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Tibetan Girl Writes Heart Touching Thank You India Letter
Dear India, I am a child of this land, yet I don’t belong here. I am sorry I feel this way but that is the truth. Long ago, my grandparents left Tibet and came to India. As refugees, they lived in poverty at a road construction site in Manali and as they built new roads,…
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His Holiness’s Health: No Major Concerns From Check-Up
His Holiness the Dalai Lama who is currently at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, scheduled to undergo a prostate treatment is reported to have no major concerns. Tibetans have been worrying about the news of the health check-up required for His Holiness as advised by the doctors. This news comes out as a great relief…
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Om Mani Padme Hung Explanation By His Holiness
Buddhism is a religion that is based mainly on the use of Human intelligence in reasoning the whole system of the religion and implementing it. Buddhism is not about just the complete faith and believing in the god blindly. This is the sort of explanation I perceived from the introductory note given by His Holiness…
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This Happened In Majnu-Ka-Tilla: Robbers Rob And Beat Victim
The incident is a strong warning to the concerning authorities as it could have happened with any other person. It is though still relieving to know that the robbers were not at all Tibetans. The incident happened in typically Tibetan traveller from Dhasa to M.T. situation and it especially depicts the danger a single lady…
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His Holiness Visiting US For ‘Prostate Treatment'(defined)
His Holiness the Dalai Lama who arrived recently to his palace, Tsuklagkhang in Dharamshala left for US today. His Holiness is visiting for a medical check up in the US at Mayo Clinic, Rochester Minnesota where he will be going under prostate surgery.
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Google Finally Adds Tibetan Script In Its Latest Android
The largest platform of mobile phones, google’s android had never provided a proper user experience for Tibetans, especially the Tibetans who were more affluent with Tibetan language. However, the most recent release of Android version called Marshmallow came out with a great surprise for Tibetans. Android Marshmallow which came out parallel to the iOS 9…
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China Forced Taiwan Pop Star To Apologize For Waving Taiwan Flag
Chou Tzu-yu, a 16 year old Taiwanese pop star was forced to make an apology to China for hold Taiwan flag on Korean Television. The singer was seen holding a small Taiwan flag alongside a Korean flag to identify herself as a Taiwanese pop star on the Korean Television. This led to her accusing of…
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Taiwan Gets Its First Women President In Its Historic Election
Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen has been elected Taiwan’s first ever female president. The DDP she represented demands Taiwan’s independence from China. In this turn-over result of elections, Ms. Tsai not only becomes the first ever women president for the country, it also broke the trait of almost 70 years long monopoly…
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Saudi Court Sentences Poet To Death For Renouncing Islam
Ashraf Fayadh, a Palestinian poet and artist who hails from Saudi Arabia, has been sentenced to death for ‘apostasy’. The Saudi Arabian authorities charged him for his poetry claiming that the poems questioned religion and spread atheism. On 17 November, 2015, the General Court in Abha, southwest of Saudi Arabia, charged Ashraf guilty of ‘apostasy’…
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Tibetan Settlement Leader Suicides In Mundgod
The Head of Doeguling Tibetan Settlement Camp No. 1 in Mundgod has committed suicide on 13th Jan, 2015 by hanging himself. Mr. Yeshi Jungney, a former solder of Special Frontier Force is allegedly said to have committed suicide due his dissatisfaction in justification with a monk of the very same settlement who had manhandled him…