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Tuesday, April 29, 2008

GRETIL e-Library


A very promising new e-library is under construction. GRETIL is, if I'm not mistaken, the largest e-text repository of South Asian texts online. It would be great if it were to become the largest e-library as well.

With thanks to H.I. for the info.

Monday, April 28, 2008

Free China flags made in Tibet

Or is it the other way around? Prepare yourselves for a globaliso-postmoderno-just_plain_weird moment. Free Tibet flags are ... Made in China.

Sunday, April 06, 2008

Hi ma la ya sngon mo

Not because he's my countryman but because these pictures are truly spectacular. A trilingual photoblog by Zsolt Sütő, mainly from Ladakh.

And just to give Iain yet another reason to wonder about "What is it with Romanians and the Vajrabhairavatantra?" :)

Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Lalou's Catalogue available online

Follow the link to consult/download Marcelle Lalou's Catalogue of the French Dunhuang collection.