See Tibet through different prisms — through the viewfinder of a photographer and through the eye of a painter — in an exhibition that opens this week at the Pacific Street Art Gallery & Studios.
The San Mateo County Medical Association in California has awarded its Distinguished Service Award for this year to Dr. Nancy Harris for her contribution towards improving the health of the Tibetans in Tibet.
Activists from the 'Council for Tibet Freedom' burn pictures of Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and China's President Hu Jintao and a Chinese national flag during a demonstration in the central Indian city of Bhopal June 25, 2003. Tibetan exiles in India believe improved relations between India and China would help negotiations between the Dalia Lama and Beijing over Tibet, a Tibetan spokesman said.
Photo by Raj Patidar
What one must have expected of the Dharamsala administration was an outright condemnation of Indian Prime Minster's remark on Tibet being a part of China. Condemnation did come but not from the Tibetan exile government but from the Tibetan Youth Congress, the largest NGO of the Tibetan community with a largely different viewpoint
Despite all the brouhaha and claims by the opposition there is no substantive change in the formulation on reference to Tibet in the joint declaration.
The selection of the Tibetan national football team is finally over. From the 38 players shortlisted during the Gyalyum Chenmo Memorial football tournament, 18 players have now been selected to represent Tibet.
Tibet's government-in-exile welcomed a new thaw in tensions between India and China amid a tentative dialogue process with Beijing over the future of the Himalayan territory.
