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A Small Smacking Sound

February 19, 2013 Like Dhondup Tashi Rekjong

Rongwo Gedun Lhundup is a very well known blogger and poet known for his free style poetry. Born in Rebkong in Amdo (Chi: Tongren in Qinghai), he studied Buddhism as a monk in Rongwo monastery, Labrang Monastery and Serta Monastery. He has published four books of poetry..

The Fast Shadow (A movie script)

January 27, 2013 Like Dhondup Tashi Rekjong

This is a screenplay of a short film by Kyabchen Dedrol. Kyabchen Dedrol is one of the best young writers in Tibet, and a leading figure of the “third generation”, a generation defined both by their age and their thoughts and views which are distinct from the older ..

What can we write?

January 8, 2013 Like Dhondup Tashi Rekjong

This is a personal opinion piece that is critical of the writing skills of Tibetan writers born after 1980. Nodreng was born in Amdo Rebkong in 1986 and he studied at the Peking Chinese Social Science Research Institute and the Northwest Nationalities University. Curren..

Kyablo and his Ponytail

December 15, 2012 Like Dhondup Tashi Rekjong

Kyablo and his Ponytail is a short story by Takbum Gyal about a nomad boy’s curiosity about filmmaking and his wish to be an actor. There are only a few popular novelists in Tibet, and Takbum Gyal is one of them. Many of his short stories and novellas have been publis..

Size

November 30, 2012 Like Dhondup Tashi Rekjong

A short poem by Tibetan song-writer Dulha Gyal about his hometown. Dulha Gyal, who works at Qinghai Television Center, also writes under the name Drong (wild yak). He is an anchor, reporter and editor as well as a song-writer. His song “Come Back In Your Heart” beca..

Longing for the Deities

November 22, 2012 Like Dhondup Tashi Rekjong

Sakyil Tseta was born in Rebkong, Amdo. He started writing in 1998 and published his first piece in the Rongwo Monastery magazine called “The Golden Bridge.” Since then, he has been published in many literary magazines. In 2002, he published his first book of essays..

The Change in My Homeland – A Poem

November 10, 2012 Like Dhondup Tashi Rekjong

Khawa Lhamo’s real name is Metok Tso. A well known Tibetan woman blogger on the Sangdor website, she was born in Bongtak in Themchen county in Qinghai, which is part of Amdo. She is a graduate of the Qinghai Nationalities University, and currently teaches at a hig..

I Want To Sing A Love Song In Dhardo

October 30, 2012 Like Dhondup Tashi Rekjong

This poem was published on Choemey by Bido Choekyong. He was born in 1989 in Bido in Amdo. Dhardo is the shortened form of Dhartsedo, also called Kanding in present day Sichuan. A town that historically belonged to the Tibetan province of Kham, Dhartsedo was also known ..

A Land Dispute with a Black Fly

September 30, 2012 Like Dhondup Tashi Rekjong

Kyabchen Dedrol is one of the best young writers in Tibet, and a leading figure of the “third generation”, a generation defined both by their age and their thoughts and views which were distinct from the older generation. His writings are published in many literary ..

The Present of the Past

August 31, 2012 Like Dhondup Tashi Rekjong

Ngarma is the pen name of Jigshel Kyab, who just graduated from Qinghai Nationalities University in Xining. He is from Machu in Gannan prefecture, Gansu province (Amdo). He composed the lyrics for the song “New Generation” by the rock band Yudrug (Green Drag..

Rebkong

July 30, 2012 Like Dhondup Tashi Rekjong

Sakyil Tseta was born in Rebkong, Amdo. He started writing in 1998 and published his first piece in the Rongwo Monastery magazine called “The Golden Bridge.” Since then, he has been published in many literary magazines. In 2002, he published his first book of essays..

Can a Flower Fall from the Sky?

July 24, 2012 Like Dhondup Tashi Rekjong

Kyabchen Dedrol is one of the best young writers in Tibet, and a leading figure of the “third generation”, a generation defined both by their age and their thoughts and views which were distinct from the older generation. His writings are published in many literary ..

A Tibetan City Girl’s Story

July 17, 2012 Like Dhondup Tashi Rekjong

On the night of August 14th, 1988, in the city’s Department of Gynaecology and Obstretics, a baby girl was born with a cry. This baby girl’s parents were from a poor farming area, but the mother, lucky as well as attractive, was selected to be the broadcast host at ..

A letter to H.H. the Tenth Panchen Lama

June 20, 2012 Like Dhondup Tashi Rekjong

Yumtso is a prominent contemporary Tibetan woman blogger from Karze, Kham. Her real name is Yama Choetso, and she graduated from the Central University for Nationalities in Beijing in 2010. Her pen name Yumtso means “turquoise colored lake”. She blogs on Sangdhor ne..

Approach Me Not

June 12, 2012 Like Dhondup Tashi Rekjong

Palmo is a prominent Tibetan women writer whose works have been published widely in literary magazines including Drangchar (Sbrang.char), Tibetan Art and Literature (Bod.kyi rtsom.rig sgyu.rtsal) and others. In 2006, she published an anthology of poems by twenty-three T..

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