Book Review by Tenzin Dickie* A Home in Tibet By Tsering Wangmo Dhompa Penguin (New Delhi, 2013) Pp. 320; Rs. 499 A Home in Tibet is one of the most significant works by a Tibetan writer ever.The history of secular prose literature written by Tibetans is briefly told—although the nobleman […]

By Pranjali Bandhu*   LIVES IN EXILE: EXPLORING THE INNER WORLD OF TIBETAN REFUGEES  by Honey Oberoi Vahali Routledge (New Delhi, 2009) (HB; pp. 429; Rs. 850)    “The holocaust that happened in Tibet revealed communist China as a cruel and inhuman executioner—the most brutal and more inhuman than any […]

(From the print edition of Tibetan Review, May 2010) THE STRUGGLE FOR TIBET by Wang Lixiong and Tsering Shakya (Introduction by Robert Barnett) Verso, London and New York, 2009 pp. 280; £ 8.99 The Struggle for Tibet” presents the views of two well known thinkers. It is structured as a […]

Tibet‘s Last Stand? The Tibetan Uprising of 2008 and China‘s Response By Warren W.Smith Jr 299 pages Rowman & Littlefield, 2010 (From Tibetan Review, Feb’10) – Despite heightened international awareness of the situation inside Chinese occupied Tibet – the injustice, human rights atrocities, censorship and widespread erosion of Tibet’s culture, […]

By Cristina Bonnet-Acosta Heavy Earth, Golden Sky Tibetan Women Speak About Their Lives By Michelle Kleisath (Ed) Shem’s Women’s Group USA Printed by and available at Self Publishing Lulu.com, 2007 Pp. 128, Price: $19.98 This book comprises of ten short auto-biographies by young Tibetan women from the Kham and Amdo […]