Opinions
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Tibetan Angst over Chinese buy up in Australia
With the influx of Chinese capital into the northern beaches housing market, some local Tibetan community members have voiced concerns about the potential for China to in effect become landlord to some Tibetan refugees. This will mean that local Tibetans are potentially forced to pay rent to the very regime they fled from in the…
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Tibetans Show Renewed Anger of China Kidnapping Panchen Lama
As the 30th birthday of the Tibet’s lost lama approached last month, Tibetans brought up extensive campaigns through out the world demanding immediate release of the Eleventh Panchen Lama from Chinese capitivity. Such campaigns have brought the worst results to those Tibetans inside Tibet.
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Terrorism revisits Sri Lanka
Terrorism, nonetheless in a different package, has returned to Sri Lanka claiming over 250 people’s lives and wounding hundreds other seriously in a coordinated serial terror attacks. In fact, from ethnic insurgency to religious terrorism a changing face of organized violence has arrived in the country floating on ocean in the south of Indian sub-continent.
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The Role of Dragons in Tibetan Culture and Faith
In Tibet, dragons are not just a mythical curiosity; they are part of Tibetan life and culture. These mythical beasts are everywhere, from the beginnings of Tibet’s history, up until today.
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India goes to polls this week
India, known as the largest democracy in the world, goes to national elections next Thursday, where over 900 million voters will participate in the biggest electoral exercise through electronic voting machines (EVM), an unique experienced for the human race. The seven-phase general elections starting from 11 April to 19 May will send 543 public representatives…
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Invite Dalai Lama to Restore Peace After Long Unrest in J&K
According to an article written by a former Indian Ambassador, the state of Jammu and Kashmir should invite the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama to restore peace there. After the horrific Pulwama terror attack, J&K has been through series of unrest over the past two months, disturbing the peace and stability of…
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60 Years of National Humiliation
This year marks sixty years of Chinese occupation of Tibet. For Tibetan people, it means sixty years of national humiliation in the form of oppression, dispossession, displacement, discrimination and separation. It is this denial of the right to determine our national destiny and having to submit to a foreign power whose goal is to destroy…
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To thy neighbor Nepal: be alert, be wary, be cautious
Leaving fear and terror behind, they sought refuge in this holy land. A safe haven it once was, now besieged by greed and polluted souls. Lord Buddha would’ve regretted having born in such a sinful place, where the followers of his Dharma, who sought shelter there are threatened with brutal force and malicious intent.
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Forbes Call Dalai Lama’s Mind Training Lesson Revolutionary
A short clip of the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama giving a mind training lesson to a group of visitors at his residence in Dharamshala, India went viral and an article published by the Forbes calls it revolutionary. The article explains that the important lesson has a revolutionary perspective.
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Generating Patriotism in Northeast India!
As if the people of northeast India became more conscious about India’s constitution, rule of law and its secular image abroad. So groups of people, including politicians, civil society group representatives, media personnel etc came to hit the streets raising strong voices against the Union government’s proposed citizenship amendment initiatives.