Indian social worker awarded inaugural Pawo Thupten Ngodup Award
An Indian social worker, fondly known as Aunty Aasha Reddy in the exile Tibetan community, was honoured with the inaugural ‘Pawo Thupten Ngodup Award’ for her “valuable and selfless contribution towards Tibet’s freedom struggle” today.
Helping pilgrims reach Bodh Gaya
For two full weeks, volunteers of the regional chapter of RTYC Dharamshala have been carrying out social service work – ushering pilgrims to their trains and booking specials buses straight from Dharamshala to Bodh Gaya
Reviewing the First 100 Days of the New Tibetan Administration
peaking in Paris on November 26, 2011, the Kalon Tripa, Lobsang Sangay, commented that the first 100 days of his administration has been “one of the busiest Kashag [cabinets] in recent memory”. The Tibetan Political Review posted a low-key commemoration of this 100 day mark on the actual date – November 16 – but we believed that the American custom
Tibetan sentenced to 5 years for 2008 protests
A Tibetan arrested in connection with the 2008 mass uprisings in Tibet has been sentenced to five years in prison by a Chinese court in eastern Tibet. Tsering was arrested in April 2010 and was kept in detention for more than one and a half years until his actual sentencing, last month.