Tibetan New Year nears, bearing a sweet dish
Losar, the Tibetan New Year, begins with a spoonful of dessert. Dresyl, also known as deysee, is a warm dish of sweetened rice that women make for their families on the morning of this festive day. “In Tibet, we would add droma, which tastes like a chewy sweet potato
About 200 attend service for Dalai Lama’s nephew
About 200 people attended a memorial service for Jigme Norbu, the Dalai Lama’s nephew who was killed last month on an advocacy walk for Tibet
US Congress forms first ever Nepal caucus
The United States Congress has formed a bipartisan caucus on Nepal, co-chaired by Republican Congressman Ander Crenshaw and Democratic Congressman Jared Polis. This is the first-ever caucus on Nepal in the
China pledges over NRs 7 billion assistance to Nepal
The Chinese government has yet again pledged to increase its financial assistance to Nepal, a move apparently seen to further strengthen its growing influence in the impoverished Himalayan country.
To overlook reality would be stupid
While China is free to believe that it has done nothing to raise hackles around the world, more so in its neighbourhood, that is far from the truth. It makes little sense for Beijing to feign surprise that other nations are preparing to
Conference of North American Tibetan Associations Concludes Successfully
The conference discussed a wide range of issues from advocacy on Tibet to ways and means of challenging PRC’s effort to sow dissension among the Tibetans; from Chinese outreach to outreach to Mongolian and Himalayan peoples; from preservation of Tibetan culture and