China sentences two monks for offering prayers for Tibetan self-immolator
In continuing crackdown on “crimes” related to the self-immolation protests in Tibet, two monks have been sentenced to three years in prison for offering prayers for Tibetan self-immolator Wangchen Norbu who passed away in his fiery protest last November. According to reports, the two monks, Tsundue, 27 and Gedun Tsultrim
The Dalai Lama invited to visit Hong Kong
If odds are to be believed, Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama might be visiting Hong Kong, the Special Administrative Region under the People’s Republic of China, this September. Organisers of the trip, a Hong Kong based religious group is confident that the Dalai Lama will be able to make the visit
HIV/AIDS in Tibetan Diaspora: Recognising & Addressing the Challenges By Lobsang Yeshi
Regardless of the clarion call made by Dr. Yangchen Dolkar a decade ago, then serving at one of the largest Tibetan settlements in South India, the general approach and perception of the Tibetan community towards the virus oscillate between callous indifference to frantic intensity. Ironically this paradoxical mix of approach persists despite gradual swell in HIV/AIDS infection instances and a decade long awareness campaigns spearheaded by the Department of Health (CTA), CHOICE and other NGOs, community leaders and individual volunteers.
LHASA, ETERNAL CITY (1) By Jamyang Norbu
Tsering Woeser-la’s recent clarion call ““Our Lhasa is on the Verge of Destruction! Please, Save Lhasa!”, stirred me to undertake this modest history project. I thought it would be worthwhile to provide, as aide mémoire, brief overviews of the different periods in the destruction of the Holy City, which began when the