Interview with Techung

Techung a.k.a. Tashi Dhondup is one of the few Tibetan traditional singers based in San Francisco, US. At 43, he is as committed to Tibetan music as he was when he was a student at Tibetan Institute of performing Arts (TIPA) in Dharamsala, India.

Tantrums over Tibet

It was reassuring to find my hero worship of the Dalai Lama shared by Hollywood actress Uma Thurman’s dad, Robert Thurman, 63, the Columbia university professor who happens to be America’s leading expert on Tibetan Buddhism.