Jamyang Norbu

Jamyang Norbu is a novelist, political commentator and a leading campaigner for rangzen (independence) in the Tibetan community. He was the director of the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts from 1979-84, and editor of Mangtso (Democracy), the largest independent Tibetan language newspaper from 1993-96. His books include Do-Gar, Buying the Dragons Teeth, and The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes, which won the Crossword Award for English Fiction in 2000, Indias equivalent of the Booker Prize.

Tibetan tales: old myths, new realities

In Satyajit Ray’s film, Ganashatru, an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s play, Enemy of the People, a doctor discovers that leaking sewers are contaminating a water source which is

By Jamyang Norbu

/ 13 Jun 2005