Celebrating Exile-II: Our religion and the struggle
Many of my non-Tibetan friends get quite disappointed when I say that I don’t do prayers, prostrations and other rituals. They wanted me, not only me, all Tibetans to be staunchly Buddhists; wearing a rosary around our neck
Kathmandu-Lhasa bus service from May
A bus service linking Kathmandu with Lhasa in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region will start from May, reports Xinhua. “We are all set to begin a weekly direct bus services between Kathmandu and Lhasa from May 1,” Radio Nepal quoted Mukunda Raj Satyal
Who’s backing the royal coup?
With most countries and international institutions denouncing the royal coup and demanding a return to democratic rule, the question doing the rounds in Kathmandu is: Who is backing King Gyanendra in this fool-hardy attempt?
Tibet seeks autonomy along same lines as Hong Kong
South Africa: The following is an article that appeared in a national newspaper and Renato Palmi’s response to the article.
In the shadow of Beijing
Forty-six years ago the Dalai Lama left Tibet and went into exile with over 100,000 of his Tibetan compatriots. Four years ago the Chinese government and the Tibetan community in exile began official talks.
Massacre of the Innocents
When the West is sanctimonious about the Chinese takeover of Tibet, it deliberately forgets the first invasion of that country by the British in 1903-04.