Tag Archives: History

• New Tibetan organisation opened in McLeod Ganj 28 October 2012 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has no comments yet

  A new Tibetan organisation aimed at providing free services to the Tibetan community was opened in McLeod Ganj on Sunday. ...

• India remembers 1962 China war martyrs 20 October 2012 This post has one comment

  India on Saturday for the first time remembered the martyrs of the 1962 Indo-China war. ...

• China ex-official sheds light on dark side of power 14 October 2012 | David Watkins This post has no comments yet

  In The Civil Servant's Notebook, Wang Xiaofang writes about a world he is familiar with, having himself risen through the ranks of Chinese officialdom. ...

• Getting 1962 Sino-Indian war conclusions right isn’t too difficult 12 October 2012 | MK Bhadrakumar This post has one comment

  As illustrated during the 1962 Sino-Indian War, a major challenge in the conduct of foreign policy comes in overcoming the tyranny of the Indian bureaucracy. ...

• The war we lost – 1962 Sino-Indian conflict 5 October 2012 | BG Verghese This post has no comments yet

  THE 1962 Sino-Indian conflict is half a century old, but to understand what happened, one needs to go further back to Indian independence and the creation of the PRC. ...

• Buddhist statue taken by Nazis came from space rock 30 September 2012 This post has 2 comments

  A thousand-year-old Buddhist statue taken from Tibet in 1938 by an SS team seeking the roots of Hitler's Aryan doctrine was carved from a meteorite. ...

• The ruins of empire: Asia’s emergence from western imperialism 27 July 2012 | Pankaj Mishra This post has no comments yet

  The central event of the modern era is Asia's emergence from the ravages of western imperialism. Why can't we escape our narcissistic version of history? ...

• 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. ...

• I support Tibetan effort for independence and freedom: Harry Wu 12 April 2012 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has no comments yet

  Harry Wu says that the Tibetan movement is still alive and strong and he supports their effort for independence and freedom. ...

• The Miss Tibet Beauty Pageant: a voice of Tibet 4 June 2009 | Tsering Choekyap This post has no comments yet

  This writer, a simple Buddhist monk, who has received modern education in India, can not understand why our own people criticise the Miss Tibet Beauty Pageant. ...