Sign language developed for Tibetan deaf

China announced Wednesday it has developed a sign language for the deaf and mute in Tibet — a country it occupied more than 50 years ago. Officials said it is the first sign language system for a minority in China

Freedom Wind, Freedom Song

Recently, a Tibet supporter, arguing to get her support-group to drop the goal of Tibetan independence from their charter, was reported to have said: “…the whole Tibetan independence issue is a myth. Even the flag has been copied from the Japanese.”

Land of the voiceless

Tibet: Shangri-La, the Land of Snows, home to mountain ranges of myth and legend and a people stripped of their culture. The inaccessible peaks and the mysteries of the monasteries have long fascinated westerners fated to live out their lives at a lower level.

How we bought into Buddhism

Buddhism teaches that Buddha is in everything, but not, it seems, on the crotch of a bikini model. When the American lingerie company Victoria’s Secret launched their Buddha Bikini this summer, which featured images of Buddha around the breasts and crotch