War Is Coming
July 10, 2016Sudoscript, 4 July 2016 Something dark is swelling up in the world. A fear, a dangerous fear, boiling over into anger and hate. The kind of fear we’ve seen before. The kind that leads down a road we know too well. The signs are happening everywhere, all at once. People read more →
Arunachal celebrates Dalai Lama’s birthday
July 8, 2016The Times of India, 8 July 2016 Itanagar: The 81st birth anniversary of the Dalai Lama was celebrated at Thubchog Gatsel Ling Monastery (Lower Gompa) at Bomdila in West Kameng district on Wednesday. The day-long programme started with a special prayer session, ceremonial sangsol and serkyem offering at the Lower read more →
‘Himalayan Viagra’: Tibet’s Gold Rush May Be Coming To An End
July 8, 2016High on the Tibetan plateau, on the sides of steep green valleys dotted with herds of grazing yaks, beneath forbidding snow-clad peaks, a line of adults and children crouch and crawl across the slopes. They are hunting – not for game but for a tiny brown shoot poking just an read more →
Dalai Lama’s 81st birthday celebrated
July 7, 2016MOS Home Kiran Rijiju at the 81st Birthday celebrations of the Dalai Lama at the tibetan settlement camp in New Delhi on wednesday. Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal New Delhi Indian Express, 6 July 2016 The 81st birthday of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama was celebrated with artists and read more →
Dalai Lama may be remembered but not publicly in Lhasa even on birthday
July 7, 2016By Sutirtho Patranobis, Hindustan Times, Lhasa, 06 July 2016 “In my heart,” the sun-burnt Tibetan said of his plans to observe the Dalai Lama’s 81st birthday before quietly fading into a crowd of tourists and believers heading into the Sera monastery outside Lhasa on Wednesday morning. Elsewhere in the read more →
Comic tribute to Dalai Lama on his 81st b’day
July 7, 2016Lalit Mohan, Tribune News Service, Dharamsala, July 6 As the Dalai Lama turns 81 today, a special tribute was paid to him by Hindi author Vijay Kranti by releasing a cartoon book illustrating the life of the Tibetan spiritual leader. The author today released, a first of its kind, a read more →
Still young at 81, it’s to do with peace of mind, says Dalai Lama
July 5, 2016By Vishal Gulati, 5 July 2016 Dharamsala, July 5 (IANS) Eighty-one and still young. The Dalai Lama believes it’s to do with peace of mind. Turning 81 on July 6, his age is no bar to campaign for global peace, happiness and, of course, saving the small blue planet from read more →
China-India Relations After the NSG Plenary
June 30, 2016By Deep Pal, Published in The Diplomat, 27 June 2016 Make no mistake: India’s failure to win membership in the NSG will shape Sino-Indian relations. Few analysts following developments at the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) plenary in South Korea expected India’s membership bid to sail through. As the dust settles, read more →
Tibetan director detained, hospitalized in China: film guild
June 30, 2016Reuters, 29 June 2016 An award-winning Tibetan film director has been detained and suffered serious injury while in police custody, a Chinese film directors’ guild said on Wednesday, though police said he was only lightly injured being taken away from a luggage dispute. Pema Tseden, a renowned Tibetan filmmaker best read more →
US pop star Lady Gaga interviews Dalai Lama
June 29, 2016The Times of India, 29 June 2016 Dharamshala: Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama (81) was interviewed by American pop singer Lady Gaga on the concluding day of his 19-day US tour. The office for international relation and information of the Tibetan government-in-exile flashed this information on its news portals on read more →