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Opinions

As I Saw It: Why a daytime candlelight vigil?

OPINION 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...

A Flame That Does Not Go Out: Remembering Loga Rangzen and Thupten Ngodup

To Palden Gyal* this article is a personal and deeply moving reflection that links the self-immolations of Loga...

Tibet Remains ‘Tibet’ Despite Tibet-Splittist Xi Jinping’s ‘Xizang’ Dicta

OPINION Tenzing Chhodak* is amused that China can’t avoid using the name “Tibet” despite having supposedly made it a...

Knowledge as Hegemony: What the Cancellation of the IATS Conference Reveals

OPINION In the backdrop of the recent cancellation of the International Association for Tibetan Studies (IATS) conference, which was...

Who Gets to Choose the Next Dalai Lama? A Sacred Tradition Caught in a Political Tug-of-War

OPINION Ashu Maan* examines the escalating dispute between the exiled Dalai Lama’s Gaden Phodrang Trust and the Chinese government...
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From Ama Drime to Artificial Intelligence: Tibet’s High-Purity Quartz Discovery and the New Global Resource Frontier

OPINION Tenzin Jigmey* makes the point that while the recent discovery of potentially vast reserves of rare top quality quartz from southern Tibet is great...

‘This Land is My Land’ – Remembering Lhasang Tsering

Wangpo Tethong* remembers Lhasang Tsering, who passed away just recently, for the remarkably cool-headed manner in which he steered the Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC)...

Free Tibet’s Classrooms: End Patriotic Drills, Restore Native Language Learning

OPINION As the future of Tibet's cultural identity is increasingly being shaped not in monasteries or family homes, but inside classrooms where political indoctrination is...

At 90, the Dalai Lama Remains the Voice Beijing Cannot Silence

OPINION China’s continuous strengthening of its decades-long crackdown on monasteries, language, schools and public gatherings in Tibet means that its persistent, often murky and disturbing,...

Why I Oppose the Independence Route

OPINION While it seems to make no difference to China whether Tibetans are seeking autonomy or campaigning for independence for their occupied homeland, Tseten Lhundup*...

China’s Aggression on Dalai Lama Reincarnation is a Threat to India’s Sovereignty and National Security

OPINION Vijay Kranti* contends: “The Chinese Embassy Spokesperson’s threats to the Modi Government to keep off the Dalai Lama’s reincarnation is the last wake-up call...
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