Up to Tibetans if Dalai Lama returns to palace: govt-in-exile
Tibetans and not China should decide if the Dalai Lama lives in Lhasa’s Potala Palace, the government-in-exile said, after Beijing cast doubt on whether the spiritual leader would ever be allowed back to the 1,300-year-old mansion.
Up to Tibetans if Dalai Lama returns to palace: govt-in-exile
Tibetans and not China should decide if the Dalai Lama lives in Lhasa’s Potala Palace, the government-in-exile said(AFP/File)
BSU prof to attend event with Dalai Lama
A Ball State University professor will join a host of international figures, including the Dalai Lama and boxing legend Muhammad Ali, at an event in Bloomington next week.
BSU prof to attend event with Dalai Lama
Larry Gerstein, a Ball State University professor, is the co-founder of the International Tibet Independence Movement. (Kurt Hostetler )
Bay Area Tibetans await Dalai Lama visit
Spiritual leader in exile arrives this week to receive honorary degree at USF. They look like plump Chinese potstickers — but don’t call them “Chinese” — ever. The 5,000 or so, fluffy, steamed pastries — stuffed with savory meat
Official confirmation of Tibetans imprisoned for ‘splittism’
A Lhasa official made a rare admission of the arrest of two Tibetans on ‘splittist’ offences this week, according to a report by Associated Press on 27 August. Vice Mayor of the city Dargye told reporters on an official press trip to the
More demolition of traditional Tibetan housing planned in Lhasa
The authorities in Lhasa are planning to demolish the larger part of the remaining village of Shol at the foot of the Potala Palace, former winter residence of the Dalai Lama, to make way for a square and a museum.
Dharamsala to host Kalachakra ceremony
Plans are afoot to host a Kalachakra initiation ceremony here in 2005. This was disclosed by the Himachal Pradesh Tourism Minister Maj. Vijay Singh Mankotia, after meeting the Dalai Lama at his residence in Mcleodganj yesterday.