From Hippies to Handbags
Financial Times December 28 2010 Dilip Kapur, founder and president of Hidesign, is agitated. He and ayoung architect are in his office poring over a draft floor plan for a display in […]
Smithsonian has hand in Indian science exhibit planned by Tibetan monks
The Washington Post December 17, 2010 GO TO ARTICLE NEW DELHI – The northern Indian town of Bir was greeted with an unusual sight when Scott Schmidt carried six-foot-long plywood […]
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, […]
A Healthier, More Efficient Way to Cook
International Herald Tribune September 29, 2010 NEW DELHI — In tens of millions of homes in rural India, the kitchen is a cramped space with walls blackened by soot from […]
Bringing Light to India’s Rural Areas
International Herald Tribune Sept 2, 2010 BANGALORE, INDIA — As dusk falls, the sound of children singing fills the air at the SOS Tibetan Children’s Village in Bylakuppe, five hours’ […]
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 […]
The Next Dalai Lama Should Be a Woman
Slate (Double X) October 8, 2009 At least that’s what the current one says. The Dalai Lama is known as a symbol of peace, compassion, and nonviolence. During his visit […]
Tibetan Monks and Nuns Turn Their Minds Toward Science
New York Times June 30 2009 At the Dalai Lama’s urging, exiled monastics seek more physical knowledge. DHARAMSALA, India — Tibetan monks and nuns spend their lives studying the inner […]
Dalai Lama takes his case to Chinese émigrés
Christian Science Monitor June 12, 2009 When the Dalai Lama traveled to the Netherlands last week his Buddhist teaching was heard by 10,000 people and he was received by the […]
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