Dr. Sangay’s statement has only further confirmed fears among many observers that an influential section among the Tibetan exile leadership is desperate about cobbling up a deal with China on whatever terms. The very first negotiation point in this deal, as already declared by Dr. Sangay, is bound to be […]

This article appeared in the Special Issue 2015 edition of the Tibetan Review.    Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli, Centre for East Asian Studies, Chinese Division, JNU   My presentation is on Chinese foreign policy vis-à-vis India. I will take a few minutes to broadly operate the major policy options that China has […]

Prof. Madhu Rajput* sees in the Tibetan people’s decades-long vibrant sustenance in India in the backdrop of the historic tragedy of losing their homeland a lesson in the art of staying happy and leading the way. “There is a saying in Tibetan, ‘Tragedy should be utilized as a source of […]

Massacre of the innocents On the 30th anniversary of a small but unprecedented, trend-setting demonstration on Sep 27, 1987 by a handful of monks of Sera Monastery in Tibet’s capital Lhasa, Dr Blake Kerr*, an American doctor who witnessed the event and the savage Chinese crackdown on it with his […]

It was the state of strife, strain and harmony among the giant neighbours Russia, China and India through the vicissitudes of time in recent history which more than anything else had a determinative influence on Tibet’s political aspiration, mostly with unfortunate consequences, although its future is far from sealed inasmuch […]

By NgawangTenpa The internal squabble between the two the arguably most prominent members within the community of the Central Tibetan Administration has seen numerous exchanges of ‘cheap shots’ between them. Though after the 2016 election, PenpaTseing (Former Speaker of the TPIE) has no longer been a lingering voice in the […]