Leaked US cable calls Karmapa the ‘Obama Lama’
A leaked US embassy cable from New Delhi has nicknamed the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje as ‘Obama Lama’ and calls the 26-year old Tibetan monk an “inspiring fresh face on the Tibetan scene” who knows Tibetan, English, and Chinese.
Dawa Phunkyi, Jigme Jugney fill U-tsang vacancy in Parliament
Dawa Phunkyi with 9783 votes and Jigme Jugney with 8075 votes won the elections that were held on September 4 to fill the two vacant seats of U-Tsang province in the 15th Tibetan Parliament
My Experiences of 9/11: My Young Son Saved My Life That Day!
A decade later, thoughts of 9/11 still draws many emotions. Images, still all too vivid, as I was there that September 11 morning and witnessed the entire tragedy unfold. No doubt, 9/11 changed America as a whole, but it had a profound impact on me. It changed my life.