Status of Tibetan Refugees in Nepal Remains in Limbo
Tibetans in Nepal are pushing to have their refugee offices reopened – two weeks after the government ordered them closed. The welfare center and the representative office of the Dalai Lama – Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader
US faces dilemma in Nepal after King’s power grab
The United States is facing a dilemma in Nepal: freeze military and other aid to punish the king for stifling democracy or watch Maoist guerrillas assume greater control of the Himalayan outpost.
Musical feast aids Tibetans
Successful benefit concerts need to showcase big commercial names. Otherwise how could they draw top bucks for their cause?
China starts construction of first railway station in Lhasa
China will invest over 12 million US dollars to build the first-ever train station for Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, as part of the ambitious Qinghai-Tibet railway project.
Dykstra instructs Tibetan monks on science, physics
Physics professor Dewey Dykstra recently returned from teaching a three-week workshop for exiled Tibetan monks in Dehra Dun, India.
‘Secrets of Tibet’: New Poem by Oser
A poem written by the author Oser (Chin: Weise) whose book Notes on Tibet was banned by the authorities in September 2003, has been circulated on the Internet since late 2004.