Tibetan Girls Train for ‘The Beautiful Game’
By Contact Staff / January 1, 2012
Tomer Woelz and Paul Dascalu had nearly finished teaching their session on ‘Laws of the Game’, but the questions jkept coming from all angles. ‘Is it possible to score directly from the kickoff?’ ‘No, a kickoff is considered indirect, and the ball must touch two players before going in the read more →
His Holiness Inaugurates Tong-Len Charity Hostel
By Contact Staff / January 1, 2012
Hundreds turned out to see His Holiness the Dalai Lama inaugurate a new hostel for a Dharamsala charity on November 19. Opening the hostel for the Tong Len Charitable Trust, which provides education for Dharamsala’s slum children, and much needed medical care in the town’s poorer communities, His Holiness reminded read more →
Self-Immolation Survivor Bhutuk Tells His Story
By Contact Staff / January 1, 2012
What first struck me about Bhutuk, the Tibetan monk who self-immolated in Kathmandu in November, was the beaming smile with which he told much of his story. Despite soaking his robes in petrol before setting himself alight in the Tibetan area of Boudhanath on November 10, Bhutuk escaped with relatively read more →
Exiled Tibetans Defend Self-Immolaters’ Actions
By Contact Staff / January 1, 2012
Self-immolation is ‘arguably one of the biggest expressions of oppression’ according to a spokesman of Kirti monastery in McLeod Ganj. Kanyag Tsering, who spent nine years as a monk at Kirti’s sister monastery in Ngaba County in China’s Sichaun provence – the epicentre of the spate of self-immolations by Tibetans read more →
McLeod Ganj Meets World AIDS Day Head On
By Contact Staff / January 1, 2012
‘Today, on World AIDS Day 2011, we are raising awareness in Dharamsala. Please join us in our fight against HIV/AIDS!’ The call rang out in English, Tibetan, and Hindi in the Main Square on December 1, as members of two local NGOs drew a crowd around their kiosks near the read more →
Lha and Rotary Distribute Clothes in Lower Dharamsala
By Contact Staff / January 1, 2012
Over 2000 items of clothing were distributed to people in Lower Dharamsala’s slums on November 14. McLeod Ganj NGO, Lha Charitable Trust, teamed up with the Rotary Club of Dharamsala to hand out some of the thousands of articles of clothing and shoes donated to Lha every year. Lha redistributes read more →
Tibetans Celebrate Nobel Peace Prize Anniversary
By Contact Staff / January 1, 2012The twenty-second anniversary of His Holiness the Dalai Lama receiving the Nobel Peace Prize was celebrated at the Main Temple, McLeod Ganj, on December 10. The Kalon Tripa (Tibetan Prime Minister), Dr Lobsang Sangay, addressed an audience which included school children, families, monks and nuns, and peformers, as well as read more →
His Holiness Receives Russian University Doctorate
By Contact Staff / January 1, 2012
His Holiness the Dalai Lama was awarded an honorary doctorate from a Russian university following his annual teachings for Russian Buddhists on Wednesday, December 21. Telo Rinpoche, the spiritual leader of Russian republic Kalmykia, presented the doctorate to His Holiness in recognition of his ‘outstanding contribution to freedom, human rights, read more →