Tibetan Democracy Day: Sixty-Five Years of Exile, and Still Counting
OPINION
Charisma fades, but institutions endure, and the Dalai Lama’s pivotal decision taken 65 years ago to democratize the exile Tibetan governance stands out as...
Propaganda in Tibetan Cultural Life: Official Narratives vs. Recorded Traditions
OPINION
As international scrutiny of Chinese policies in Tibet continues to intensify, the stark contrast between a fundamentally false official propaganda and recorded traditions becomes...
Tibet’s Hidden Power: Rare Earths in a Land Under Occupation
To China, Tibet has always been Xizang, meaning the western treasure-house, and this belief turned into a strong realization after its first comprehensive geological...
China’s Digital Crackdown in Tibet: A Regime of Silence in the Virtual Age
OPINION
Aritra Banerjee* dwells on how China has weaponized technology to suppress faith, speech, and dissent on the Tibetan Plateau, cutting Tibetans off from each...
The 1959 uprising and its aftermath in official and independent records
OPINION
As China marked the 66th anniversary of the launch of its “democratic reform” in Tibet and as the exile Tibetan community commemorated the 66th...
Ghoton Tribute: A Testament to the Unseen Nation Within Me
OPINION
A picture of a Tibetan mother with her baby tied to her back and shovelling the earth on a road construction site somewhere in...