On Writing the Tibetan Diaspora
Debutant novelist Tsering Namgyal Khortsa* reflects on the challenges, joy, and lessons learnt in taking up fiction-writing as a Tibetan exile.
(TibetanReview.net, Mar02'20)
Last November...
Tibetan Elections: Why are we not voting
While lack of interest, lack of knowledge, disillusionment, voter apathy, and low level of political engagement may indeed be reasons for the low level...
Faith versus politics in Dalai Lama reincarnation standoff
The Tibetan reincarnation tradition is more then 800 years old. Communist-ruled China is only 70 years old while the offering of a golden urn by...
Why am I running for Sikyong?
- Kasur Lobsang Nyandak
Today, we Tibetans are at a significant crossroad in our history. While tremendous opportunities lie ahead to rebuild on the momentum...
The 2008 uprising and the Olympics
by Wangpo Tethong1
There is a widespread perception that the main cause of the 2008 uprising (or “unrest,” as it is named by some authors)...
WILL DALAI LAMA RETURN TO CHINA?
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...
Open Letter Appeal
Dear Mr. Thupten Thokmey la,
With due respect to your former monk status, I sincerely and truly respect your right to express your solidarity and...
Rehabilitation policy unlikely to stem Tibetans’ emigration dreams
(Editorial appeared in the November-December 2014 edition of Tibetan Review.)
On Oct 20 this year, the government of India issued a document titled “The Tibetan...
OBITUARY: Famed doctor of Tibetan Medicine passes away
(May 15, 1027 – Nov 26, 2019)
(TibetanReview.net, Nov25'19)
Dr Yeshi Dhonden, a doctor of Tibetan Medicine who attracted hordes of patients from across India...
A Constitutional Crisis in Gangchen Kyishong
Kunsang Tanzin* contends that a constitutional crisis has arisen from the refusal of the Standing Committee of the Tibetan Parliament in Exile to submit...