Category Archives: Interviews

• How CTA plans to spend US$23 million: An interview with Kaydor Aukatsang 13 April 2017 | Lobsang Wangyal no comments

  The five-year Tibetan Self-Reliance and Resilience (TSRR) programme funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was launched in October 2016. ...

• Challenges and opportunities for Tibet in US: Interview with Representative Penpa Tsering 22 December 2016 | Lobsang Wangyal 3 comments

  As Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to North America, Penpa Tsering's priorities are to bring US support to the Tibetan cause, and oversee issues of Tibetans in North America. ...

• I faced a storm, I surfed it through: Dhardon Sharling 6 October 2016 | Lobsang Wangyal 29 comments

  I think we can far supersede the propaganda war that China is waging against us. So strengthening the technology capacity of this department is definitely on my mind. ...

• John Whalen-Bridge speaks on his book “Tibet on Fire” 30 September 2016 | Lobsang Wangyal no comments

  What can you do, how can you make the message, defeat the Chinese money-power-cultural-censorship? Write about these things, make movies, make music, with the highest quality, so it endures. ...

• Sino-Tibet dialogue: Interview with ex-envoy Kelsang Gyaltsen 15 September 2016 | Lobsang Wangyal 7 comments

  In these meetings, there has never been a time where I thought that on the other side of the table are people with real, sound views and sound positions, and who I felt any respect from. ...

• Samdhong Rinpoche speaks on elections and citizenship 23 August 2016 | Lobsang Wangyal 15 comments

  Former Kalon Tripa Samdhong Rinpoche speaks candidly about the Tibetan election process, involvement of oracles and religious sects in the political process, and Tibetans getting Indian citizenship. ...

• Majority of members not asking for change in stance: TYC President 20 April 2016 | Lobsang Wangyal 5 comments

  Out of eighty-eight chapters of the Tibetan Youth Congress, only eight want the organisation to change its political stand. That’s not a majority. ...

• Vijay Kranti speaks about his photos documenting Tibetan exile life 16 April 2016 | Lobsang Wangyal one comment

  It's not one way. Tibet contributed something great to me. Professionally I got a wonderful subject to study, to write about, to think about, to work for. ...

• To wish the whole world a better place — Tilasmi Frigge 24 February 2016 | Lobsang Wangyal no comments

  Many people will start to carry the atmosphere of Tibet, and out of that you will win the world. ...

• No credit for my contributions, says Tsering Lhundup 27 November 2015 one comment

  Tibetan-American Tsering Lhundup is one of the few Tibetan real estate agents in the United States, and has made strong contributions to the Tibetan community there. ...