His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama is received by thousands of devotees upon his arrival at Bodh Gaya in the Indian state of Bihar for the upcoming Kalachakra initiations on December 31, 2011.
(Phayul/Norbu Wangyal)
It was an evening filled with the energy of free-spirited Tibetans who came from all over the country in solidarity to celebrate culture, discuss politics, elevate concerns, and shares their vision for the future of Tibet at Harvard University on Friday, December 2, 2011. It was an evening when the flame of passion for their nation was transferred from the hearts of Tibetans
Academic scholarship may not generally lend itself to moving or inspirational writing, but there are exceptions. Edward Gibbon’s, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, is probably the greatest work of history written
Lhamo Tso, a mother of four, lives in Dharamsala while her husband Dhondup Wangchen continues to serve a six-year jail term in a Chinese prison in Xining, north eastern Tibet. They have not had the chance to speak or meet face to face for four years now.
Beginning November 15, a 19-member troupe from the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) have been touring the northern Indian cities of Chandigarh and New Delhi, presenting a Tibetan cultural fest – “Dances from the Roof of the World.”
His Holiness the Dalai Lama flanked by J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdhulla arrives in Jammu on a day-long visit to inspect the ruins of an ancient Buddhist monastery and address a public gathering on November 16, 2011. (Phayul Photo/Sherab Woeser)
Sonthar Gyal’s (a young Tibetan filmmaker in Tibet) film The Sun-Beaten Path — which won 2011 Dragons and Tigers Awards at the Vancouver International Film Festival — is in many ways a trenchant criticism of today’s
Pema Tseden’s “Old Dog” (Khyi rgan) opens with a handsome Tibetan youth riding into a town on his motorbike with an aged, shaggy dog tied to a chain. The youth looks virile and has a strong bodily presence on the screen, but we learn later in the film that he is impotent
Sonthar Gyal’s (a young Tibetan filmmaker in Tibet) film The Sun-Beaten Path — which won 2011 Dragons and Tigers Awards at the Vancouver International Film Festival — is in many ways a trenchant criticism of today’s Tibet, where individua
