Dalai Lama in Tawang
March 30, 2017The Statesman, Salman Haidar, 30 March 2017 Tawang has a very particular place in India-China affairs. When in 1959 the Dalai Lama fled from Tibet and made his way to India the route he chose took him through Tawang where he and his small entourage of fugitives crossed into India, read more →
China: Major Tibetan Buddhist Institution Faces Further Demolitions
March 30, 2017Human Rights Watch, 29 March 2017 (New York) – Chinese authorities should halt the expulsion and political re-education of monks and nuns from a major Tibetan religious institution, Human Rights Watch said today. According to a statement by an abbot of the institution, Chinese officials announced on March 12, 2017, read more →
Soaking up Tibetan culture; replete with spices, flavours
March 26, 2017People from across the world flock to Tibetan chefs to learn how to make traditional dishes that are said to have medicinal value. Classes are taken in small rooms across the hill state. While dishing up soul-stirring delicacies, people also get morsels of information on the political situation in Tibet. read more →
In Pics: Australian Team Pay a Visit to Dalai Lama in Dharamsala
March 25, 2017The Quint – Mendra Dorjey Sahni – 24 March 2017 Australia and India’s cricket teams are both currently in Dharamsala for the fourth and final test between the sides. The match that starts Saturday will decide the winner of the series. With so much on the line, the Australian read more →
Protesters slam China on human rights
March 24, 2017Herald Sun, 23 March 2017 A 19-gun welcome salute for Chinese premier Li Keqiang was fired over the heads of both protesters and supporters at Parliament House. Tibetan, East Turkestan and Falun Gong groups protesting China’s alleged human rights abuses assembled on the parliamentary lawn in Canberra, separated by barriers read more →
Chinese public positive about me: Dalai Lama
March 23, 2017The Tribune, 22 March 2017 KANGRA, March 21 Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama today said that unfortunately the Chinese hardliners consider him a trouble maker but the general Chinese public is very positive about him. He was responding speaking to media persons on his arrival at Kangra airport this read more →
Millions Adopting Buddhism Proof My Teachings Have Impact In China: Dalai Lama
March 23, 2017Press Trust of India, NDTV MATHURA: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama today refuted claims that his preaching has not had any impact in China and said its “mass impact” was evident from the fact that 400 million people have adopted Buddhism in that country. “Adopting of Buddhism by 400 read more →
Shashi Tharoor gives it back to China over Dalai Lama, calls its warnings to India ‘irrelevant’
March 22, 2017Financial Express, 22 March 2017 Indian National Congress leader and former Diplomat Shashi Tharoor sided with the Dalai Lama and replied to China’s warning to the Indian government for allowing the Tibetan spiritual leader to visit Arunachal Pradesh. Indian National Congress leader and former Diplomat Shashi Tharoor sided with the read more →
Tibetan PM Sangay calls for electoral reforms
March 22, 2017The Statesman – 21 March 2017 The Prime Minister of Tibetan government in exile Lobsang Sangay called for electoral reforms and said that the system of one time election should be adopted instead of the existing two phase Tibetan elections for both parliamentarians and the PM. Earlier on Saturday, Sangay read more →
Printing the Ancient Way Keeps Buddhist Texts Alive in Tibet
March 22, 2017The New York Times, 21 March 2017 DERGE, China — The dozen or so Tibetan men wearing aprons sat in pairs in low chairs, facing each other. Each pair bent over a thin rectangular wooden block and worked by sunlight streaming into the second-story room open to a courtyard. Their read more →