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Jamyang Norbu

Jamyang Norbu is a novelist, playwright and a leading political writer on Tibet. His books include The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes, Warriors of Tibet: The Story of Aten and the Khampas’ Fight for the Freedom of their Country, Illusion and Reality, Do-Gar, and Buying the Dragon’s Teeth. In 2000 he won the Crossword Award for English Fiction, India’s equivalent of the Booker Prize, for The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes. Visit his blog Shadow Tibet.

Articles by Jamyang Norbu

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Trapped by Buddha

It's not just China that is preventing the emergence of a modern Tibet. Western romantic delusions are just as stifling, argues novelist Jamyang Norbu

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