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Articles for Wangdu

Transformative aid: benefactors and beneficiaries in Xizang
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Transformative aid: benefactors and beneficiaries in Xizang

China Daily  

Wang Tongxu, doctor of a medical team from a hospital in Zhuhai, South China's Guangdong province, treats a patient at a village in Mainling city, Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region, June 12, 2023. Over the past three decades, with strong leadership from the central government and robust support from people across the nation and sister provinces and cities, the Xizang …

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Sonam Wangchuk | The man from the mountains
1 year, 11 months ago

Sonam Wangchuk | The man from the mountains

The Hindu  

Khardung La, the world’s highest motorable mountain pass at a height of 17,582 feet in India’s youngest Union Territory of Ladakh, hit the headlines for a different reason on Republic Day this year. The move by engineer-turned-innovator Sonam Wangchuk, 51, to organise a rare five-day climate fast at Khardung La, 40 km from Leh, has thrown a major challenge to …

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Sonam Wangchuk, real-life Phunsukh Wangdu, develops solar heated tent for Army personnel
3 years, 10 months ago

Sonam Wangchuk, real-life Phunsukh Wangdu, develops solar heated tent for Army personnel

Live Mint  

Srinagar: Innovator and educationist Sonam Wangchuk, the real life Phunsukh Wangdu of Bollywood blockbuster '3 Idiots', has developed an eco-friendly solar heated tent that Army personnel can use in extremely cold places like Siachen and Galwan valley in the Ladakh region. While Wangchuk extensively referred to last year's India-China stand off in Ladakh, he said he had made an earlier …

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Traditional Tibetan folk dance glows with new vitality
4 years, 1 month ago

Traditional Tibetan folk dance glows with new vitality

China Daily  

The State Council listed Xianzi Dance as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2006. Despite being a veteran performer of the traditional Xianzi Dance, 58-year-old Tashi Wangdu had never staged a performance in front of a big audience. Xianzi Dance is a kind of folk art that combines song, dance and string music in Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, with …

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Traditional Tibetan folk dance glows with new vitality
4 years, 1 month ago

Traditional Tibetan folk dance glows with new vitality

China Daily  

The State Council listed Xianzi Dance as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2006. Despite being a veteran performer of the traditional Xianzi Dance, 58-year-old Tashi Wangdu had never staged a performance in front of a big audience. Xianzi Dance is a kind of folk art that combines song, dance and string music in Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, with …

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Sonam Wangchuk, the real Phunsukh Wangdu of 3 Idiots, was just awarded an honorary DLitt degree
6 years, 2 months ago

Sonam Wangchuk, the real Phunsukh Wangdu of 3 Idiots, was just awarded an honorary DLitt degree

India Today  

Sonam Wangchuk, the Ladakh-based engineer whose life inspired a character in Bollywood blockbuster '3 Idiots', has been awarded an honorary DLitt degree by a university in Maharashtra. 'I have not done anything big or special': Wangchuk After accepting the degree, Wangchuk, the real-life 'Phunsukh Wangdu' of the Aamir Khan-starrer film, said he has not done anything big or special. Read: …

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Real life Phunsuk Wangdu from 3 Idiots wins Magsaysay Award 2018 along with another Indian Bharat Vatwani
6 years, 5 months ago

Real life Phunsuk Wangdu from 3 Idiots wins Magsaysay Award 2018 along with another Indian Bharat Vatwani

India Today  

Two Indians -- one a psychiatrist who works for the mentally-ill street persons and another whose initiative to harness science and culture creatively for economic progress improved the lives of the Ladakhi youth -- were declared the winners of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award. Ladakhi engineer and innovator Wangchuk, 51, just won Ramon Magsaysay Award as he was recognised for …

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Man Who Inspired Aamir Khan's Phunsuk Wangdu in 3 Idiots Wins Ramon Magsaysay Award
6 years, 5 months ago

Man Who Inspired Aamir Khan's Phunsuk Wangdu in 3 Idiots Wins Ramon Magsaysay Award

News 18  

Manila: Two Indians — one a psychiatrist who works for the mentally-ill street persons and another whose initiative to harness science and culture creatively for economic progress improved the lives of the Ladakhi youth - on Thursday were declared the winners of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award. Vatwani was recognised for "his tremendous courage and healing compassion in embracing India's …

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