Drawn across the borders

Apart from infiltrations along the Nepal border, Tibetans from Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) have been coming into India to seek political asylum and a darshan of the Dalai Lama via the high mountains of Sikkim. Some get in, but not all are lucky.

Panchen Lama said to praise China policies

A Tibetan teenager chosen by China to fill one of Tibetan Buddhism’s most sacred posts emerged in China’s state-run media on Monday to praise the country’s religious policies.