Tenzin Nyidon
DHARAMSHALA, Nov. 7: The Tibetan translation of Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town, a critically acclaimed book by American journalist Barbara Demick, was launched on Tuesday at the conference hall of the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamshala. Organised by Tibet Times, a Tibetan media outlet, the event gathered researchers, scholars, activists, and members of the Tibetan community.
Originally published in 2020, Eat the Buddha chronicles the complex lives of Tibetans in Ngaba, a town at the center of Tibet’s self-immolation protests against Chinese repression. Through intimate narratives, Demick captures the resilience, suffering, ...