Opinions
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Self-Death is clouded with Victim Blaming!
The concept of birth, life and death are universal across all living beings regardless of species type, gender, religion, race, ethnicity, class and geography. Every living organism whether humans, animals, even plants goes through these natural phenomena in relation to either one self or others. Even though these concepts are natural, they are viewed very…
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Tibet’s ‘Mother of 300 children’ succumbs to COVID-19 in Swiss
A Tibetan girl who lost her parents and brother while fleeing during the 1959 uprising, but later returned to establish the first private orphanage in Tibet has died in Switzerland from COVID-19. Over a period of 25 years, the mother of two birth sons provided care and protection for 300 youngsters in orphanages and centres…
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China at the anvil of hammer
The biggest problem Tibetans are conflicted right now is to face their inner demon of righteous self denial. It gets worse amongst the so called educated elites of the Tibetan diaspora who are not able to align their extremely crooked spines with their conforming political correctness and I don’t want to say anything about the…
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COVID-19: Global Threat and Lesson
COVID-19 isn’t the first pandemic that has challenged and threatened human’s existence. Throughout the course of history, many epidemics have occurred and brought upon difficult times, sometimes even signaling the end of civilization. If we recall some of the deadly outbreaks in history, the dead tolls and figures remind us how a small bacteria or…
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These Are Early Symptoms and Precautions of Novel Coronavirus
The deadly novel Coronavirus from Wuhan city in China is a global emergency. With officially accounted death of more 1500 people mostly in China, many doubt that the real stats are many folds more from the virus. The number of infected have spiked above fifty thousand people that too mostly from China. Tibet under Chinese…
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H.E. Garje Khamtrul Rinpoche in Memoriam
Early on Monday, 30th of December 2019, the beloved Nyingma master, Kyabje Garje Khamtrul Rinpoche, IV passed away. As of January 9th 2020, he was still resting in inner luminosity in the (post-death) thugdam meditative state. Especially during that period devotees and members of the Chime Gatsaling Monastery communities were encouraged to pray for a swift rebirth and continuation…
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Reflection on the decade gone. Thoughts for the new one
The decade of 2010-2020 saw the expedited decay of the Free Tibet movement on top of its already decomposing state. Tibet transformed in the arena of world politics from a genuine political case of China’s suzerainty over Tibet to a backward shift of moral and human rights issue.
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Three Tibetans at Starbucks
It was a busy day working on the production of my next day’s hour-long show as I work for a TV/radio. My neck and shoulder were screaming out for a much-needed break. Two of my colleagues who were also working so far were about to leave for a cup of coffee outside. I sprang up…
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With Chinese Provocations, India Must Listen to the Dalai Lama
As the Chinese government has been screaming across the world not to interfere in the internal matter of China when it came to raising voices for Tibet and other occupied regions, why is it interfering in the internal matter of India? With the Chinese provocations over the Kashmir issue, it is time that India listen…
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A question every Tibetan must ask before their mirror
Times have changed but are no longer strange. Beijing just upped the ante and called the pro democracy protesters terrorist. Hong Kong is a hair closer to becoming the next Tiananmen massacre as China warns of playing with fire and hints at military intervention. United States led by Trump has vowed to escalate trade war…