Jeeping Up on India’s Wild Lions
Wall Street Journal January 4, 2013 A fast and fairly furry safari that’s far from Africa—and in Gir Forest National Park, home to remaining members of the majestic, tassel-tailed Asiatic […]
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Tibetans Sacrifice Their Lives for Their Faith
Wall Street Journal August 17, 2012 Dharamsala, India A 35-year-old Tibetan nun named Palden Choetso set herself on fire on a street corner in southwest China last November. The final […]
After the Dalai Lama
Wall Street Journal Asia June 10, 2011 The Dalai Lama’s official role in the Tibetan exile administration has ended. The Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), based in Dharamsala in northern India, […]
King of India
Wall Street Journal Asia February 27, 2009 Gandhi was a source of inspiration for Martin Luther King Jr. New Delhi The Communist government of Kerala is not known for greeting […]
Lonely Planet’s Ambassador
The Wall Street Journal April 26, 2011 Tony Wheeler, co-founder of Lonely Planet, sits in the lobby of an austere five-star hotel here. Soft-spoken and down-to-earth, the 64-year-old wears a […]
Following the Tagore Trail
Wall Street Journal Asia November 7, 2011 In 1912 the Irish poet William Butler Yeats came across a poetry manuscript freshly translated from Bengali to English by a writer then […]
Ashes to Ashes
Wall Street Journal November 8, 2010 Watching Sankai Juku on stage is akin to seeing a dream unfold. One of Japan’s leading Butoh dance companies, it combines otherworldly beauty with […]
Tibetans Find Freedom in Exile
Wall Street Journal October 8, 2010 Minutes after I entered the settlement, a Tibetan monk driving a tractor crossed my path. Wearing a trucker’s cap that matched his crimson robes, […]
Through India’s Spiritual Landscape
OCTOBER 30, 2009 Much has changed since William Dalrymple moved to India in 1989 to write “City of Djinns,” his best-selling portrait of Delhi at the dawn of India’s economic […]
Fifty Years of Exile
Wall Street Journal Asia March 20, 2009 Samdhong Rinpoche fled Tibet in 1959 but he still remembers his homeland vividly. “My memories of my life in Tibet are more clear […]
