Category Archives: Features

• Far from Doklam, a second India-China battle of claims is on — over Tibet’s medicine 20 August 2017 | Divya A no comments

  In April, India sent Sowa-Rigpa as its official entry for UNESCO’s prestigious Intangible Cultural Heritage list. The problem was Beijing also had sent an entry claiming Sowa-Rigpa. ...

• Did the Dalai Lama prefer exile in Myanmar to India? 15 July 2017 | Bertil Lintner one comment

  That is what the Tibetan God King told Asia Times contributor Bertil Lintner in a 1984 interview during ceremonies marking his then 25th year in exile ...

• Sixty years after fleeing Tibet, refugees in India get passports, not property 22 June 2017 | Abhishek Madhukar and Rina Chandran no comments

  "Tibetans will fight on for Free Tibet, but at the same time we have to live our lives now." ...

• Tsering Dorjee Wangkhang: One of first Tibetans in Canada 19 April 2017 | Lobsang Wangyal no comments

  This documentary could have been a story of sadness, but it is a story of people who survived and thrived. ...

• Nazi chief’s drunken expedition to discover Aryan roots in Tibet 4 April 2017 | Allan Hall no comments

  Instead of sticking to the brief of finding the 'super-race', the drunken SS soldiers killed thousands of animals on an expedition to Tibet in 1939. ...

• Tibetan religious ritual: The water offering 21 February 2017 | Laden Tshering Samdup no comments

  The water offering or Yongchap is conducted in the early morning as a token of our selfless devotion to the deities and our gurus. ...

• Devastating earthquake bigger than 2015 Nepal tremor may hit north India soon, warn experts 7 February 2017 no comments

  Uttarakhand and northern Himalaya have witnessed several high and medium intensity tremors in the recent past. Experts have warned of a catastrophic earthquake in north India in near future. ...

• Kalachakra diary 21 January 2017 | Ugyen Gyalpo one comment

  I could transport myself to a world filled with only our people, in our land, and I wished this fleeting gathering of Tibetans would last forever as it would in a free Tibet. ...

• Walking the talk: Fulfilling the wishes of others at Kalachakra 8 January 2017 | Lobsang Wangyal one comment

  Following the advice of the Dalai Lama, that it is necessary to help others not only in our prayers but in our daily lives, Pema Gyalpo started Oshi Shenphen Tsokchung to help Tibetan elders ...

• Land of Happiness: Vision of a fearless Tibetan mother 27 November 2016 | Tenzin Namdul 6 comments

  Despite all hardships, one can conceive and give birth to a vision of giving life to the “Land of Happiness.” We can be mere spectators, or active Buddhists -- it is up to us! ...