“How can Dhasa celebrate whilst Lhasa burns?”
By Contact Staff / February 28, 2013
Students of Sarah College, and Students for a Free Tibet took part in a hunger-strike and protest march outside the Tsuglagkhan Temple on Monday 11 February, Losar, to raise awareness of human rights abuses in Tibet, and in remembrance of the growing number of Tibetans who have died through self-immolation. read more →
Offering Day
By Contact Staff / February 28, 2013
His Holiness the Dalai Lama sat before thousands on February 25th, marking the final day of Losar with prayers and a teaching on the Jataka Tales, the stories of the Buddha’s past lives. Before he began, he reminded his followers to keep their minds sharply tuned against ignorance, in order read more →
Tibetan Independence Day
By Contact Staff / February 28, 2013
Wednesday February 13 marked 100 years since the 13th Dalai Lama proclaimed Tibetan Independence, rightfully restoring Tibet as a sovereign nation after the short-lived invasion by the Chinese Manchu Army. Commemorating this important day, Tibetans and supporters worldwide joined in various public events, such as flag-raising ceremonies, exhibitions and demonstrations. read more →
Losar: The Tibetan New Year
By Tenzin Younten / February 28, 2013
The Tibetan Losar, or New Year, celebration can be traced back to the pre-Buddhist Bon period. It was first a religious festival and later evolved into an annual Buddhist festival, which is believed to have originated during the reign of the ninth king of Tibet. Different regions in Tibet have read more →
Human Right Watch Censures China
By Contact Staff / February 28, 2013
With its headquarters situated in New York, the global non-governmental organisation known as Human Rights Watch (HRW) has focused its gaze across the world upon China in its World Report 2013 released this month, and has consequently censured the country. Although China has a very rapidly growing economy, it severely read more →
The Fire is Still Raging in Tibet
By Contact Staff / January 31, 2013
Candle lit vigils have been held in the evenings here in McLeod Ganj as we learn fresh news from Tibet of more self-immolations. As the number of known self-immolations nears 100, there seems to be no way to douse the fire raging in Tibet as it continues to cry for read more →
‘Solidarity’ Lobbies Indian Parliament
By Contact Staff / January 31, 2013
A Tibet resolution may be proposed and even passed in the Indian Parliament, thanks to lobbying by Central Tibetan Adminstration parliamentary delegations in several Indian states during the month of January, according to the Tibetan Review. In the largest and most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, Public Works Department minister read more →
His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Teachings in January
By Contact Staff / January 31, 2013
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama has been delivering a full programme of teachings and meetings during January, here in India. He took part in the conference: Mind and Life XXVI: ‘Mind, Brain and Matter – Critical Conversations Between Buddhist Thought and Science’, held from January 17-22 at the Drepung read more →
Appeal by Sikyong Dr. Lobsang Sangay
By Contact Staff / January 30, 2013
With profound grief, I report that the number of Tibetans who have set themselves on fire to protest against repression in Tibet is now reaching 100. In 2012 alone, 83 Tibetans self-immolated, and twenty-eight of these occurred within the single month of November. Now in the new year of 2013, read more →
Tibetan Schools transfer to Central Tibetan Administration
By Contact Staff / January 30, 2013
The Department of Education (DoE) of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) has welcomed an announcement made by India’s Union Cabinet on 10 January 2013, to approve the transfer of schools run by the Central Tibetan School Association (CTSA) to the DoE of the CTA, or any society run by the read more →