Keeping Kumaoni Bhotiya culture alive
Septuagenarian S S Pangtey smiles as he “looks down” from his abode located at an altitude of 2,290 metres in Munsyari, the eastern most part of Pithoragarh district, which lay on the trade route to Tibet.
Dalai Lama still waiting to hear on China trip
The Dalai Lama said on Wednesday he was still waiting for a response from China about whether he can visit the country, which has ruled his homeland Tibet since the 1950s.
Zhang Qingli becomes new Party chief of Tibet
Zhang Qingli has been appointed the secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region, the CPC Central Committee announced on May 29.
Dalai Lama says independence not in Tibet’s interest
The Dalai Lama said Wednesday that independence for Tibet was not in the interest of the Himalayan region, which he said could benefit from China’s economic growth if it remains part of the country. But the Buddhist leader reiterated his demands
China’s Panchen sings paeans to Party
The 16-year-old China-backed Panchen Lama Gyaltsen Norbu recently took a ten-day tour of the ethnic-Tibetan inhabited areas in Yunnan province and concluded that the province enjoyed
ITIM walks for awareness
As we linger around the 17th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square massacre, human rights abuses continue to be standard practice in that country, even as it nurtures capitalism