I heard someone in the street …
Poem by Tendor: I heard someone in the street say / This was the year when you lost
Tiananmen 2.0: Why China Is Not Immune to the Tunisia Effect
Last spring, I was waiting for a bus in Cairo. Dawn was just breaking, and Tahrir Square, where the bus station was located,
China’s Theft of Tibetan Ballots Threatens Democracy Everywhere
Last Sunday on October 3rd, thousands of Tibetans went to the polls to vote for the Prime Minister and MPs of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile.
Year of the Tiger
The Cat put us through hell, / Killed my kin, dreaded my mind.
Shadow
Poem by Palden rGyal: A shadow that follows / Wherever I go, / A shadow that allows / No freedom,
On the altar of foreign relations
In early November, during a visit to Nepal by Ellen Sauerbrey, a United States official in charge of refugee policy..
The Case Against Autonomy for Tibet
Article by Tsoltim N Shakabpa: One shiny day, no matter how long it takes, Tibet will be free and independent if only we continue the struggle.
I Pray
Poem by Tsoltim N Shakabpa: I cry, in sorrow, / For those who / Would give up the light
Know Ye All
Poem by Tsoltim N Shakabpa: Lest no man knows better / Know ye all / That Tibet is a country
The Issue Is Independence
Independence is not only our natural and legal right — it is the express wish of the Tibetan people at large.
Four Humble Truths
We cannot and we will not regain our lost freedom simply by talking about it or even by praying, hoping and waiting for it. We must rise up and fight for freedom.
The Survival of Darga Parkhang Chenmo
The Dérgé Parkhang Chenmo (Derge Printing Press) in Dérgé County of Kham Region, Tibet, survived through from the beginning the Chinese occupation of Tibet in late 1950s to the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) and the reconstruction drive in the late 1980’s.
A Soldier’s Heart
In a faraway land, / Like a bird betrayed of its nest.
Season of Love
Some feel it in the morning dew / Some feel it with the drizzling rain.
Romancing the Night
Yet another day passes, Yet another day sleeps / Enter the world of dreams, bringing love in heaps.
A Poetry that is Tibet
Poem by Tenzin Gelek: A place, I know as heaven’s clone / Now just a deserted soul all alone.
Flight of the Cage Bird
Silence of emptiness pierced through the air, / And forlorn feathers fluttered in the captive sky.
Deathbed
Sands of time slipping from my grasp, / Pages of my life, melodies of my unsung past.
A call from Home
Under the lazy sun, I basked / Reminiscing the past of joy and peace.
Tibet Speaks
The dawn is here now / I foresee, a happy free Tibet / And our day will soon be here.