GYAMI: Our Chinese Imagination
The Chinese army officer sits on an old jerrycan with a wide nasty smile, legs stretched, cigarette in one hand; the Tibetan translator, bespectacled, moves around with a file blabbering something; the Chinese soldiers all grim faces
His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 69th Birthday reception in Brussels
The Office of Tibet, Brussels, organised a formal official reception to celebrate the 69th Birthday of His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Nalanda Tibetan Institute based in the city of Brussels.
World Tibet Day Celebrated In honour of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Birthday
On Saturday 3rd July more than 230 people joined together at the Petrie Park Community Hall in the Melbourne suburb of Montmorency to celebrate World Tibet Day and His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Birthday.
HH the Dalai Lama’s birthday celebrated in Pretoria
His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 69th birthday was celebrated at The Office of Tibet, Pretoria on July 6, 2004. Function started at 12 noon by Sangsol and reciting the Words of Truth and other prayers for His Holiness’s long life.
Bus overturn leaves four dead, six injured in Tibet
Four people were killed and another six were seriously injured as a bus overturned off a highway in the Shannan Prefecture of southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region Tuesday evening.
Kalimpong celebrates Dalai Lama’s birthday
The 69th birthday of Dalai Lama was celebrated in a grand fashion. The celebration, which was held at the Central School of Tibetans (CST), was attended by a large number of followers of Dalai Lama
All things are holy when it is his birthday
You may wonder what fast-food items have to do with the Dalai Lama. For the 600-member Tibetan community in Bangalore anything associated with their spiritual leader is holy.
Does anyone still care about Tibet?
Tomorrow, July 3, marks the seventh year since the inception of World Tibet Day – a day linked to the Dalai Lama’s birthday, when Tibetans living outside of Tibet and their friends celebrate the rich Tibetan culture
Through the eyes of an exile
The Dalai Lama celebrates his 69th birthday today. It has been 45 years since about 80 000 Tibetans followed him into exile in India. He now lives in Dharamsala, known as “Little Lhasa”, which is the seat of the Tibetan government-in-exile.
Tibet project aims to wrap up a shawl thing
Luxury shahtoosh shawls are illegal in order to protect the antelope killed to make them. Hamish McDonald in Rutog, Tibet, reports on a possible alternative.