International PEN Calls for Freedom of Speech in Tibet
The Tibetan Abroad PEN Centre (Pen Tibet) participated in the 73rd International PEN Congress held from 4-12th July in Dakar, Senegal. Two hundred writers from over 70
His Holiness the Dalai Lama meets his hero
THE Dalai Lama arrived in Londonderry yesterday with a powerful tribute to his host Richard Moore from Children in Crossfire – “You are my hero.” The spiritual leader of
Tibetan shopkeepers injured in Amarnath blast
Tibetan shopkeepers were among those injured in a powerful grenade blast at Baltal base camp late last night according to a media
Tibetan sites imposed upon by tourists
Forty years ago, during China’s Cultural Revolution, Tibet’s famous Potala Palace was in danger of being destroyed by the infamous Red Guards.
Gun battle between rival Tibetan groups in Kardze leaves 6 dead
The Information Center said local Tibetan leaders were holding the county government partly responsible for the clashes because it failed on repeated occasions to meet calls to
Everest base camp a ‘wild-west town’
Drugs and prostitutes are available in the camp village that has grown up to serve mountaineers climbing the peak, according to US author and mountaineer Michael Kodas.
China’s Everest Highway: development or disaster?
Tibetans in exile allege that since 1995 the number of tourists has increased over 80 times and that most of the revenue is not reaching average Tibetans. Everest is already on the brink of an ecological disaster with climbers,
Buddhist sect celebrates 800th anniversary in Ladakh
Monks and nuns from monasteries across the Himalayas gathered in India’s far northern region of Ladakh yesterday to mark 800 years of the Drukpa, or “dragon” sect of Tibetan Buddhism.
Tibetan says hawks close door on China-Dalai Lama talks
A veteran Tibetan Communist has accused Chinese government hawks of closing the door on dialogue with the Dalai Lama and misleading the leadership about the exiled Buddhist monk’s
Wanted: Tibetan Nannies
“Part of it is just a shorthand way of saying what you’re looking for, and what qualities you’d like to instill in your children,” the book editor continued. “Before I knew that Tibetan nannies were a status thing, a friend’s friend was telling