Tibet

Transcending Tragedy at Cinequest 2010

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:01:30 +0000

Now in its 20th year, the Cinequest Film Festival, held each year in San Jose, Calif., presents a global smorgasbord of independent films by visionary filmmakers.

Last Days of the Tiger Leaping Gorge?

Anonymous — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:54:11 +0000

Deep in Yunnan Province, at the foot of the Himalayas, the Yangtze River (here known as the Yellow Sands), carves the deepest gorge in the world between Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (5,596m) and Haba Xueshan Mountain. However, Tiger Leaping Gorge, one of the greatest treks in China, is under threat. If you haven’t visited this place of great natural beauty and high adventure, come see it before it is changed forever.

Pico Polo

Anonymous — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 09:20:23 +0000

In the late 1980s, author Pico Iyer embarked on an Asian journey with the purpose of discovering to what extent Western - and especially American - culture had impinged on the cultures of the newly...

Film review: Seven Years in Tibet

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 04:15:40 +0000

Based on a true story, the 1997 Jean-Jacques Annaud film stars Brad Pitt as Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountain climber who, during an attempt to scale the Himalayan peak Nanga Parabat, is interned...

On the Edge of Our Seats at Cinequest 18

Anonymous — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:04:26 +0000

Mystery and suspense take on many forms in the seven Asian entries in San Jose's 18th annual Cinequest Film Festival. Why is everyone looking for Amal? What's in Dashang's suitcase? Will Zhao make it to Three Gorges to lay his friend to rest? Who killed Xiao Ke's parents? Where is Mr. Shigeki's beloved Mako buried? Does Emily have what it takes to run the family business? Will the climbing expedition reach the summit of Cho Oyu? Watch and discover...

Film Review: Little Buddha

Anonymous — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:17:28 +0000

In this film adaptation of a true story, a Tibetan Buddhist lama's search for the reincarnation of his former teacher leads him to Seattle, and then back to Bhutan for the verification process of three children, one of whom he believes could be "The One".

Recipe: Thukpa

Anonymous — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:55:59 +0000

Thukpa is popular throughout all the Himalayan countries, and there are as many preparations as there are cooks who make it. The best thing is that Thukpa may be made with or without meat, and may include any number of vegetables.

Kailash Pilgrimage Journal - Day 4

Anonymous — Wed, 28 May 2003 03:44:26 +0000

1st pass, after Simikot We flew from sea level to Simikot at 9,500 feet, and started walking -- up. Amazing, how quickly it all comes back: the agony, first. The slow, panting ascent on astonished,...

Film Review: Black Narcissus

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:18:50 +0000

Based on the novel by Rumer Godden, Black Narcissus tells the story of a cloister of nuns from the Convent of the Order of the Servants of Mary, who travel to the Himalayas to establish an Anglican missionary school and medical clinic at the Palace of Mopu.

A Wish and A Prayer

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:39:12 +0000

The people of Yunnan province introduced me to many different ways to make good luck wishes for my future.

Kailash Pilgrimage Journal - Day 1

Anonymous — Wed, 28 May 2003 03:41:02 +0000

Nepalganj When the Journey Begins The pilgrimage begins when you pack up the computer; when you go off line, unplug the modem and pull out the power cord. That's when the umbilicus is severed, and the...

Slain Indian soldier 'lives on' at China frontier post

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Nov 2002 10:02:02 +0000

JASWANT GARH, India, Nov 7, 2002 - Forty years after his death, an Indian army rifleman has been promoted to major general' and is still believed to command' troops guarding the dizzy heights of...

The Fourteen Dalai Lamas of Tibet

Anonymous — Tue, 09 Dec 2003 07:56:41 +0000

The tradition of the Dalai Lama actually began in the 16th century with Sonam Gyatso, the Third Dalai Lama of Tibet. It has long been believed by practitioners of the Buddhist faith that all sentient...

Kailash Pilgrimage Journal - Day 5

Anonymous — Wed, 28 May 2003 03:45:13 +0000

en route to Kirmi The Karnali is the color of elephant hide, a churning river that looks fully capable of cutting the gorge it flows through; of cutting it another thousand feet. I climb past a high...

Kailash Pilgrimage Journal - Day 3

Anonymous — Wed, 28 May 2003 03:43:48 +0000

Hotel Batika, Nepalganj If this is to be a journey beyond preferences, I am sorry. For I would truly prefer to be elsewhere. I would prefer to be somewhere northwest of Simikot, trekking through the...