The anthropologist, publisher and editor spoke about new writing from Bhutan and how the country’s independent past is allowing it to look at anthropology without being burdened by the discipline’s colonial baggage Dolma Choden Roder Tell us about Riyang Books, the family-run publishing house that you work with. We had a really hard time finding a publisher for our book …
The Delhi High Court has cancelled “Dolma” trademark adopted by an individual after the famous “Dolma Aunty Momos” filed a plea against its use. Justice Anish Dayal directed that the impugned trademark be cancelled and removed from the Trade Marks Register. The rectification petition was filed by Dolma Tsering, the lady who started selling momos in the national capital in …
When Dolma, the daughter of Lhamo, a Tibetan refugee, moves to Canada from Nepal, she does not believe that her life has begun. This is a recurring sentiment throughout Tsering Yangzom Lama’s novel, We Measure the Earth With Our Bodies. An important statue called the Nameless Saint, which appears whenever the family needs him and is a leitmotif in the …
A middle-aged man roasts small alu-tikkis on a small griddle, turning each over with care. “Many refugees who came from the North-West Frontier were skilled bakers and Doon had an army of local karigars left behind by the British,” says anthropologist Lokesh Ohri. “After his exile, His Holiness The Dalai Lama had come to Dehradun for a year and with …
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