A Barred Blessing
In the cold snowy mountains / In Tibet / Her nomad parents — / named her Tenzin / A privilege worth risking it all.
HH the XIV Dalai Lama
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is both the head of state and the spiritual leader of Tibet. He was born on 6 July 1935, to a farming family, in a small hamlet located in Taktser, Amdo, northeastern Tibet. At the age of two the child, who was named Lhamo Dhondup at that …
I am a terrorist
For as long as the West continues to play salesman rather than statesman, placing commercial opportunity above moral rectitude, Tsundue faces a solitary mission.
Tibet’s Next Incarnation?
By combining the power of the head of government and the head of state, as it appears to have happened in the case of the “Sikyong”, there has been a profound and fundamental change in the Tibetan political system — with no real discussion of the issue.
The Dalai Lama Will Retire
His Holiness simply wants to be one among the Tibetans and continue to serve the cause of Tibet.
The future is here and the leader has seen it
Instead of begging His Holiness to lead us on, we must come forward and take up the challenge he is handing over to us, his children.
In a muddle kingdom
It’s up to India to decide whether to host such a dharma avatar as the Seventeenth Karmapa as a refugee, or to hand the sceptre to a triumphant China.
Articulation and More
Articulate young activists are at the forefront in our struggle to skilfully stand up to the tyrannies of occupation with fortitude and honour.
The Wealth of a Nation
We are becoming more like international pets where we are petted and stroked for being pacifists while the Chinese continue and strengthen their hold in Tibet.
Deconstructing Ngabo (In 1980)
Since the politics of Dharamshala now seem to be a equally shrouded in mystery and silence as those of the most uncommunicative totalitarian nation,
Dalai Lama as a Slave Owner
Despite its economic growth, today’s China is no fairer than the serfdom that Beijing is loudly shouting about.
The Moral Defence Rests
For India to keep Arunachal, based on the McMahon Line, the only choice is to recognise Tibet’s independence. It cannot legitimise the McMahon Line border otherwise.
The Tibetan Resolution
Whatever we spoke for was all for the freedom of Tibet and our main concern was for our brethren inside Tibet who are living under Chinese occupation.
Resuscitation
We as citizens of Tibet living in the free world must be more responsible and not always take for granted the benefits of being Tibetans or being the people of the Dalai Lama.
The Fear in Lhasa, as Felt in Beijing – Part II
He did not keep silent because of fear, on the contrary, he was willing to allow me to record and make public his experience full of fear. Why?
The Fear in Lhasa, as Felt in Beijing – Part I
They came to clean the streets, and what they wiped out were us Tibetans, because we are garbage in their eyes.
Happy birthday, Your Holiness
Poem by Tsoltim N Shakabpa: For years you have labored for our freedom / To realize our rights and our own kingdom
Why the march matters
What we exile Tibetans can do is to strengthen our democratic foundations by exercising our rights to free expression and action.
Tibet’s Second Uprising
How will Beijing proceed after the historic Tibetan uprising of March 2008? And how will the Tibetans themselves?
Don’t Stop the Revolution!
Dharamshala’s hope, of course, is that if the crisis is stopped it could go back trying to negotiate with Beijing. In spite of all that has happened in Tibet our leaders completely fail to see that this will never happen.