Understanding Tibetan Culture Through the Tibetan Language
The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis talks about linguistic relativity, which essentially means that language shapes reality. The […]
Meet Tsering Kyi: An Inspiring Woman Leader from the Tibetan Community in India
Set in the mountainous terrains of Dharamshala, overlooking the mighty Himalayas, the Central Tibetan Administration […]
The Path Ahead: Serving as a Fellow This Winter
When I was a little girl, my mother would narrate the story of a feeble […]
Labor & Empowerment as Community
During a conversation at the Gurgaon market with an older grandmother from Ladakh, the grandmother […]
Is Empowerment an Empowering Term?
Is Leadership a Fair Indicator of Empowerment? In the literature of development, empowerment is a […]
Women Leadership (or the lack thereof) in the Tibetan Itinerant Trade
One of my tasks as an AIF Clinton Fellow for Women’s Empowerment Desk, the unit […]
A Historical Understanding of Gender in the Tibetan Community
This following post is excerpted and adapted from the AIF Clinton Fellowship Endpoint presentation that […]
Caring about Care
*My aunt calls care a form of religious practice. Care is physical; it is intimate. […]
Kyi-Dhuk: Finding Community from New York to Gurgaon
I am sitting in the audience underneath a festive orange makeshift tent outside the grounds […]
Exiled Services: Identity and Nation Building in the Tibetan Diaspora
Service can be an intimate, personal experience for some of us. Why and how we […]