Finding Common Ground
By Brittany Northrup / September 28, 2018
Lobsang Rabsel, who prefers being called Rabsel, has worn many hats within the Tibetan community since he first arrived in Dharamshala over twenty years ago. Now the busy proprietor of Common Ground, a charming restaurant serving up a diverse range of food from Taiwanese dishes and Tibetan staples to vegan read more →
Amdo to Wisconsin : Tsering’s Story
By Tsering Lhamo / June 19, 2018
I was born in a small village in Amdo in eastern Tibet. When I was four, my mother passed away, leaving nine children behind for my father to nurture on his own. At the age of eleven, I went to India, hoping to pursue a college education there. My journey read more →
Journey from Bhutan
By Elizabeth Mundy / March 27, 2018
McLeod Ganj is a city swirling with incredible tales. The Kangra Valley with its rolling cedar forests and glowing, molten peaks cradles a resilient Tibetan community, where each person could tell a harrowing story of their family’s exodus across an unforgiving Himalaya icescape or the depravations and hardships that come read more →
A True Calling
By Jin Hui Quek / January 21, 2018
There are five Rigpa* in the Tibetan culture, and Sowa-Rigpa is one of them. It is the traditional Tibetan medicine, a complex ancient medical system which incorporates a host of other ancient systems that include traditional Chinese medicine, Indian Ayurvedic medicine and the Unamic-a Perso-Arabic-medical system which has its roots read more →
Perhaps, Someday….
By Nancy Metashvili / December 7, 2017
Back in 1969, when I was a rather young girl who really wanted to meet the Dalai Lama, I set out overland to go to India. Shall we point out, travel was not easy then? Quite a few of us were traveling to India, the media called it the “Hippie read more →
New things…..new situations
By Lodoe Gyatso / November 16, 2017
Tenzin Zeydhan is every inch the picture of poise and assurance as we sit down. Younten, her husband, takes Tenzin Kyipa, their little 10 month-old daughter, to one side and happily takes care of her. “I have never been interviewed like this before,” Tenzin Zeydhan says with a hint of read more →
Contemplations Over a Street Stall
By Lodoe Gyatso / November 16, 2017
Lhatso sits at her stall, a serious look on her face. It is hard to imagine a frivolous thought passing through her mind. But what is she thinking about? Perhaps she is thinking about her business. She sells malas and other items on Temple Road in McLeod Ganj. Her small read more →
Compassion, Love and Contentment
By Lodoe Gyatso / September 12, 2017
Lhakpa Tsering stands outside his antiques stall on Temple Road, a wide smile on his face for everyone who comes past. He is a devoted Buddhist, but this has not always been the case. He has come through many trials to reach this point in his life. He was born read more →
“Empower Us” : Towards an Inclusive Society
By Tenzin Dadon / August 16, 2017
Blind People live in the world of ………………………… The first word that must have come immediately to the majority of people’s minds would be ‘Darkness’. I ask why not? Blind people live in a world of ‘sound’, or ‘touch’, or ‘creativity’, or ‘care’, or, most importantly,‘trust’. Clearly when our thinking read more →
Looking to the Future
By Charlotte Wigram-Evans / June 7, 2017
Youdon passes easily through the pell-mell of people in McLeod, one hand holding onto her five-year-old son, the other gesturing for me to follow. She skips over cowpats, picking her way around potholes and roadside stalls as though she’s done this trip every day for a long, long time. And read more →