News From Other Sites
See Bizarre ‘Lava-Like’ Landslide Tear Through Hillside
By Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic. Read Original Story here, Scientists have speculated that warming temperatures may be making the region’s terrain more unstable. What caused a stream of gooey, earthen debris to ooze through an empty field? Experts aren’t quite … Continued
Wrong to rail against Dalai Lama for not condemning violence on Rohingya Muslims
By Omair Ahmad, DailyO Read original story here, As the situation in Myanmar worsens day by day, and the United Nations calls it “a textbook example of ethnic cleansing”, a level of condemnation that is rarely used by the international … Continued
Dalai Lama says Buddha would have helped Myanmar’s Muslims
The Sun Daily. Read original story here, NEW DELHI: The Dalai Lama has spoken out for the first time about the Rohingya refugee crisis, saying Buddha would have helped Muslims fleeing violence in Buddhist–majority Myanmar. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya … Continued
Cambridge University Press headed for showdown with China over censorship
The Guardian – 9 September 2017 Cambridge University Press is heading for a showdown with Chinese authorities after the government reaffirmed its commitment to block certain content following an outcry last month when it was revealed the publisher has restricted … Continued
Tibetans cannot be equated with other refugees: BJP
The Sentinel. Read original story here, Itanagar, Sept 10: The Arunachal Pradesh unit of BJP on Sunday said that the issue of Tibetan refugees cannot be equated with other refugees settled in the State as it has completely different parameters. … Continued
Dalai Lama begins visit to Londonderry
BBC, 10 September 2017 Read original story here The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has begun a two-day visit to Northern Ireland. He is visiting Londonderry as the patron of charity Children in Crossfire, as part of its 20th … Continued
The Tibet factor
By Claude Arpi, The Statesman – 10 September 2017 The Division of Heaven and Earth not only relates to the struggle of the courageous Tibetan people who took part in a large-scale uprising in the Spring of 2008 on the Tibetan plateau … Continued
Beijing’s Bold New Censorship
By Perry Link, New York Review of Books Authoritarians, in China and elsewhere, normally have preferred to dress their authoritarianism up in pretty clothes. Lenin called the version of dictatorship he invented in 1921 “democratic centralism,” but it became clear, … Continued
How I Became An Activist: My Story Of Political Awakening
By Purandhya, Feminism in India. Read original story here, When I recall those post-dinner conversations as a young girl when suddenly everyone would talk about what is going wrong with the nation, I’d notice that the women in the house … Continued
Don’t waste a good crisis: New India had a sophisticated game at Doklam. But watch out for the new China
Indrani Bagchi, Times of India, 8 September 2017 Read original story here The atmosphere in the room was slightly tense. Not angry or sullen, just uncomfortable, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping faced each other in Xiamen, … Continued
A mesmerizing blend of Tibetan, Japanese and Indian sounds coming to Wauchope Arts Hall Saturday September 16
Camden Haven Courier. Read original story here, A mesmerizing evening of traditional Tibetan, Japanese and Indian sounds by Tenzin Choegyal, Taro Terahara and Shen Flindell is coming to Wauchope Arts Hall. Born to a family of Tibetan nomads, Tenzin Choegyal was … Continued
Inspired to ‘build trust and work together,’ Tibetans and Vietnamese hold human rights conference in Little Saigon
LA Times, 2 September 2017 The Tibetan leader, draped in a silky, traditional loose coat, joined a group of monks in prayers with a single purpose: charting a path toward peace. Near Lobsang Sangay, the Harvard-educated ruler of the Tibetan … Continued
Flooded Tibet: struggling to adapt to the new reality
By Zamlha Tempa Gyaltsen* – Tibetpolicy.net On 30 August 2017, a massive landslide buried nine people in Golok Machen region of north eastern Tibet. The horrifying disaster occurred in the early hours of the day (4:30am) while residents were still … Continued
Doklam Is PM Modi’s Biggest Geo-Strategic Win To Date
NDTV, 30 August 2017 Read original story here After a brief diplomatic tango necessitated to settle the question of who withdrew its ground troops first – India or China – it is now public knowledge that both sides agreed to simultaneously withdraw from the Doklam region. India withdrew first, but read more →
Mutual understanding on Doklam issue is ‘India’s victory’: Prakash Javadekar
ANI, The Business Standard, 29 August 2017 Read original story here Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday welcomed the Indian and Chinese troops’ decision to withdraw from Doklam, and said that the mutual understanding has proved to be a ‘victory for India.‘ “The mutual understanding between both read more →