"Set against the picturesque snow-capped vastness of the Himalayas, Karma and the Snow Lion is an ode to memory, language, culture, heritage, and the quiet resilience of life in exile. Published by Niyogi Books, written by Jordan Quill – a PhD scholar specialising in Northern Indian, Tibetan, and Himalayan textiles, architecture and art – and beautifully, sensitively illustrated by thangka painters Mitthu and Sonam Lama Tamang, the story follows Karma, a young pashmina goat born in exile, as he journeys – literally and metaphorically – toward a homeland he has never seen."

Featured in the High Peaks Pure Earth Spring Tibet Reading List 2025 with other titles including Voice For the Voiceless by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and Mandalas: Mapping the Buddhist Arts of Tibet ed. Kurt Behrendt

“Karma, a young pashmina goat, meets the mythic snow lion in a dream and discovers his ancestry and that of his custodians like never before. The snow lion instils in him the desire to learn more of his culture, especially his mother tongue, and keeps alive his ancestral connection with Tibet. Join Karma and discover the origins of the world's finest wool, the historical role of the Changpa tribe, and the deep cultural ties between pashm and Tibet.”

“Though the story itself is quite simple, it draws upon years of research on North Indian and Tibetan textiles. In 'Karma and the Snow Lion', a pashmina goat called Karma learns about his heritage as a Tibetan in India from the celestial animal and emblem of Tibet—the Snow Lion. English-language stories from and about India seem to be on a new trajectory in the 21st century. If books in translation have become contenders for international prizes with growing frequency over the last 25 years, books for children too have been exploring and expanding the realm of the possible and desirable. And 'Karma and the Snow Lion' seems to push a few boundaries just by going into Ladakh which is seldom pictured in mainstream Indian children's books—illustrated or otherwise.”