Buddha film: Dreams of Nirvana?

Industrialist Bhupendra Kumar Modi’s ambitious plan to mount a big budget film on the life of Gautam Buddha under the aegis of MCorp Global isn’t really a new enterprise.

Toiling at the Playground

When the weather is inviting, Tibetan baby sitters gather with their charges at the Third Street Playground in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, to talk about work, family and Tibet, which has been under Chinese rule since 1951

Strong-arming China’s success

China’s stunning economic boom has more than vindicated the hopes and predictions of investors and experts. Yet one small postscript, almost an afterthought, that often accompanied these prognostications has signally failed to materialize.

Buddhist conference to promote tourism in Lumbini

The second International Buddhist Conference, being organised in Lumbini from November 30 to December 2, will help in promoting religious tourism, various speakers said while speaking at a programme organised by Nepal Chamber of Commerce here today said.