Tibet

Go Figure

Suhit Kelkar

Quasar Thakore Padamsee challenges his audience to piece together his play on Tibetan identity

The Mind of a Self-Immolator

On 22 March, Jamphel Yeshi, a 27-year-old Tibetan, burnt himself to death in protest against Chinese oppression in Tibet. He had decided on it 10 days ago. What happened in between?

The Singing Nun

Avantika Bhuyan

Ani Choying Drolma joined a monastery to escape her father’s beatings and found a voice that has now got Warner Brothers lining up

The Enchanting Monk

Avantika Bhuyan

Lama Tashi, whose chanting won him a Grammy nomination, is overly busy now with a range of projects on Himalayan and Tibetan culture.

Loyalty and Its Symbols

Jaideep Mazumdar

Tibetan flags may have fluttered in Tawang briefly before the Dalai Lama’s visit, but the local people are keener than ever to assert their Indian identity