Jamyang Norbu's blog
(A week or so after Phayul published Freedom Wind Freedom Song, on May 20th 2004, I received additional information from friends and supporters regarding the National Flag which I included in a follow-up piece. I have now added more recent material and am posting this new version of that article.) TGIE official, Tendar-la, (1958 – …
Continue reading “Early International Awareness of the Tibetan National Flag”
Lachenpa (or Lachungpa) couple of northern Sikkim enjoying their evening Pahi drink. Photo Dr. Alice S. Kandell (between 1965 & 1971) The Anabasis of Xenophon – not to be confused with Anabasis Alexandri, the biography of Alexander the Great – is the story of the epic retreat of a Greek (mercenary) general, Xenophon, and his …
Continue reading “Sipping The Nectar of the Eastern Himalayas”
General Derge-sé and his 500 troops of the Ta-dang regiment at Markham on the eve of the Chinese invasion. Note national flags at left. Photo: Karen Boatman collection. On this auspicious occasion of Tibet’s Independence Day I offer my readers an essay on the Tibetan flag and anthem I wrote some years before I had …
After I posted my piece on Shabalay last November I thought I was done with writing on food culture for a while. But the manager of Little Tibet Restaurant sent me this urgent email: Tashi Delek Jamyang la,We have a momo crawl coming up soon in Jackson Heights where local businesses compete for a trophy …
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