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Bangalore TYC holds ‘Gratitude to His Holiness the Dalai Lama’ Day

Bangalore Tibetan Youth Congress launched the first-ever Gratitude Day to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama at Tibetan Youth Hostel, Bangalore earlier this week. The group, which is composed of and run by Tibetans

OBITUARY – Sri Kul Bhushan Bakshi

Shri Kul Bushan Bakshi was born on 24th June 1930 and came into contact with Tibet when he was posted in Mandi as Director of Khadi-garam Udyog in 1964/65. He is instrumental in organising a large no of Indians to wo

Tsering Wangmo Dhompa’s ‘A Home in Tibet’ by Thubten Samphel

In Thubron’s case, his mother died in a hospital ward, perhaps of natural causes. But this sets him off into meditation and on a journey to Mount Kailash, the Precious Mountain, in western Tibet. As Thubron explains, “You cannot walk out your grief, I know, or absolve yourself of your survival, or bring anyone back… Then y

Don’t block the tap

he Dalai Lama was the first to suggest that tackling Tibet’s looming environmental crisis deserves precedence over efforts to resolve its protracted political problem. According to WikiLeaks, in a meeting between the Dalai Lama and the American ambassador to India, Timothy J Roemer, on 10 August 2009 in Ne

Men-Tsee-Khang launches Chinese section

In a move to introduce Tibetan medicine to Chinese speaking people, Tibetan Medical and Astrological Institute (Men-Tsee-Khang), the premiere institute of Tibetan medicine of the Tibetan exiles, today launched

Tibetan Deputy Speaker releases two new books

Khenpo Sonam Tenphel, Deputy Speaker of Tibetan Parliament in Exile, today released two Tibetan books by Beri Jigme Wangyal, a former member of the Tibetan Parliament, at the Library of Tibetan Works

Obituary: Wangyal T. Ritzekura, 61, Tibetan educator, mentor, cultural liaison

Born in Dzonga, Tibet, Ritzekura moved with his family to India at an early age. He attended a school established by the Dalai Lama in exile and served as a teacher in Tibetan schools in India from 1976 to 1992. He was a

TPPRC workshop for youth begins

Addressing at the ceremony, Khenpo Sonam Tenphel said, “Since 2009, 130 Tibetans have set themselves on fire, out of which many have died. These Tibetan self immolators could have used some other means

Tibetan minister inaugurates exhibition on Tibet self immolations

Director of Tibet Museum said that the main purpose to organize the exhibition is to introduce and give details of “the true situation inside Tibet, to give backgrounds and explain why

Obituary: Kalsang Wangchuk la (1937 – 2014)

For many of us in Toronto, the sight of a distinguished-looking elderly Tibetan Pala and his beloved wife, with their trademark knapsacks on their backs, on the streets and avenues of Parkdale was a familiar sight. Sadly, we will not be seeing this loving couple in pair again.

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