Stepping off the train in Jackson Heights, Queens, on a recent Sunday, I discovered two groups doing sonic battle in a courtyard ringed with shops: a Tibetan religious service led by crimson-robed ...
Tibetan language dictionaries just keep getting thicker with the creation of more words to help define a changing world. "New words are being created one after another. I have to rely on Tibetan ...
A new simplified presentation of a jawbreaking language was available last week at the Oxford University Press, Bombay branch. Tibetan Word Book is also one of the weightiest contributions to the ...
Much contemporary poetry billed as experimental prioritizes literary devices over raw emotions. In A Tibetan Grammar, translated from the French by Keith Waldrop, poet Bénédicte Vilgrain undermines ...
With the release of the brand new Qomolangma Tibetan fonts by the China Tibetology Research Center (CTRC), the iPhone is no longer the only option for Tibetans who wish to have a smartphone that can ...
Reporting from Beijing — During the winter break from high school, Tsering Kyi would spend her days tending the yak and sheep, always taking a book with her out to pasture. One of the few literate ...