Discussion on the Epic of Gesar with Khenpo Ju Tenkyong.

(Image: Himalayan Art Resources Inc.)

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A short series on the history of 20th-century China.

Intro/Outro theme: Karachal - Alash Ensemble (freemusicarchive.org/music/Alash_Ensemble/)

Image: Anonymous. The Qianlong Emperor as an Emanation of the Bodhisattva Manjusri. Thangka, ink, and colors on silk. Palace Museum, Beijing. Presented entirely in keeping with Tibetan Buddhist iconography, this religious painting and others like it reinforced Qianlong's claim to rule as a righteous "wheel-turning king," or chakravartin. © Palace Museum, Beijing.

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A short series on the history of 20th-century China.

Intro/Outro theme: Karachal - Alash Ensemble (freemusicarchive.org/music/Alash_Ensemble/)

Image: A Propaganda poster for the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, with Red Army and Red Guard members charging forward holding Mao Zedong’s Little Red Book. Photograph: GraphicaArtis/Getty Images

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An episode on the final chapter of Marx's Capital Vol. 1 where he delves into the origins of capitalist mode of production, giving an alternate picture of the theory of so-called primitive accumulation. (Image: Cover, Capital - Wordsworth Editions)

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For this episode we decided to meet and discuss (like Dream and Hob Gadling in The Sandman) at least two new things we had done/learned/found worth thinking about since our last episode. These include questions about language and culture inspired by a trip to Ladakh, digging through the libraries and archives of former imperial powers like England and other European countries for Tibet-related materials (where would Tibet be on the late Queen’s Christmas culture property repatriation gift list?), Iranian filmmaker Kiarostami’s Koker trilogy and the idea of self-reflexivity in cinema and Tibetan politics. Particularly in Tibetan politics, let us reiterate. Overall, a real khichdi of an episode. All under an hour, we’re mighty please to add.

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In this episode of Khyeltam, we discuss the life of Gendun Chopel (1903-1951), perhaps, one of the foremost modern Tibetan thinkers.

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A 'short' episode on the unexpected cultural and historical sights and sounds I encountered on the Annapurna circuit trail in Nepal.

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In this experimental free-style episode of Khyeltam, I sat down with Palden Sonam to discuss our thoughts on democracy. As will be apparent from the discussion, we began our conversation with no clear sense of how this episode will unfold or if we will decide to upload it. However, given our long, silence our last Khyeltam episode, I have decided to upload this here anyway.

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What is history? How do we know what happened in the past? Can we know the truth of our past?

In this episode, Jamyang and I discuss these questions based primarily on E.H Carr's classic work "What is history?" In order to make better sense of Carr's work, we have attempted to use some of the examples from the Tibetan context. The question of what is history is inextricably linked with larger question of can we know the truth? Therefore, perhaps, given you have many hours to waste, one can listen to this episode of Khyeltam along with our second episode (from season 1) on "Roshomon."

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Image: E.H. Carr

Source: https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2019/05/history-according-to-eh-carr

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This episode is on Conspiracy Theory. It may or may not have been sponsored by the CIA.

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