OBITUARY
– Tenzin Dorjee, New York
Tenzin Dorjee* pays tribute to a friend who was born in Tibet under Chinese occupation rule, raised in India as an orphan, driven out of Nepal as an activist, rediscovered himself as an artist in...
OPINION
John Billington* pays tribute to the distinctly Buddhist-altruistic character which defines the Tibetan culture, underlining its enduring global appeal.
(TibetanReview.net, Jan17’24)
Tibet’s culture is UNIQUE. There is no other culture like it in the world. It is a unique blend of...
OPINION
Prof. Nawang Phuntsog* cautions that the deadlock and the precarious democracy in Dharamsala have the potential to diminish international support for the Tibetan cause and urges bolstering the Tibetan public's commitment to unite rather than divide us to correct...
Dr Nawang Phuntsog-la* bemoans the fact that the very institutions and representatives we have elected seem to be the instruments of the potential downfall of Tibetan democracy and calls for a people’s movement to help build a strong foundation...
Tibetan Buddhism is booming across Vietnam, symbolized by the Guinness Record world's largest Tibetan Buddhist prayer wheel built at the luxury resort of Samten Hills. It is located in Da Lat, famous as a romantic French colonial hill station and...
Prof. René Wadlow* sees in India’s current chairmanship of the G20 grouping of states an opportunity for Track Two discussions towards the resolution of the border dispute with China which could otherwise only worsen in future as the two...
OPINION
The meeting itself turned out to be neither exactly as he had imagined, nor completely different from what he had hoped, but Christopher Heise* wishes that everyone with a sincere desire to do so is able to meet His...
OPINION
Human behaviors often violate each other’s expectations, which is especially true and rampant in an intercultural setting, and the video clip of a Feb 28 public event involving the Dalai Lama and a young Indian boy violated the cultural...
OPINION
Ben Byrne*, "not a Dalai Lama sycophant", feels that "the idea that the Dalai Lama would dedicate his whole life to ascending from attachment to the five senses but not quite be able to relinquish a freakish sexual attachment...
OPINION
Dhardon Sharling* argues that the controversy raised over the Dalai Lama’s embrace of a young boy during a recent public event ignores the context of the Tibetan spiritual leader’s often humorous – bordering sometimes on the impish – way...
