Tibetan monks to visit Potter’s Farm July 20

A group of Tibetan Buddhist monks from a Minneapolis monastery will be holding a three-hour introduction to their philosophy and a chanting session this Sunday at Potter’s Farm west of Washburn.

Tibean Activist Released, in Poor Health

On July 11, Tserang Dondrup (also known as Jortse) was reportedly released after a year in custody. According to local reports, he is in poor health, cannot walk or see and “his hands were not working.” His speech is also reportedly unintelligible.

Foreign secretary going to Washington

Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya leaves for Washington Friday for bilateral talks amid requests by the United States to contribute Nepali troops to an international force in Iraq.

New Discoveries In The Himalayan-Tibet Collision Zone

About 50 million years ago, India collided with Asia producing the high Himalayas and Tibetan plateau, a natural laboratory for studying continental collision. During the collision, the Indian lithosphere was dragged down beneath the