Articles and Publications by Tenzing Sonam

Along with Kesang Tenzin, K. Dhondup, Thubten Samphel, Gyalpo Tsering and Tashi Tsering, Tenzing Sonam founded one of the first-ever Tibetan literary journals in exile, the English language Lotus Fields, two issues of which were published in 1979 and 1980. Selections of his poetry were included in both. In 1981, Tenzing was one of the founder-editors of the short-lived poetry journal, 60 Cycle Hum, published in Scottsdale, Arizona.

The following are a selection of Tenzing Sonam's recent writings. To read these, please click on the individual titles.

Roadblock on the middle path:
This article was published in Himal Southasian, November 2006

Until the last Tibetan:
Cover feature in Himal Southasian’s April 2007 issue

China's India PR Guy:
Opinion piece in Himal Southasian, September 2007

A Stranger in My Native Land:
An earlier version of this article was published in two parts in the July and September 1996 issues of the Tibetan Review. A revised and expanded version was published in Issue No. 4 of the Indian literary journal, Civil Lines (2001).

Dreaming by the Blue Lake:
This piece came out in Amnye Machen Institute's on-line journal, High Asia:
www.amnyemachen.org

A Cold War In Shangri La:
This piece was written for the September 2000 issue of the Indian magazine, Man's World.

Confessions of a Murakami junkie
This homage to Japanese writer, Haruki Murakami, was published in The Hindu's Sunday issue of December 1, 2002.

Grotesque caricature
A review of the Tibetan writer, Alai's award-winning novel, Red Poppies. The Hindu, November 17, 2002.

Out of the Red
This piece on the Karmapa came out in Time Asia's special issue on Asian heroes, April 24, 2002.

Spiti
An introduction to the Himalayan region of Spiti, published in the photographic book, Spiti by Patrick Sutherland, © 2001, Network Photographers Ltd., London.