Suit Slammed Against the Tibetan Justice Commissioner

In an unprecedented move, Mr. Dawa Gyaltsen, a former teacher of TCV School, lodged a civil suit at Shimla High Court against Mr. Jadur Sangpo, the Chief Justice commissioner of the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission.

Dalai Lama does not want Tibetan independence

The Fourteenth Dalai Lama is not insisting on independence for Tibet, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, president of the Russian internal republic of Kalmykia, told a news conference held at the Interfax central office on Thursday.

Dalai Lama Arrives in Japan Despite China Objection

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is welcomed by a wellwisher, left, on his arrival at Narita Airport in Narita, east of Tokyo, Friday, Oct. 31 2003. The Dalai Lama will attend a joint lecture with one of Japan’s Nobel Prize winners from last year during his 12-day visit. (AP Photo/Chiaki Tsukumo)

Little Tibet waits for China trade

Sonam Stobdan, a 79-year-old farmer, wistfully remembers a time when Muslim traders from the Chinese town of Yarkand would arrive on horses and camels laden with carpets, shoes and jewellery.

Little Tibet waits for China trade

Ladakhi girls weave carpets inside a workshop in Leh, in the north of Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir October 2, 2003. A thaw in relations between India and China, the world’s two most populous countries, has raised hopes in Ladakh, also known as little Tibet, of an end to its isolation from its nearest neighbor. Picture taken October 2, 2003. TO ACCOMPANY FEATURE INDIA-CHINA REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski

Buddhism and the Blues

Mediation techniques can help cure depression. Buddhist psychology offers more than a method of investigation. Its core techniques of meditation and awareness may have much to offer ordinary Westerners, whose material comforts have not wiped out rampant emotional distress.