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Dr Yashwant Singh* argues that the issue concerning the recognition of the reincarnation of the current Dalai Lama, when the time comes eventually, will force governments to adopt what may amount to a position on the political status of...
Nepal honoured Bhrikuti, Bhelsa Tritsun in Tibetan, who was married to Tibet’s 33rd Yarlung Dynasty King Songtsen Gampo, the founder of the 7th to 9th century Tibetan empire, as a National Luminary in 1955 for being a bearer of...
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Bembya Mitruev* argues that the middle way policy, “the only sustainable official policy of the Central Tibetan Administration”, envisioned by His Holiness the Dalai Lama way back in the 1970s, is an outcome of rigorous democratic and legal procedures,...
Elia Mantovan* says he founded Nomads Tibet, which serves Tibetan momos at festivals, cultural events and public gatherings throughout Italy, as a way to open Tibet and its culture, with which he grew up since childhood, to the outside...
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While the Tibetan people’s struggle for freedom is patent and grabs global attention, the one to preserve their idenity and integrity as a people in the face of deep-rooted existing, potentially divisive, causes, and as a result of the...
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While the Middle Way approach of seeking autonomy under Chinese sovereignty remains the official policy today, conditions can change in ways that would make independence a more viable cause so long as Tibetans do not allow the flame of...
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After witnessing a video commentary on the second fact-finding delegation sent by His Holiness the Dalai Lama which toured Tibet from 1 May 1980, Phuntsog Wangyal*, a member of that delegation, asks that the record be set straight on...
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Palden Sonam* is piqued by the phenomenon of candlelight vigils being held when the sun is still up, and therefore in broad daylight, and asks whether this does not dilute the effectiveness of holding the events.
Whoever coined the idiom ‘It’s...
To Palden Gyal* this article is a personal and deeply moving reflection that links the self-immolations of Loga Rangzen la and Thupten Ngodup la—spanning nearly three decades—as enduring symbols of Tibetan sacrifice, resistance, and the struggle to preserve Tibetan...
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Tenzing Chhodak* is amused that China can’t avoid using the name “Tibet” despite having supposedly made it a taboo in official usage.
When I first learnt that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) had decided to use the Chinese word “Xizang”...
