According to the Dalai Lama, the only way to bring about a revival of ancient Indian knowledge is through education, in a secular context. The goal is to make it possible for each person to find happiness, ...
These acts of China threatening Sri Lanka to block any potential visit by the Dalai Lama should be seen as its desperate attempt to ensure that Sri Lanka, a Buddhist nation which sees the Dalai Lama as a beacon ...
He just turned 6 years old and very soon, he would begin his monastic studies which he didn’t look forward to. The name of that child was Gendun Choekyi Nyima.
The Dalai Lama’s Bodh Gaya visit is significant due to numerous reasons. The establishment of the Dalai Lama Centre for Tibetan and Indian Ancient Wisdom that will ...
The thing to take away as an international relations and political science students was how the various levels of diplomacy was taking place here. Even in an era where postal and other form of communication service was still in ...
2022 is almost over. As the year draws to a close, we asked researchers, activists and journalists to name their favourite Tibet reads of 2022 that left an impression on them. Here are their responses.
For me every artwork is so dear to me. But if I have to choose one then that will be “destroyer of evil” an illustration I made of a CHAM dance, it talks about how Buddhism was ...
When one’s sovereign territory and national security becomes threatened, sanctioning can be a diplomatic tool to not only send a strong message but to form a base on which one can build upon in overriding aggressive attitudes ...
“A dozen would be less for the goals we will concede against them” and “bring a bigger bag”. However, those very people gave us standing ovation at the end of the game, the whole stadium ...
In Tibet, China sees an abundant source of hydro power, solar power, wind power, oil and gas, all to be exported to the heavy industrial users of lowland China. In Tibet the climate is warming faster than most, ...
Under president Xi Jinping, human rights abuses have increased. Arbitrary detention, control over media, civil society, internet, media has increased tripled. Mass surveillance and China's social credit system made things worse. Tibetan in Tibet are living in an ...
Protests and controversies often marked his visits abroad. In March 1999, when Jiang Zemin arrived in front of the Federal Palace at Berne, he was confronted by pro-Tibetan protesters who ...
Tibet is one of the most surveilled places on earth. This is because the Chinese government wants to control every aspect of Tibetan culture, religion, and politics. The Chinese government keeps tabs on Tibetans through a variety of techniques ...
The World Cup 2022 is fast approaching and Tibetans in India are gearing up to celebrate the festival of football too. Football is more than just a game for the Tibetan community; it has no boundaries, it dilutes differences, brings ...
CCP’s mismanagement of COVID and use of such a crisis as an opportunity to further its subjugation of Tibetans in their own homeland are issues that the world is not discussing enough.
The play enthralled the audience, especially the booming masculine voice of Deshar’s father whose image of a Tibetan who fights for Rangzen and complete independence was highlighted. Deshar is a nun and is a major protagonist of ...
Like His Holiness the Dalai Lama asked, “Where will the idea of truth and reality be if we push the truth and facts under the carpet and allow illegal actions to triumph?”.
Looking at the ever growing crackdown in Tibet, things are likely to go from bad to worse. Minorities are the receiving end of the repressive Chinese government policies.
The book, which will be launched in London on 25 October, aims to tell the story of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime’s repression and human rights violations across the board, looking at the crackdown on civil society, ...
As the world convenes to discuss the impact of and mitigation of climate change and catalyse action at the upcoming UN Climate Conference, COP27, it is important to discuss the Tibet climate crisis.
Today, on International Day of Peace, let us urge the world not to forget the icon of peace and non-violence – the exiled leader of Tibet, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama- , his nation Tibet and fellow Tibetans inside ...
In occupied-Tibet, China-elected Panchen Lama Gyaltsen Norbu is also busy orchestrating visits to monasteries, giving lectures on Tibetan Buddhism and meeting Tibetans and Chinese official media is talking about him and his activities with much enthusiasm.
For the Chinese he might be a controversial figure, “wolf in monk's clothing”, “splittist”, but for ladakhi, he is a highly venerated figure. Even if he is not Ladakhi, shared cultural values and religions ...
Awareness about the crisis unfolding in Tibet is surprisingly low and if we don’t talk about Tibet now, CCP will erase an entire nation’s past, present and future. Join our call for an independent, unhindered, ...
Tibetan leadership provided a home for orphaned children and pedagogically encouraged new kinship relations in the space of educational institutions.
Her own experience and travails as a refugee are aspects Bachelet has always emphasized on; something she touched upon in her final press conference as well (Tibet was not ...
China continues to bring out White Papers and being an implicit loudspeaker to the One China Principle has helped both immensely that it has formed a unique symbiotic relationship where they both feed of each other yet are able ...
