His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu honoured with Fetzer Prize
India’s Consul General Ashok Das and his wife called on His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Sunday morning (27 September). Thereafter, His Holiness left for the Chan Center at the University of British Columbia (UBC) to participate
Dalai Lama’s visit highlights Tibet
Many saw the four-day conference as a chance to make people aware of China’s 49-year occupation of Tibet.
‘Time is fast running out for Tibetan people’
Lord Steel is just back from leading the first all-party delegation to Tibet since last year’s demonstrations. Here he reflects on the visit. As a parliamentarian, I have enjoyed 40 years of association with the largest Tibetan
‘Real change must start with individuals,’ Dalai Lama tells summit
The Dalai Lama closed the opening session of the 2009 Vancouver Peace Summit with a call for a global promotion of compassion, and an increased emphasis on the promotion of women to positions of influence
President Obama will meet His Holiness the Dalai Lama: the senior envoy
The senior envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari said US president Barack Obama will meet His Holiness after Obama’s return from China. The US delegation who visited Dharamshala recently officially relayed the
China announces huge hydrate gas discovery in Tibet
China said it had found gas hydrates on the Tibetan Plateau worth 35 billion tons of oil in energy. Before that gas hydrates had been discovered on land only in Canada and the United States. China will be able to harvest and use
India seen as enemy no.1 in China because of Tibet factor
India is spoken of as China’s top enemy, a British newspaper has said in a report on the 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic. “Curiously, the enemy most often spoken of is India. The censors permit alarmingly frank discussion