Tag: #Tibet
Articles tagged with #Tibet
National insecurity
Nepal’s strategy of equidistance is fraying at the edges as Kathmandu is buffeted by countervailing pressure from north and south
Neither side lost, both sides won
New angle on the old question of who won the Sino-Nepal war of 1791
Reviving Himalayan vulture and culture
Photo: DARE ADVENTURE NEPALIn many cultures, death rituals are often even more significant and elaborate than those performed after birth. The…
It is getting hotter on the roof of the world
The Kharola Glacier at 5,600m below Noijin Kangsang in Tibet in 2010. Photo: KUNDA DIXITThe Tibetan Plateau is heating up faster than the global…
The salt of the earth
A caravan of yaks carrying salt heads south. SOURCE: JAG BAHADUR BUDHAWhile it is unclear when and how salt was first introduced to Nepal’s…
Tintin in Bangladesh
Photos: ZAHIDUL HAQUE APUThis story by Pantha originally appeared on Global Voices on 8 July 2021.The drawings of Tintin's adventures in…
The Kosi’s sorrow, and scope
Exploring Nepal’s largest river during a destructive monsoon
No light at end of trans-Himalayan train tunnel
On 25 June, China inaugurated a 435km section of the Lhasa-Nyingchi Electrified High-speed Rail. The ‘bullet train’ will have a top speed of 160…
A Tibetan Mastiff pup who dares to dream
Lo Khyi now lives in Haymarket, Virginia in the US (right) with the DeLisi family, on the other side of the Planet from his birthplace in a…
A Tibetan Mastiff pup who dares to dream
Lo Khyi now lives in Haymarket, Virginia in the US (right) with the DeLisi family, on the other side of the Planet from his birthplace in a…
‘Putsch Ek’
It was a hazy winter afternoon when without warning at exactly 1PM, soldiers appeared on the streets of Kathmandu. Singha Darbar was cordoned…
‘Putsch Ek’
It was a hazy winter afternoon when without warning at exactly 1PM, soldiers appeared on the streets of Kathmandu. Singha Darbar was cordoned…
North of the border
Houses built by the Chinese as seen from Lapcha Pass in 2016 with Lake Mansarovar visible in the distance. Photograph of the same place last…
Aussie paraglider to jump off Everest
ken Hutt launches off from 7,200m on Cho Oyu in 2014. All photos: KATIE RIVERSApproaching 62 years old, and after retiring from a police rescue…
Nepal's glacial lakes in danger of bursting
Tso Rolpa glacial lake at 4,580m has grown seven times in size in the past 60 years due to global heating. Photo: RASTRARAJ BHANDARIA new report…
An antelope and an artist
Puneeta Sharma working on the restoration of the 160-year-old water colour on paper painting by Rajman Singh Chitrakar of a Tibetan antelope at…
Ways Nepal can rebound from COVID-19
As the global pandemic and shut-downs caused by COVID-19 ripple across the world, they have upset longstanding migration and employment…
Big story of small pox in Nepal
Recurring epidemics shaped the course of history in the Himalaya in unexpected and important ways
It's yarsa-picking time
A holy valley in eastern Nepal prepares for the yarsa gumba harvesting season
TERRITORIALISM
The dispute over the tri-junction of India, China and Nepal on the remotest northwestern tip of the country is the latest strain on bilateral…
US pushes international religious freedom alliance
During the United National General Assembly in New York in September, US President Trump devoted much more time to a conference on his new…
A dog with altitude
Photos: SONAM CHOEKYI LAMAThe large shaggy dog with a great mane, thoughtful droopy eyes and a deep bark that echoes across Himalayan crags is…
What is Xi Jinping’s ‘Big Surprise’?
All photos: MONIKA DEUPALANepali officials have prepared a wish-list of 11 projects for Chinese President Xi Jinping when he makes a state visit…
Mustang in shadows and light
T his time of year Mustang is a profusion of colour: lapis lazuli sky with dazzling clouds, purple fields of buckwheat, ripening golden barley…