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China Installs 5G Towers on Highest Peak Mt. Everest in Tibet
China has installed 5G towers on the world’s highest peak Mount Everest in Tibet. According to the latest updates, the towers providing 5G services have been started since Thursday. This is according to China Mobile Hong Kong and Huawei responsible for the project announced its completion on Facebook.
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China Bans Everest Climbing For Rest Of The Year
China bans Everest climbing for the rest of the year according to news reports. The ban comes after a Polish man scaled the Mount Everest by entering into the region illegally. The mountaineering association informed that all the permits for climbing the Everest will be suspended for the rest of the year in order to…
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Tibetan Mountaineer Creates History, Becomes First Tibetan to Climb Everest Without Supplemental Oxygen.
35-year-old Tibetan mountaineer and Special Frontier (SFF) Soldier Kalsang Dorjee Bhutia create history when he became the first Tibetan to summit the world highest peak without oxygen supplement. The 35 year old who hails from Gangtok in Sikkim, conquer the Mount Everest summit (8848 metres above the sea level) on 21st May without using the…
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Prakash: Throwing light on Tibetan literature and culture
Guwahati: Prakash, the acclaimed Assamese literary monthly magazine, has come with a special issue on Tibetan (refugee) literature and culture mesmerizing its vivid readers who otherwise had never experienced the literary taste of neighboring Tibet (pronounced as Tibbat in Assamese), which has been occupied by the Chinese Communist regime in Beijing for decades.
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Stories of Tibetan Women in Exile
In this piece, I present the stories narrated by four different women. I have used pseudonyms for the purpose of confidentiality. The stories are about the women themselves and their parents and grandparents. The stories emerged during the conversations with the women on varied topics. The stories not only highlight the struggles of fleeing the…
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Tibetan rap’s Godfather churns forth karmic rhymes
Without the backdrop of towering Himalayan peaks in his videos and rhyme-dropping about karma, MC Tenzin would appear like any other rapper in his tracksuit, silver chain, and gleaming trainers. The self-proclaimed “Godfather” of Tibetan rap is a key figure in the region’s hip-hop scene, where strict societal restrictions clash with the outspoken art form.…