Interviews

Chinese democracy activist and former political prisoner Yang Jianli and Lhadon Tethong, activist and director of Tibet Action Institute speak to Phayul on the recently concluded Second Special Tibet Support Groups Meeting.

Following the resignation of the two envoys of His Holiness the Dalai Lama earlier this month, Phayul questions Tsewang Rigzin, President of the Tibetan Youth Congress, the Tibetan Women’s Association, and Beijing based award-winning Tibetan writer Woeser on the future prospects of the Sino-Tibet dialogue process.

In his conversation with BBC Radio presenter Sarah Montague in London after receiving Templeton Prize on 14 May, His Holiness the Dalai Lama expressed his strong optimism that freedom will definitely dawn in Tibet soon.

The Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual leader in exile. He’s one of the world’s most visible and honored holy man. He’s a Nobel Peace Prize winner and he’s in the U.S. for the 12th World Summit of Nobel Laureates. It’s my honor to welcome for an exclusive interview, His Holiness, the Dalai Lama.

Full transcript of Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay’s interview with Emma Alberice of Lateline, Australian Broadcasting Cooperation on February 21, 2012, as provided by the broadcasters.

The sun is shining on Tsuglakhang temple, in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas, and hundreds of Tibetans have gathered in the courtyard for a feast. As Buddhist monks ladle out white rice and stewed vegetables,

Since you announced your retirement as leader of the Tibetan government-in-exile, how has your life changed? Dalai Lama: Not much change, because the last ten years, since 2001, we have had political leadership through election.

On March 10, the Dalai Lama dropped a bombshell: he had decided to stop all political activities. In one way, it solved the problem of 'succession' as all the executive powers were now to be concentrated

This month Cinema Asian America features the video-on-demand premiere of Tenzing Sonam and Ritu Sarin’s groundbreaking Tibetan film “Dreaming Lhasa“. Set in the Tibetan exile community in Dharamsala, India, the film tells the story of Karma, a Tibetan

Documentary films in India tend to get little to no attention simply because Desi's prefer masala to reality. So what happens when a well-known Hindi cinema assistant/associate director decides to make a documentary on the trials and tribulations of Tibet?