Category Archives: Features

• Beyond the wire: Harry Wu 7 May 2016 2 comments

  He resolved not only to survive 20 years of torture, but also to ensure that no one forgot China’s laogai and the thousands suffering there. ...

• Tribute to Commander Pachen 2 May 2016 | Phuntsog Wangyal 3 comments

  Pachen can literally be translated as “man of great courage”, and this was certainly the case for the man I knew; a true Khampa warrior, who spent his adult life in the service of a cause that he believed was just and right. ...

• Tibetan Market fire in Varkala, one year later 12 February 2016 | Lobsang Wangyal no comments

  In a beautiful setting atop a cliff overlooking a beach, Varkala figures among the top South India destinations for both domestic and international tourists when the North reels under winter cold. ...

• A Tibetan in Goa 26 January 2016 | Lobsang Wangyal 2 comments

  Jigme Damdul has been coming to Goa's Arambol beach in winter for many years. But not for the traveller's dream — he is one of many Tibetans who sell trinkets and souvenirs to tourists. ...

• Tibetan self-immolations replaced by solo demonstrations? 22 December 2015 | Benjamin Haas no comments

  Adrak's last words before Chinese police dragged him away were "May the Dalai Lama live 10,000 years". ...

• Smart city can wait: First fix the basics 8 November 2015 | Lobsang Wangyal 5 comments

  Before the dream of a Smart City, we would rather have the basics fixed. ...

• My journey into Tibetan calligraphy 21 August 2015 | Jamyang Dorjee 2 comments

  It is exactly five years since I set a new world record and I thought it will be useful if I share the story of my journey into Tibetan calligraphy. ...

• Tibet in the sky 28 July 2015 | Lobsang Wangyal no comments

  The Tibet Balloon, "Tashi Gyaltsen", flew with 433 balloons in the skies of France on 26 July in a world record event produced by Lorraine Mondial Air Ballons. ...

• Beauty of the Pageant 20 June 2015 | Pema Choedon no comments

  This Pageant is in one way a rebel for the cause of Tibet and secondly an empowerment of women in our society. ...

• Yak sanctuary raises awareness about Tibet in Estonia 28 April 2015 | Sirje Eesmaa (Mrs) one comment

  World traveller, writer, and guitarist Roy Strider is founding a Tibetan Yak sanctuary on 8 hectares of land surrounding his home in Ustamõisa, Põlva county in Southern Estonia. ...