An Interview | Pema Tseden on Breaking into the International Scene

Award-winning Tibetan writer and filmmaker, Pema Tseden, makes a stop in NYC along his US tour to discuss his English-language debut, Enticement: Stories of Tibet. Published in 2018 by SUNY Press and translated by Michael Monhart and Patricia Schiaffini-Vedani, this innovative work truly brings modern Tibetan Literature into the conversation.

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Tibetan PM warns that India and China can’t sidestep his country if they aim for peaceful ties

By Ajaj Ashraf, Scroll.in | May 23, 2015

Dr Lobsang Sangay talks about Beijing’s repression of Tibet and Modi’s recent visit to China.

Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile Dr Lobsang Sangay was educated at Delhi University and Harvard Law School. In an email interview, he speaks of how discussions about Tibet were absent in the media coverage of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit to China and Beijing’s policy of repression.

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‘Building ties for the 21st century’

Srinivasan Ramani, The Hindu | April 2, 2015

On the eve of the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and India on April 1, 1950, the Chinese Ambassador to India, Le Yucheng, in written answers provided to a set of questions posed by Srinivasan Ramani, emphasised the need for a renewal of China-India ties in tune with the realities of the 21st century.

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Interview with Dr. Robert Barnett: “Tibetan Language: Policy and Practice”

By Matt Adler, Culturally Curious | January 20, 2015

Ever since I was a teenager, I’ve taken an interest in Tibet. As a high schooler, I was a member of Students for a Free Tibet and last year, I participated in the International Campaign for Tibet’s lobby day in D.C. As a Jew, I feel great solidarity with the Tibetan people- a people displaced from their land and striving to maintain their culture both at home and in their Diaspora.

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