Students from three continents meet in quest for happiness
Inspired by His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s book Ethics for the New Millennium, The Dalai Lama Foundation launched a documentary film and internet project called project happiness.
China to raise Tibet investment
China says it is to spend $13bn on boosting infrastructure in the remote Himalayan region of Tibet. The world’s highest airport and an extension to a controversial railway are among 180
200 villages around Nalanda varsity to be developed
Two hundred villages around a proposed international varsity at Nalanda will be developed in Bihar. A day after the Bihar assembly unanimously approved the University of Nalanda
Dreaming a cleaner Himalaya
Alma, a US citizen has been working on cleaning the environment of Bhagsu, Upper Dharamsala for the last three years. In the beginning, he got his motivation when after coming to such an ancient religious sanctuary-
Ten-shug Ceremony in Australia-New Zealand for Long Life of HH the Dalai Lama
Ten-shug, a Long Life Request Ceremony for His Holiness the Dalai Lama, will take place in Melbourne on 10 June 2007 (15th day of the fourth month by the Tibetan calendar), during HH the Dalai Lama’s
China announces investment plan for Tibet
China has announced it is to invest $US12.9 billion in infrastructure in Tibet. State media reports that the 180 planned investments include an extension of the railway, an airport upgrade, and the provision of drinking
China Fails its Olympics Report Card on Tibet
500 days away from the Beijing 2008 Olympics, China is still failing to comply with its Olympics commitments, particularly with regard to Tibet – even though the International
After 50 years, Dalai Lama visits BORI
THE visitor’s book at Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI) has a blessing. It says, “With my sheer hope that this Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute will grow and
China is a 20th century idea
The nation of China evolved as an idea not more than 100 years ago. Then how could Tibet have always existed as a part of China? A conversation with the Dalai Lama in the 1980s