 2011 Dlo08 I have just started my MA program in Cultural Anthropology this past week. Things are going well and I am excited for what awaits. In one of my classes, my… Continue reading
Finding Tibet in Central Europe, Part I: Berlin
After action camp, I decided to travel for twelve days, making a boomerang trail around Central Europe. I never did the “backpacking around Europe” thing in college – I was more of the… Continue reading
Remembering Tsewang Norbu on Lhakar
[Guest post by Migmar Dhakyel of Switzerland] The horrifying news reached me on last Monday evening when I got home. I read the articles online about Tsewang Norbu’s self-immolation. I felt so shocked,… Continue reading
MY PLEDGE
Tibet has a saying: “Although it is good to know other languages, it is shameful to forget your own”. I pledge to my father, to myself and to the people of Tibet… Continue reading