Tibetan youth sent to prison for four and a half years for praying
DHARAMSHALA, May 9: A Tibetan youth detained by the Chinese police on April 29, for praying for the release of the Panchen Lama has been sentenced to four and a half years by the Sershul County People’s Court in Sichuan’s Kardze prefecture inside occupied Tibet. The Chinese court sentenced Wangchen, 20, for the charges related […]
DRIFT presents “Vagina Monologues” for the first time in Dharamshala
DHARAMSHALA, May 9: Dharamshala Residential and International Festival for Theatre (DRIFT) presented its 19th Drift Reads on The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler, an episodic play written, developed and premiered in New York 1996. Five DRIFT women artistes presented the monologues in Hindi, Tibetan and English at “The Other Space,” Illiterati art & co-work on […]
Former Botswana President appeals for united effort to back CTA
DHARAMSHALA, May 8: The former President of Botswana, Ian Khama, appealed the delegates of the 7th World Parliamentarians’ Convention on Tibet (WPCT) for united efforts to support the objectives of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) and the Tibetan people it represents. The 7th WPCT is underway in Riga, Latvia, from 7-10 May. In his statement […]
China condemns Tibetan President’s visit to Lithuanian parliament
DHARAMSHALA, May 8: The Chinese embassy in Lithuania has come out with a condemnation of the President of the exile Tibetan government, known officially as the Central Tibetan Administration, Dr. Lobsang Sangay’s visit and press conference at the Lithuanian parliament in its capital Vilnius. Sangay’s press conference on Tuesday at the Seimas organized by Andrius […]
Kunchok becomes the second Tibetan American to win Emmys
DHARAMSHALA, May 7: Kunchok Dolma, who won an Emmy at the 62nd annual New York Emmy Award for Best Informational/Instructional Film for the TV series “Rolando’s Rights” along with her team from WeSpeak NYC becomes the second Tibetan-American woman to win the prestigious award in the last few years. Kunchok, an Oxford graduate in International […]
Former political prisoner passes away
DHARAMSHALA, May 7: A middle aged Tibetan man who survived physical and mental torture in Chinese detention has reportedly passed away in Rebkong, Amdo in eastern Tibet. Yeshi Gyatso, 50, died last week on May 1, the human rights desk of the exile Tibetan government known officially as the Central Tibetan Administration said Monday. Gyatso […]
Dalai Lama opens maiden scholarly conference on Kalachakra
DHARAMSHALA, May 6: During the first ever scholarly conference on Kalachakra, a meditation practice from the highest class of tantra, here at the Thekchen Choling temple on Sunday, the foremost Buddhist figure His Holiness the Dalai Lama urged Buddhists to become 21st century practitioners. The 83-year-old said, “I regularly say how important it is for […]
His Holiness the Dalai Lama contributes to Cyclone Fani relief efforts
DHARAMSHALA, May 6: His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote to the Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik, in the wake of cyclone Fani, expressing his solidarity with the people affected and contributed Rupees 10 lakh (one Million) from the Dalai Lama trust toward the relief effort. In the letter, His Holiness lauded the swift actions […]
Fire breaks out at Gyalo Thondup’s Noodle Factory in Kalimpong
DHARAMSHALA, May 5: A fire broke out last night at Gyalo Thondup’s noodle factory in the three-acre compound off 8thMile area in Kalimpong. It was doused by firefighters around 9 pm. “Taktser house,” a single storeyed house in the compound was not affected by the fire. Named after the birthplace and home town of His […]
Nine sentenced in Rebkong for campaigning to reclaim community land seized by Chinese govt.
DHARAMSHALA, May 3: Nine Tibetans have reportedly been sentenced up to seven years in Chinese jail in occupied Tibet’s eastern region of Amdo for campaigning against land seized by the local Chinese government. Dharamshala based Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy said that earlier this week, Tongren County People’s Court in Rebkong County, Malho […]