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	Dharamshala: In the cloistered Potala Palace, the fourteenth Dalai Lama encountered science and machines when he was very young. He mentioned about his love and respect for science and machines in his best seller book, “The Universe in a Single Atom”.When asked why he embraced Science, he often answer that Science is based on
	Perhaps, he becomes the first ever religious leader who brought science and religion together. reason and analysis and so do the Tibetan Buddhism. To read the full story, please check the May 2007 Issue of Tibetoday magazine.

tibetoday vol. 1 No. 5
APRIL 10th, 2007

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THE NEWSMAKERS :
An Exclusive Conversation with Gonpo Gyaltsen, The CEO of Gonpo Entertainment Company

The Tibetan music industry is seeing a phenomenal growth and much thanks to Gonpo Entertainment Company. In this candid interview TIBETODAY

unravels the heights of Gonpo Gyaltsen, the genius behind this makeover and technically the CEO of Gonpo Entertainment.

To read the full story, please check the May 2007 Issue of Tibetoday magazine.

	ART & ENTERTAINMENT The most sensational Tibetan pop singer The Tibetan pop music sensation Phurbu T. Namgyal speaks to Tibetoday about his past, upcoming projects and the lady of his life. "When we were in school, we get to hear our folk songs like Nangma Toeshey only during the festivals and special occasions like losar. But things have changed drastically during the last decade. The Tibetan music industry has undergone a sea change with the mushrooming new talented faces. Today’s upcoming singers have ample options to look out for inspirations. I think Gonpo Entertainment has contributed tremendously to the birth and blossoming of Tibetan contemporary pop music." confides Phurbu T. Namgyal
	Tibetoday: We do know that you have thousands of fans following you, but is there anyone special in your life whom you have been following? Namgyal T. Phurbu: I have several girl friends who call me up but I don’t have any serious girl friend at the moment. I am all alone!!! (Hearty laugh) But very soon, I am hoping to have a girl of my life.
	"The Piracy has been the major problem and is the stumbling block for the Tibetan music to move to the next level. It not only discourages the present artists but also avoid our youngsters from choosing the career in music. Therefore, please love your music, love your language and avoid using pirated CDs and DVDs," says Phurbu T. Namgyal To read the full story, please check the April Issue of Tibetoday magazine. To read the full story, please check the May, 2007 Issue of Tibetoday magazine.
	"Usually when Losar draws nearer, my fans wait for my new album and this expectation pushes me to bring out a new album every year before the losar. I never take it as a burden instead I consider my new album as a losar present to all Tibetans both inside and outside Tibet," says Phurbu T. Namgyal

ARTSCAPES
COLOURS OF LIFE
Some people are born to paint. They only understand the world of colours, of brush strokes and the myriad world of interpretations. Finds Chukora Tsering Agloe.

Migmar Shasaar is one such a painter. When discuss about the painting and shades, his eyes would sparkle with passion and love for painting. At the present he is the sole modern art painter who earns a living by painting. He gleefully told me that he spent dozen of days without anything to eat but escape into the world of surrealistic expressions. For him bread and butter come next to his passion and for him this is the way of Migmar Wangdu Shasaar. It is certain that the future disciples of art will hold him in dear. Although hard times behind, still he is mastering the art and no wonder his masterpieces will not far away. Shasaar discuss his world of figurative painting.

To read the full story, please check the May 2007 Issue of Tibetoday magazine.

IN FOCUS The Lingua Monlam, the new Tibetan font
		“The most satisfying achievement during all those years was the microphone I had assembled from the scratch when I was fifteen year old in Tibet. It was the most gratifying moment to see the microphone being used by the Khenpo (head lama) of my monastery in Amdo during religious congregation”, he confesses.

	Lobsang Monlam was born in the Amdo province of Tibet in 1976 during a period of liberal policies and restrictions inside Tibet following the end of Cultural Revolution in China.

At the age of seven he enrolled to a local Chinese school and studied there until he was ordained as a monk at the age of twelve. His natural instinct for learning new things pushed him to experiment different things since his early childhood. As a child, he loved drawing. Soon he learnt Tibetan Thangka painting and oil painting while he was in Tibet. He was also responsible for painting the most of the wall paintings of the new congregation hall recently constructed in Sera monastery. Interestingly, he could draw stupa at the age of seven, which was of no ordinary feat.

It is interesting to know that when he was a teenager, Monlam learnt to use still camera and even learnt to develop the exposed negatives by himself by mastering the tricky obstacle of mixing different chemicals in exact proportion to do the same. His eccentric inquisitiveness was quite apparent during his early days; be it the time when tried his hand at building a parachute with a huge umbrella after watching some paragliding tourists or the time when he formulated an explosive with chemicals that are used in fire crackers.

To read the full story, please check the May 2007 Issue of Tibetoday magazine.

COVER STORY Dalai Lama speaks; The Brave new world *Mind and life confererence*	"Religion and science complimentary, not detrimental. Scientist can help Buddhism grow. Modern Science to be included in monastic curriculum."

DESPATCHES Journey with Mr. Rangzen


Some people believe that he must have been a Tibetan in his previous life, his family thinks and treats him like a Tibetan and His Holiness the Dalai Lama calls him Mr. Rangzen for his love, commitment for Tibet and strong belief in independent Tibet. Writes Tseten Namgyal. Click here to read the full story...