Ben Byrne* wonders whether Tibet before the Chinese invasion took place would have accepted a possible American support with conditions whose full range of consequences could not have been foreseen at that time and whether, if ‘yes’, the Tibetan people would then have met a fate akin to that of […]
Opinions
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Why am I running for Sikyong?
– Kasur Lobsang Nyandak Today, we Tibetans are at a significant crossroad in our history. While tremendous opportunities...
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Tibet’s rights against China’s might
Whatever the legal status of Tibet might have been under international law, Tibet around the turn of the 20th century...
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China’s Ladakh aggression and the Qing dynasty’s continental hegemony
Ben Byrne* sees a remarkable similarity between the continental hegemony and territorial ambitions of the Qing dynasty...
MAY THE ‘OCEAN OF WISDOM’ KEEP FLOWING!
A Tribute to Dalai Lama on His Birthday Prof. Madhu Rajput* & Squadron Leader Toolika Rani (retd)** (TibetanReview.net, Jul04’20) – The history of human existence has been dotted with conflict. Religion, nation, race, caste, gender, class; the outward reason may have differed but the underlying element remained the same- the […]
Read more ›Tibet’s freedom is India’s best security: The Empirical Evidence
by Tsewang Rigzin* (TibetanReview.net, Jun26’20) – Apart from Tibetans, the greatest beneficiary of a Free Tibet will be India. The recent Chinese incursion and brutal murder of twenty Indian soldiers in Galwan Valley in the Ladakh region of Northern India is yet another reminder of a prophetic letter by Sardar […]
Read more ›ADAPTATION – A LESSON IN SURVIVAL FROM TIBETAN WOMEN
By: Prof. Madhu Rajput* & Sqn Ldr Toolika Rani (retd)* (TibetanReview.net, Jun23’20) – The air was sparse, the mountains high. Springing from the glaciers, the rivers sparkled like gems. The sound of flowing water was sometimes matched by the frenzied gusts of wind. Life echoed in the high plateau with mirth and […]
Read more ›India’s Tibet Policy: Time to turn back the clock?
Apa Lhamo* contends that India bought for itself a geopolitical mess for its naïve policy of embracing China by recognizing Tibet as part of China and suggests that it reset its Tibet policy from the time before its independence from Britain. (TibetanReview.net, Jun12’20) – When power dynamics in India (1947) […]
Read more ›Many Streams, One Ocean: the Tibetan Belief on Religious Harmony
By Prof. Madhu Rajput* & Squadron Leader Toolika Rani (retd)* (TibetanReview.net, Jun11’20) – Where did we come from? Where do we go? Who or what created life- God, energy, evolution? Does it have a form? How do we know it? Since they overcame the basic challenges to survival, human beings […]
Read more ›Who is Phunchok Stobdan and what is His Real Agenda?
Kunsang Thokmay* questions the expertise of Phunchok Stobdan whose recent comments on the Dalai Lama has triggered a major public controversy, including in his home Union Territory of Ladakh (TibetanReview.net, Jun05’20) – Phunchok Stobdan, a former Indian ambassador based in Delhi, has accused the Dalai Lama of keeping silent on […]
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