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Mr Lacroix is a retired College Professor, and author of Dharamsalades. He also realised the translation of The Struggle for Modern Tibet by Tashi Tsering, William Siebenschuh and Melvyn Goldstein. An international Tibetology conference organised by the I.A.T.S. will soon be held in Prague.Are you familiar with the International Association for Tibetan Studies? To be […]

Last modified on Thu 4 Feb 2021 07.47 EST Former free-roaming nomads now mostly resettled in rows of sun-baked block houses in Tibet are facing a struggle for their identity, their spiritual and cultural practices – and even their stomachs. These yak-tending herders have always eaten meat. In addition to the milk, butter and cheese they derived from yaks, meat was a necessity in their harsh lives. But a movement spurred by Tibetan Buddhist monks in the region over the past two decades has increasingly urged now sedentary nomads to practise vegetarianism, to pay a “life ransom” ...