“We need something for the next generation”
The calligrapher and painter Phuntsok Tsering belongs to a new generation of Tibetan artists who attempt to bridge ancient Tibetan traditions
Rejection of Visa for Dalai Lama
When does a Nobel Prize-winning peace activist become an “undesirable?”. Last week, 22 of 28 Nobel Peace Prize winners gathered in South Korea for the 2006 Gwangju (Kwangju) Summit of Nobel
Chinese arms in Darfur: the twisted trail of weapons
In a rebel camp along the barren, windswept border between Sudan and Chad, dozens of trucks packed with dreadlocked fighters
A new dawn for UN and human rights
Today, armed with a powerful new mandate, the members of the new Human Rights Council take their seats, embarking on a major enterprise aimed
Nathula border trade to begin July 6
India and China agreed on Sunday to reopen border trade at the Nathu La Pass on July 6, according to Xinhua, the Chinese
Re-education campaign in Tibetan schools in Tibet; students detained in Kandze
The Chinese Government has allegedly started re-education campaign for school children as a precaution to prevent Tibetan students
Remembering roots
Days before the Indian and Chinese governments open up Nathula, one Army porter of Village Yakla, just 16-km from the frontier with Tibet
Pass to Future
Rows of prefab warehouses under corrugated iron sheets at Sherathang, 7 km shy of Nathula. A highway still in the making. A wary state watching what opening the borders
‘Reject China’s Railway to Tibet’ campaign kicks off
The inaugural date of the controversial Qinghai-Tibet railway on July 1, 2006 will be observed as a “Black Day” by exile Tibetan activists by