Moderate earthquake hits Tibet

An earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale has jolted a mountainous area in Tibet, reported the Chinese state media on Wednesday.
The tremor hit Nagqu prefecture north of the Tibetan capital of Lhasa at 6.05 pm (1005 GMT) on Tuesday, said the Xinhua news agency.

ATPD Expresses Gratitude to Mumbai’s Mithibai College

The Standing Committee of the Assembly of the Tibetan People’s Deputies has appreciated the efforts of the Friends of Tibet and the Indian Committee for Cultural Freedom to organise a parallel film festival at Mithibai College in Mumbai where the Asian Film Festival is underway.

Peacemaker in Lhasa

The mild-mannered assistant commissioner in charge of ethnic and religious affairs in Lhasa, a Tibetan with sparkling eyes called Tu Deng, had for some time been patiently answering questions by pesky Indian journalists on a Chinese government-sponsored tour of Tibet last month.

Mithibai to Host Controversial Tibetan Film Fest

Mithibai College could find itself in the midst of international politics as the college’s film society has decided to host a festival of Tibetan films on August 25. The festival will include four films on Tibet

Could cash kill Tibetan Buddhism?

To Tibetans, China and the ruling Communist Party seem to have offered them a clear choice N you are either with us or against us. After the extreme policies of the 1966-76 Cultural Revolution when temples were dynamited