Tag Archives: Dalai Lama XIV

  • Dalai Lama visits Kashmir, a disputed land like Tibet 18 July 2012 | Zahid Rafiq This post has no comments yet

    After a gap of 24 years, the Dalai Lama is visiting the Kashmir Valley – a region, as with the Tibetan spiritual leader's homeland, where many yearn for independence. ...

  • My Take: Dalai Lama should condemn Tibetan self-immolations 12 July 2012 | Stephen Prothero This post has no comments yet

    Tibet is witnessing an epidemic of self-immolations. In fact, since 16 March 2011, more than 40 Tibetans have followed Thich Quang Duc's lead, setting themselves on fire to protest the Chinese occupat ...

  • Peter Hartcher Dreams of a leader of a land he has never seen 26 June 2012 | Peter Hartcher This post has no comments yet

    Any political leader feeling unhappy with their lot might consider the situation of Lobsang Sangay. He is the Prime Minister of a government that doesn't exist, representing a land he has never visited. ...

  • Italian city pulls back from making Dalai Lama an honorary citizen 22 June 2012 This post has no comments yet

    Milan has backed away from plans to give the Dalai Lama honorary citizenship because of concerns about upsetting China, although officials in Venice and Rome have already honored the Tibetan spiritual leader. ...

  • Dibyesh Anand India’s Tibet problem 19 June 2012 | Dibyesh Anand This post has no comments yet

    India should not forget that Chinese-controlled Tibet is its neighbour. The current Indian leadership's ignorance of Tibetans goes against principles of justice, humanity and ignores historic Indo-Tibetan relations. ...

  • Julian Baggini Why it’s not the Dalai Lama’s job to break the silence on Tibet | Julian Baggini This post has no comments yet

    Disappointment in the Dalai Lama tells us more about the unrealistic expectations of the critics than it does the failings of the man himself. ...

  • After 76 years (and 13 reincarnations) the Dalai Lama still draws a crowd 16 June 2012 | Jonathan Brown This post has no comments yet

    In a world which saw a new crisis emerge "nearly every month", he said there remained "genuine" support for the plight of Tibet and that politicians' reservations in dealing with Beijing were "understandable". ...

  • Retired doctor’s family to meet Dalai Lama 12 June 2012 This post has no comments yet

    A foot-long bone whistle, among other souvenirs from the roof of the world gathered during the British Expedition to Tibet of 1904, is to be finally returned home when Tibet's Dalai Lama visits Scotland. ...

  • Elizabeth C Economy Beijing mixes business and politics? 27 May 2012 | Elizabeth C Economy This post has no comments yet

    China has long mixed business with politics in a most unattractive fashion; it just hasn't been willing to admit it. Will it make a difference if Beijing finally fesses up? ...

  • Claude Arpi China needs Dalai Lama | Claude Arpi This post has no comments yet

    The Dalai Lama has recently revealed his fears about the Chinese plot to kill him. However, the Tibetan resistance to China will only grow, and even turn more aggressive, after the Dalai Lama's exit. ...