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Dandelions of Tibet: Poems by Bhuchung D. Sonam is one of the few poetry collections in English by a Tibetan. The author was forced out of his country at a very tender age by the Chinese and has been living as a refugee in India. He pelts shower of words that eerily reflect mental and physical agony experience by refugees all across the world whether they are living in the scorching African deserts or shanty towns in Indian sub-continent. Many of the poems ...
For the first time, the voices of Tibet’s Diaspora find expression in an anthology of poetry composed in English: Muses in Exile. History teaches us that artistic and intellectual creativity reach their zenith under the most adverse conditions. And so it has been with Tibetan verse. Of the thirty writers published here, some have already died young. One at home in Tibet; others in Alaska, Toronto, New Delhi and in the Mecca of their exile-Dharmashala. However ...
This book, containing nearly three hundred medicinal plants, was compiled based on a a wealth of botanic and medical references, so that ordinary people can easily identify and use them in their daily lives. Avoiding technical complexities, each plant is identified and presented in seven sections. Dr. Tenzin Dakpa's new tile Tibetan Medicinal Plants: An Illustrated Guide to Identification and Practical Use is and important work. It is without doubt that this ...