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Aspiring storyteller - data analyst by training, lifelong learner by disposition - exploring the trauma of exile, the legacies of genocide, and the wisdom in compassion. Hoping to preserve the lived experiences of the Tibetan diaspora for generations to come, so that the struggle for freedom may yet endure.
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Creative Writing
Awarded the Proctor Fenn Sherwin Award 2022 for the best original short story from a graduating senior by author Caitlin Horrocks, Sharpa from Kathmandu was published in the Fiction Category for the 2022 Spring edition of Catch. Photo by Raimond Clavins form Unsplash.
A reading of 'The Sharpa from Kathmandu' for Horizons 2022: Creative & Performing Arts Presentations to acknowledge the support from the Richter Fund and the Power of Experience Grant.
Inspired from the Nangpala Pass Massacre where a group of unarmed Tibetan refugees were fired upon by PLA border guards resulting in one death and numerous injuries. It occurred on Sept. 30, 2006. Photo by Atul Vinayak on Unsplash.
Inspired from how the author's grandmother was warned in advance of the Chinese invasion of Tibet, 1959. Her uncle worked for H.H. the Dalai Lama in the Potala Palace, Lhasa. Photo by Billow 926 on Unsplash.
Literary Criticism
Joseph Conrad’s "Heart of Darkness" is not a story of the white man’s triumph over darkness. On the contrary, it might seem to humor the all too familiar, tried-and-tested trope of a central character, usually a man of European descent degenerating in the tropics after coming in contact with a "savage" culture. Kurtz serves the function here. Photo by Magda Ehlers from Pexels.
From the very beginning of Joyce’s “Araby,” the reader receives a rather somber portrayal of the neighborhood where the young protagonist grew up. And as for his residence, the former tenant, a priest who died in the back drawing-room, left the waste room behind the kitchen was littered with papers and three books. Photo by Vladimir Gladkov from Pexels.
When implored to flee from prison, Socrates argues that he must accept his fate because of his 'Social Contract' with Athens. Here we employ his Socratic Method, an 'Elenchus,' to refute it. Faithful reproductions of public domain works of art 'The Death of Socrates' by Jacques Louis David.
In modern English literature, children's apprehensions about death has been deeply explored. Here we examine Jesmyn Ward, Emil Ferris & Neil Gaiman's works. Photo by Anna-Louise from Pexels.
Critical Essays
Of the many aspects salient to the Tibetan culture, that bestow upon it its singularly distinctive nature, is Lhamo or the Tibetan Opera. Perhaps no other aspect of the civilization owes more to, and has in turn deeply influenced, their unique heritage, the remoteness and inaccessibility of the ‘Roof of the World’ notwithstanding. Photo by Tenzin Jigme Taydeh.
Economist Yukon Huang attributes China's meteoric economic growth to how 'not normal' it is. Here we see how India's economy stands out as even more 'abnormal'. Photo by Chuttersnap on Unsplash.
Citing the works of De Leon and Bejanaro et al. we consider how the kinds of research questions and methods utilized in these texts have evolved to reflect changing global conditions. Photo by fauxels from Pexels
The initiative and the German Empire's colonial aspirations in the late 19th Century are compared. Image by Aaron Greenwood from Unsplash.
China and India's tryst with industrialization - where they were, how they arrived to where they are - the challenges they face and the methods to address them are explored here. Photo by Ant Rozetsky on Unsplash.
This book - 'Reflections on Introspections' - is an anthology of twelve essays. The first six delve into issues such as education for Tibetans in exile, politics and the environment. The remaining six explore the possible convergence of Modern Science and Mahayana Buddhism. It was published to commemorate the 50th Founding Anniversary of the first SOS Tibetan Children's Village School, Dharamsala, India. Cover design by Jamyang Tenzin.
STEM
We report a method for growing chemically pure, oxide-free, air-stable Gd nanoislands with enhanced magnetic properties. These nanoislands are grown by solid-state dewetting and are fully encapsulated in tungsten such that they remain stable in ambient environments. They display good crystalline properties with hexagonally close-packed crystal structure and strong preferential orientation. We show that the choice of substrate strongly affects their shape, crystal orientation, and magnetic...
Elemental gadolinium (Gd) is one of the earliest known and most intensively studied magnetocaloric materials, yet little is known about the structural, magnetic, and thermal properties of Gd nanocrystals because of their tendency to oxidize. Here, we report on characterization of stable Gd nanocrystal samples grown by a sputter- coating, dewetting, and encapsulation process on various crystal substrates using x-ray diffraction, x-ray microscopy, electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy...
Media
WITS apprenticeship for writers identifying as Black, Indigenous &/or People of Color (BIPOC).
Article by Lawrence Giliu, AVID | LSC, MHCC. Photo curtesy Mt. Hood Community College.
Article by Zahir Janmohamed for Oregon Humanities.
Tenzin Sangpo '18 holds a Tibetan lute he brought with him from India. The stringed instrument is known as a dramyin, which means "pleasant sounding" in Tibetan. photo by matt d'annunzio By Randall S. Barton "Even if today is your last day on earth," advises an old Tibetan proverb, "it is best spent learning."
Article by Betsy Hammond from The Oregonian