Contemporary Tibetan art scene took a leap forward last week as a major new exhibition dedicated solely to contemporary Tibetan art kicked off at a museum in New York.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama arriving to inaugurate the new Tibetan Community Hall built by the Tibetan Cooperative Society Lugsam on the final day of his 8-day visit to Bylakuppe Tibetan Settlement in Karnataka State, India on July 11, 2013. His Holiness is scheduled to confer a two-day Yamantaka Initiation (dranak chusum wang) at Dzongar Chodhe Monastery on July 12 and 13. (Photo/OHHDL/Tenzin Taklha)
His Holiness the Dalai Lama arriving to inaugurate the new Tibetan Community Hall built by the Tibetan Cooperative Society Lugsam on the final day of his 8-day visit to Bylakuppe Tibetan Settlement in Karnataka State, India on July 11, 2013. His Holiness is scheduled to confer a two-day Yamantaka Initiation (dranak chusum wang) at Dzongar Chodhe Monastery on July 12 and 13. (Photo/OHHDL/Tenzin Taklha)
If you are looking for a page-turning and stomach-churning tale of magic and mystery in Tibet, you won't find it in Tsering Namgyal's The Tibetan Suitcase. His debut novel seems a form of meditation on the idea of Tibet, an idea which both repulses and attracts. The highly educated characters who people Tsering Namgyal's novel
The Line often blurs between reality and fiction when it comes to an interesting story and subject such as 'When Hari Got Married'- a beautiful documentary by acclaimed filmmakers- Tenzing Sonam and Ritu Sarin who earlier made such notable films as 'Dreaming Lhasa' and 'The Sun Behind the Clouds' among others.
Tibet's exiled spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama comforts a patient during his visit to Westmead Hospital in Sydney, Australia on June 17, 2013. The Dalai Lama is on a 11-day national tour of Australia. Live webcast of all teachings and public talks of the Dalai Lama in Australia from June 14-23, 2013 can be viewed at www.youtube.com/user/DalaiLamainAustralia. (Photo/Rusty Stewart/DLIA 2013)
World-renowned Buddhist teacher and author of the highly acclaimed The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, Sogyal Rinpoche gave an exclusive teaching to youngsters from the Himalayan region at the newly inaugurated Sherpa Community Hall in Queens, New York on Sunday.
Tibet's exiled spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama, right, stands alongside his Madame Tussauds wax double at the Sydney Entertainment Centre on June 14, 2013. The Dalai Lama is on a 11-day national tour of Australia. Live webcast of all teachings and public talks of the Dalai Lama in Australia from June 14-23, 2013 can be viewed at www.youtube.com/user/DalaiLamainAustralia. (Photo/Madame Tussauds Sydney via AFP - Getty Images
His Holiness the Dalai Lama enjoying a moment of laughter with members of the Reach Foundation during the first day of his eleven day visit to Australia in Sydney, Australia on June 13, 2013. Live webcast of all teachings and public talks of the Dalai Lama in Australia from June 14-23, 2013 can be viewed at www.youtube.com/user/DalaiLamainAustralia. (Photo/Rusty Stewart/DLIA 2013)
His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaking on the Path to Happiness at the Civic Theatre in Auckland, New Zealand on June 12, 2013. The Tibetan spiritual leader is currently on a fortnight's visit to New Zealand and Australia during which he is scheduled to give a series of teachings and public talks. (Photo/dalailama.com/Cally Stockdale)
