Over the years I have been trying to understand our [Tibetan] predilection to deal with national emergencies by burying our collective head in the sands of superstition and inertia. The observations and conclusions gathered in these two essays “Body Snatchers” and “Back to the Future” are presented in the hope…
The apathy and superstitions of modern Tibetans are just as destructive to their country as romantic western misconceptions, warns prize-winning writer Jamyang Norbu. In Satyajit Ray’s film, Ganashatru, an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s play, Enemy of the People, a doctor discovers that leaking sewers are contaminating a water source which…
La richiesta presentata da 165 deputati. Incerto l’incontro con Prodi. La Cina è contro anche alla visita in Vaticano ROMA — «Invitiamo il Dalai Lama a parlare davanti all’Assemblea della Camera dei Deputati, nell’Aula di Montecitorio, quando a metà dicembre sarà in visita in Italia». La richiesta è contenuta in…
Jamyang Norbu is an influential [1][2] Tibetan political activist and writer, currently living in exile in the United States, having previously lived for over 40 years as a Tibetan exile in India. In his youth he briefly joined the Tibetan Resistance in Mustang. Later he founded and directed the Amnye…
fonte Raimondo Bultrini – La Repubblica DHARAMSALA – Con la testa piegata e le mani giunte, cinquecento delegati tibetani giunti a Dharamsala da tutto il mondo hanno offerto al Dalai lama la tradizionale kata, la sciarpa bianca che nel Paese delle Nevi suggella ogni addio. Da secoli simboleggia il rispetto…
Chinese dissident Hu Jia should be in Strasbourg Wednesday to collect the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize. Instead he is in prison in China. Previous winners and Andrei Sakharov’s widow Elena Bonner will be there to honour his struggle. Hu Jia is a prominent human rights activist and dissident in the…
q: What is the Chinese perception of Tibet? jamyang: The Chinese think of Tibetans essentially as Barbarians. Now, the Chinese also think of Tibetans as people with magical powers. Especially since historically they’ve had long association with Tibetan Lamas. Especially after the Mongol invasions when the Mongol Khans were patrons…
Il Dalai Lama mi ha onorato di un incontro privato a Milano. Il Papa non ha voluto riceverlo, il presidente Napolitano neppure, Prodi è dato per disperso e il dalai-lema non lo vuole alla Farnesina. Camera e Senato non hanno ritenuto di doverlo ospitare ufficialmente. La Moratti ha deciso di…
SCRITTI DEL DALAI LAMA Dalai Lama, L’arte della felicità sul lavoro, Mondatori, Milano, 2005 Dalai Lama, La Politica della Compassione. Un’antologia degli scritti del Dalai Lama, Chiara Luce Edizioni, Pomaia (PI), 2004 Dalai Lama, La Luce della Saggezza, Sperling & Kupfer, Milano, 2004 Dalai Lama, L’Arte della Compassione, Sperling &…
I hope that this summary of the intellectual and historical facts and argument supporting the Tibetan case for independence will energize readers for the coming 10th of March. Of course much of the information will not be new to the reader and in fact have been presented in the Rangzen…