Today, when the world remembers those who lost their lives to acts of violence based on religious belief, let’s also talk about Tibet and China’s war against Tibetan Buddhism.
On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence, I would like to acknowledge and deeply appreciate the unwavering support given by the government and people of India to the Tibetans, from the time of escape ...
Gere was also the Co-Founder and Chairman of Tibet House US, dedicated to preserving Tibetan art, culture, and philosophy in 1987 and joined the Board of Directors at the International Campaign for Tibet in 1992. He has served as its Board ...
The act of Speaker Pelosi choosing to visit Taiwan by not giving in to Chinese intimidation tactics is a brave one. While the world is tuning in to Taipei, let us also talk about Tibet and the injustice being ...
Due to this, I realise now, that no matter how much I try to run away from my ‘invisible national identity’ - how much of a ‘free individual’ I want to be, how much ...
The Tibetans-in-exile have been putting up a brave fight against the misrepresentation of their past by China. The Tibet Museum at Dharamshala, India is a “museum made by and for Tibetans&...
It is high time now that we come together as people, individuals and citizens of this world. In concentrating our efforts in bringing the truth about Tibet and the activities of Beijing that now not only reaches their occupied ...
There is limited collective action on issues which press all of humanity equally. This equilibrium can only be gotten out of when we recognize the tenet of universality that His Holiness has always preached about. This principle ...
Japan’s cultural, political and social identity is shaped by the collective memories of the trauma that the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki inflicted on it and the country, and its people understand the pain that ...
On the occasion of His Holiness’s 87th birthday, I want to thank him for all he does for humanity — and for the inspiration he provides to all of us.
We extend our warm greetings on this occasion to His Holiness and reaffirm our commitment to work towards increasing access to information around the politics, culture, traditions and language of Tibet by combining policy with advocacy.
As we celebrate His Holiness’ birthday, let us renew his long-standing message of the importance of spreading kindness everywhere we go, and that freedom must never be taken for granted.
Such Chinese misinformation campaigns need to be countered more vigorously. Spreading propaganda and fake narratives are China’s ways of legitimizing its hold over territories like Xinjiang and Tibet. China is taking the (mis)information warfare seriously and ...
On this World Refugee Day, let us not forget Tibet. Let us ensure that as we focus on the crisis in Ukraine, and think about Myanmar, and remember North Koreans escaping Kim Jong-Un’s tyranny, and campaign to ...
This is now a serious test for the West to decide to continue bedding with the brutal authoritarian regimes for short-term gains or stand up for their own core principles. Freedom, democracy and human rights are at real stake. ...
Tibet and Buddhism have remained ever synonymous since the early 7th century when Buddhism first gained prominence in Tibet, with both helping each other and developing a very unique culture, tradition and civilization along the way. Under Xi’...
Perhaps, it would be not wrong to make a passing judgment that a single man, who leads a population (in exile) of just 150,000 Tibetans, has made Tibet a ‘cause of the world’ and spread ...
Unless the world comes together to hold China accountable for its environmental destruction in the plateau, the rhetoric of greenwashing will continue to wash away the environmental crimes it is committing in the world’s Third Pole.
<...After reflecting on my thoughts above and discussions I have had with people from the Tibetan community, I was left thinking how many more distressing cases do we need to read about people disappearing or 4...
Stitching up a global coalition that can ratchet up pressure on the Chinese to resume dialogue with the CTA is the only way forward to ensure that one day His Holiness the Dalai Lama returns to Lhasa, the Tibetans ...
The luminescent moon, the Panchen Lama has been captured, blocked and canceled by the Chinese authorities. When will we as Tibetans ever be able to experience its iridescence in full glow?
It is high time that the world wakes up to the Chinese overtures towards Tibet and the first step in doing so will have to be taken by governments and media houses. The reporting on Tibet and the physical ...
If one were to look closely at the three reported self-immolations in 2022 - a well-known Tibetan singer who had assimilated the Chinese system, a well-educated man, and an 81-year old - it would be safe to say that something ...
The impacts of climate change on the Tibetan Plateau – melting glaciers, river runoff, rising lakes and increasing rainfall – are well known. Only if the experiences of ...
I, as a Tibetan, am truly sorry to see that the world is facing such a juggernaut in the form of China whose adoption of such diplomatic approaches sowed its seeds after they pushed the Tibetan delegates to sign ...
Tibet is a factor that we cannot overlook while examining tumultuous India-China relations, and when the focus is on Tibet, Panchsheel Agreement comes into the picture. China continues to flout the spirit of the agreement and reinforce its attempts ...
We all remember when The Matrix released in the year 1999 and the world went absolutely crazy for Keanu Reeves. As time passed by, Keanu Reeves slowly became synonymous with words like ‘simple’, ‘humble’, and ‘...