Shongka*, a Tibetan living in exile, recalls how listening to the Tibetan services of VOA and RFA during his childhood in Tibet regaled the day, connected Tibetans with the outside world, and sustained hopes for freedom, no matter how...
Prof Tenzin Dorjee* contends that what emerges as clear from the Dalai Lama’s most recently published book, Voice for the Voiceless, is that despite China's waiting game and resolve to choose their own reincarnation of him, the question of...
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Professor Tenzin Dorjee* argues that China cannot succeed in erasing Tibet's identity after turning "China's Tibet" into "Xizang" and hopes Prime Minister KPS Oli does not turn Nepal into "China's Nepal" by allowing the China-appointed Panchen Gyaincain Norbu to...
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While not claiming a direct causal link to the recent and widely welcomed amendment of the Charter of Tibetans in Exile by the Tibetan Parliament in Exile—which allows for the appointment of Justices to the Tibetan Supreme Justice Commission,...
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Given the recent US adoption of the ‘Resolve Tibet Act’ and the passing of significant resolutions on Tibet by the parliaments of the EU, Canada, and Australia in recent times, Tenzin Sherab* quotes US House Speaker Emeritus Nancy Pelosi...
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Robert Vanwey* contends that people, especially those with expert knowledge, who worry for the future of Tibet, Tibetan culture, and Tibetan Buddhism have an obligation to come together and support the entire community, for while we cannot change the...
Phuntsog Wangyal* reflects on the vicissitudes of times dating from what he witnessed during a delegation visit to Tibet in 1980 in a period of relative relaxation through the exile Tibetan government’s 1988 decision to seek autonomy, not independence...
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Tenzin Dorjee* argues that Tibet matters not just to the Tibetan people for the preservation of their national identity and for upholding the integrity of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but also because it occupies a globally...
Tenzin Sherab* recounts events from three of the Dalai Lama’s trips marked by eyewitness occurrences of miracles.
To our naked eyes, what His Holiness the Dalai Lama did at that time looked uncanny and atypical. The whole entourage watched him...
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Vijay Kranti* expresses delight at the fact that the Foreign Relations Committee of the US Senate has cleared the way for a new US law which will recognize Tibet as an ‘Occupied Country’, CHOLKA-SUM as the ‘Real Tibet’, and...
