Contact is taking a holiday!

Contact is taking a break after 25 years of bringing you news of Tibet and Tibetan issues. We are celebrating our 25 years by bringing you the story of Contact and the people who have made it happen, and our archive is still there for you to access at any time, and below you can read the story of Contact, how it came into being and the wonderful reflections of the people who have made it happen over the years.

When and how Contact will re-emerge and evolve will be determined by those who become involved.

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Talk to Students at IIT Madras

dalailama.com Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, 10 November 2015 The intense rainstorms that lashed Chennai over the last couple of days had eased up as His Holiness the Dalai Lama drove across the city this morning. He had been invited to speak to students of the IIT Madras as part of read more →

You cannot eliminate all those who disagree: Dalai Lama

Dennis S. Jesudasan, The Hindu, 10 November 2015 CHENNAI: The Nobel peace laureate said secular meant respect all religions, including non-believers. Observing that the 21st century was filled with too much violence, the Dalai Lama said on Tuesday that it was not acceptable to eliminate dissenting voices. Delivering his lecture read more →

Chief Guest at the First Occasion for the Giving of the Abdul Kalam Seva Ratna Awards

dalailama.com Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, 9 November 2015 When His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived in Chennai this morning after an early flight from Delhi, the city was awash with water. Incessant heavy rains and wind throughout the weekend were yet to let up. Cars threw up spray as they read more →

China says graft fight in Tibet also aimed at religion

Reuters, 9 November 2015 China‘s ruling Communist Party’s fight against corruption is also being applied in Tibet to officials who secretly believe in religion and try to pay pilgrimages to the Dalai Lama, China’s top official in the region said on Monday. Beijing says it “peacefully liberated” Tibet in 1950 read more →

Change education system to improve humans’ inner quality: Dalai Lama

The Times Of India, 10 November 2015 CHENNAI: The existing education system is inadequate and needs to be changed in a manner that it improves internal qualities of humans, said Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on Monday. “I have many educationists as friends who also feel the system is not read more →

Taiwan and mainland China in talks? Here are the 5 things you need to know about what Taiwanese people are thinking.

By Austin Wang November 6 – The Washington Post On Saturday, the two Chinas will have a historic encounter: The top leaders of China and Taiwan, Xi Jingping and Ma Ying-jeou respectively, will meet. That hasn’t happened since 1949, when Mao Zedong’s communists took over the mainland, and Chang Kai-shek’s Nationalist government read more →

Tibetan Government in-Exile wants Tibetan eco-system protected

Press Trust of India, 3 November 2015 Guwahati, Nov 3 (PTI) The Tibetan Government in-Exile today called upon the United Nations, the Chinese government and the international community to protect the fragile eco-system and environment of the Tibetan plateau – the roof of the world. Tibetan Government in-Exile Minister Dicki read more →

Mingyur Rinpoche, the millionaire monk who renounced it all

Thursday 22 September 2011 12.39 BST Last modified on Tuesday 3 June 2014 22.31 BST Mary Finnigan /theguardian The Buddhist teacher’s decision to leave his monastery suggests a revival of the principles laid down by the Buddha On first impression, Mingyur Rinpoche seemed to have everything well set up for read more →

China Has Turned Tibetan Plateau Into Vast Military Zone, Claims Core Group

NDTV, 5 November 2015 Guwahati:  China has turned the Tibetan Plateau into a “vast military zone” deploying a large number of troops with most of them along the Indian sub-continent, claimed the Core Group for Tibetan Cause (CGTC). “China has turned the once peaceful and buffer state between India and read more →

Karnataka to allow Tibetan refugees to lease land in their own names

Niranjan Kaggere, Bangalore Mirror, 4 November 2015 BANGALORE: They will now hold lands in their own names under leases to grow crops but will not be eligible to transfer, mortgage or pledge leased lands to anyone else Fifty-five-years after taking refuge in Karnataka and India, Tibetan refugees put up at read more →

Tibetan PM in-exile warns impact in Northeast from dams built by China in Tibet

By Naresh Mitra, Times of India, 2 November GUWAHATI: Tibetan prime minister in-exile Lobsang Sangay on Monday has warned dam construction in Tibet by China is set to have serious ecological and livelihood implications due to alteration of water flow through Brahmaputra in Northeast. The Brahmaputra originates from the glacier on read more →

China dams pose danger to NE: Sangay

The Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, Lobsang Sangay (left), and another dignitary light the inaugural lamp at the fifth All-India Tibet Support Groups Conference in Guwahati on Monday. (PTI) By Pankaj Sharma, The Telegraph, 3 November 2015 Guwahati, Nov. 2: The prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, Lobsang Sangay, read more →

Tibetan PM in-exile warns impact in Northeast from dams built by China in Tibet

Naresh Mitra, The Times Of India, 2 November 2015 GUWAHATI: Tibetan prime minister in-exile Lobsang Sangay on Monday has warned dam construction in Tibet by China is set to have serious ecological and livelihood implications due to alteration of water flow through Brahmaputra in Northeast. The Brahmaputra originates from the read more →

Wall Street Journal, 29 October 2015 BEIJING—China will abandon its one-child policy, perhaps the most notorious of the Communist Party’s intrusions into Chinese lives, amid a looming demographic crunch that threatens the long-term health of the world’s second-largest economy. All Chinese couples will be allowed to have two children, Chinese read more →

China Abandons One-Child Policy

Wall Street Journal, 29 October 2015 BEIJING—China will abandon its one-child policy, perhaps the most notorious of the Communist Party’s intrusions into Chinese lives, amid a looming demographic crunch that threatens the long-term health of the world’s second-largest economy. All Chinese couples will be allowed to have two children, Chinese read more →