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.
Chinese band leader speaks out against Tattoo protests
The head of a Chinese military band performing at this year’s controversial Edinburgh Military Tattoo yesterday made a plea for protesters to leave his performers alone.
The VI Annual Pawo Thupten Ngodup Memorial Basketball Tournament 2004, New York
The sixth Annual Pawo Thupten Ngodup Memorial Basketball Tournament, like every year, was organized by the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress of New York and New Jersey on August 21st and 22nd 2004 in Astoria Park Basketball Court, New York.
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.
A young monk opens a rare window of candor in Tibet
On weekdays, Khenpo wears crimson robes, chants at the Jokhang temple in Lhasa, and studies Buddhist scripture rolled into long tubes. On weekends, he adopts a different identity.
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