Opinions
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Sixty years of Tibetan struggle and the way forward
Its 60 years now since Tibetans inside and outside continue their struggle against the Communist regime of China for their legitimate rights over language, tradition and culture. On 10 March 1959 thousands of Tibetans came to the streets protesting against the Chinese occupation and their picturesque capital city of Lhasa became the epicenter of anti-Chinese…
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This Street has Our Name
Few years ago, when I was driving up the hills of Ithaca towards Cornell university, I stumbled upon a street name out of the blue called the Tibet Road. A quiet corner of a single lane road it was, surrounded by the usual quietness of the nature and probably punctuated by the frequent crossing of…
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In Tibet You Get Money to Display Xi Jinping Portraits But Punished for Dalai Lama’s
The worsening human rights situation in Tibet is for real. The Chinese authorities controlling Tibetans in Tibet offers money for displaying the portraits of Xi Jinping while it brutally punishes anyone even possessing the pictures of His Holiness the Dalai Lama! The state interference in Tibetan religious freedom is very serious in real.
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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…