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A new movie- Tsampa to Pizza, directed and produced by a Tibetan youth, Sonam Tsetan, has been catching the eyes and inpsiration of Tibetans and non-Tibetans here in the northern Indian hill town of Dharamsala.

Entering Tibet at Gongkhar Airport, we drive around the base of a mountain to reach our hotel in Lhasa. Returning to the airport one amazing week later, we zip through the mountain instead

For a movie made by Buddhists about Buddhists for Buddhists, "Vajra Sky Over Tibet" is awfully dualistic. That paradox is partly the point: Writer-director John Bush filmed in Tibet without permission from Chinese authorities

I first saw Chinese director, Lu Chuan’s critically acclaimed Tibetan film – Kekexili: Mountain Patrol – in the unlikely environs of an ornate 19th Century opera house in the Brazilian city of

One of the interesting things about Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy is what it displays about the passage of time

One of the interesting things about Tibet: A Buddhist Trilogy is what it displays about the passage of time

Back before the Dalai Lama became linked with all sorts of Hollywood celebrities and Lotusland's appropriation of Buddhist

The sudden demise of Prof Dawa Norbu has left all of us shell-shocked creating a void that can never be filled. A true son of Tibet, he was a person far ahead of his time and one of the exceptional few who combined rare intellect

The trip in and around Mcleodgunj was like flying across the Himalayas to the Dalai Lama’s kingdom. Only bits of India and the Raj cropped up.

I was a medical officer at the DTR Hospital in Mundgod Settlement for one year from August, 2004 to August, 2005. It was a time of great learning, trying to understand the intricate life lines of my own community.