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South Asian Literary Recordings Project (Library of Congress) - Thapa, Manjushree - Archive of World Literature on Tape (Library of Congress)
Location of Service: Edwards Air Force Base, California; Kadena Air Base, Japan; Korea; England; Guam (Mariana Islands); North Dakota; New Jersey; Florida; California
Nepali poet Dineśa Adhikārī, reads selections from his works
Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available
Dineśa Adhikārī, Nepali author, reads pages 01-05 of "Harkabahadura", pages 36-37 of "Sipahi", pages 83-84 of "Thulo manchesanga sano prasna", and pages 06-08 of "Hatarako hatabhitra", from his poetic work, Dhartīko gīta; pages 03-04 of "Aphnai viruddama", pages 08-10 of "Chetanako pida", pages 54-55 of "Eklai hinddako ananda", pages 11-12 of "Bhauja ra sunaka dantaharu", page 77 of "Bihe-prasanga eka", pages 78-79 of "Bihe-prasanga…
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South Asian Literary Recordings Project (Library of Congress) - Adhikārī, Dineśa - Archive of World Literature on Tape (Library of Congress)
Date:2004
Audio Recording
On the Origins of Life and the Universe
Two 2006 Nobel Prize winners addressed the fundamental questions pondered by many through the ages: the origins of life and the universe. The event, "On the Origins of Life and the Universe: An Afternoon with 2006 Nobel Laureates Craig Mello and John Mather," was sponsored by the John W. Kluge Center and the Science, Business and Technology Division of the Library of Congress, and…
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John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress) - Library of Congress
Date:2007
Audio Recording
Oral history interview of Koncho Tashi
The interviewee describes his early life when at age six his family ran to the hills to escape the threat of the Chinese. At 16 the interviewee entered the Drikung Monastery where he served for 9 years the interviewee describes his daily life during this time. Around 1959 the interviewee volunteered for the troops, but he was to late to fight in Lhasa. The…
Contributor:
Tibet Oral History and Archive Project - Goldstein, Melvyn C.
War or Conflict: Iraq War, 2003-2011; Afghan War, 2001-2021; War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
Branch of Service: Marine Corps
Service Unit/Ship: 2nd Fleet Antiterrorism Security Company
Location of Service: Iraq; Camp Lejeune, North Carolina; Camp Pendleton, California; New Orleans, Louisiana; Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; Yokosuka, Japan; Bahrain; Persian Gulf; Afghanistan
Oral history interview of Rinzin Chönyi
The interviewee was born into a family that belonged to the Khamo Labrang and describes how his grandfather did business importing Indian goods and the exporting of wools, etc. His father also transported goods to India and tells in detail a law case between his father and the Khamo Labrag. The subject was taught how to read by his father, and he describes how…
Contributor:
Tibet Oral History and Archive Project - Goldstein, Melvyn C.
Date:2005
Audio Recording
Oral history interview of Sonam Chödrön
The interviewee tells about being born in Traya Chamdün to a treba under the Chamdün Dzong making their living by taking some land for lease and after her parents died she came up to Lhasa while begging on the way. The subject tells how she worked as a servant for some Khampas and later she made her living by washing clothes all the time…
Contributor:
Tibet Oral History and Archive Project - Goldstein, Melvyn C.
War or Conflict: Iraq War, 2003-2011; Afghan War, 2001-2021; Peacekeeping forces--Bosnia and Hercegovina
Branch of Service: Air Force
Service Unit/Ship: Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC), United States Central Command (CENTCOM); Virginia Air National Guard Headquarters Director of Operations; Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC), United States Central Command (CENTCOM); 192nd Fighter Wing; 7440th Composite Wing (Provisional); 4190th Composite Wing (Provisional); 149th Fighter Squadron; 131st Fighter Squadron
Location of Service: Qatar; Iraq; Washington, DC; Moody Air Force Base, Georgia; Randolph Air Force Base, Texas; Williams Air Force Base, Arizona; Massachusetts; Virginia; Incirlik Air Base, Turkey; Aviano Air Base, Italy; Afghanistan
Oral history interview of Bapa Thuten
Recordings of interviews, supplemented by transcriptions of the interviews, translated into English. Forms part of the Tibet Oral History and Archive Project (TOHAP), edited by Melvyn Goldstein, and published by the Center for Research on Tibet, Department of Anthropology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Contributor:
Tibet Oral History and Archive Project - Goldstein, Melvyn C.
Date:2007
Audio Recording
Oral history interview of Lukhang Sonam Dekyi (alt: Tenzing Chonyi)
The interview tells about being born into a kudrak called Malamapa and tells about the previous lineage of her family and about the shiga, the lands and how the miser worked on their lands and also tells how her family made the religious offering in the monastery. The subject tells in very detail how she went to the Nyangrongsha School in Lhasa and about…
Contributor:
Tibet Oral History and Archive Project - Goldstein, Melvyn C.
Date:2005
Audio Recording
Oral history interview of Gyaltsen
The interviewee was born in khams because his father was a soldier in the Tibetan army. His mother was a woman from eastern Tibet. He was the eldest of 12 children and his mother decided that since his father was a soldier, she would make her first son a monk. So, he was made a monk in Tashilunpo monastery. He was in the household…
Contributor:
Tibet Oral History and Archive Project - Goldstein, Melvyn C.
Wednesday Night Series: Terence Winch, Geoffrey Young
Recorded at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery on 13-Feb-02. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Description from label on media box. Number from edge label: 2034
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St. Mark's Church In-The-Bowery (New York, N.Y.). Poetry Project
Audio RecordingNepal-born, English authoress Manjushree Thapa, reads selections from her novel Catalog Record - Electronic Resource Available Manjushree Thapa, English authoress, reads pages 13-29 of "Chapter 3" from her novel, The tutor of history.
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