Burning the animal skin revolution sparked in Tibet

In what is most daring display of loyalty and support to the recent call by the Dalai Lama to ban using tiger and leopard skins in Tibet, Tibetans in Amdo region in eastern Tibet are making bon fires out of their animal skin clothes.

Got Myself into Hot Water Again

I got myself into hot water again the other day. We were at a meeting at Harvard – about 10 Tibetans, four Chinese scholars and a few of us pale skins, arranged by the redoubtable lawyer Lobsang Sangay and his colleague,

Dalai Lama suggests unofficial contacts with Hamas

The Dalai Lama on Friday said “a little pressure” might be necessary to get the Islamic Hamas group to change its ways, but suggested Israel and the international community establish unofficial contacts with

Exmussoorie students sharing a social responsibility

In an era of uncontrolled destiny, lost parents, confused tracks and uncertain hopes, the act of giving a gift of “a home, a family and a winter vacation” to a few orphan and abandoned young Tibetan children from Tibetan schools in Mussoorie

Tibet activists target Google censorship

“Google’s been cheating on you with the Chinese government,” shouted Kerala Hise, a member of Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) at the University of Puget Sound. “Break up with Google for Valentine’s Day!”