As opposed to the many Tibetan pop music that comes handy these days, it is not quite often when you see a Tibetan singing Jazz. And even rarer so to have composed a whole album. That’s what exactly thirty eight year old Kesang Dawa is all about.
The new agricultural policy of the Kashag based on truth and non-violence is nearing implementation as the Agriculture Section of the Department of Home plans to hold workshops in south India.
In a sad incident, Mr. Kunsang Paljor, a former member of the assembly of Tibetan People's Deputies and a senior reporter of the Voice of Tibet radio service breathed his last this morning at 4 at Zonal Hospital, Dharamsala.
A 28-member delegation from the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), led by Vice Chairman of the TAR Government Lobsang Gyaltsen, arrived in Kathmandu for a 12-day visit to Nepal on August 5, 2003.
Gyaltsen Norbu, the boy selected by the Chinese Government as the Panchen Lama, has arrived in the Kumbum Monastery (Ch: Taersi) in Amdo in present-day Qinghai Province, according to reliable information.
Kyabje Drubwang Pema Norbu Rinpoche, prominent Tibetan lama and throne holder of the Palyul Lineage, is visiting Washington, D.C. from August 21 to 24, 2003 to give Buddhist teachings and a talk on compassion and world peace.
Two of Tibet's longest serving political prisoners have received sentence reductions from the Chinese authorities. Both are monks of Drepung Monastery in Lhasa. Jamphel Jangchub (lay name Yugyal) received a three year reduction of his 19 year sentence
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has begun a special discourse on Buddhist teachings in Dharmasala. During the 10-day-long spiritual discourse, the Dalai Lama would explain the meanings of Buddhist scriptures to the devotees.
