Interviews

It all began with the image shown on television of the body of a frozen girl: frozen in the Himalayan Mountains while fleeing Tibet into Indian exile. That image, which she saw in 1998, made writer/filmmaker Maria Blumencron ask herself, how could parents send their children away, and over such arduous terrain?

The few songs I have written so far are more inspired by personal experiences rather than by politics, though, of course, the context of being a Tibetan and living in exile always resonates in whatever I do

The Treaty is exactly what its appellation states it to be. It is a treaty signed and sealed by representatives of Tibet and Mongolia in January 1913. The treaty begins with Tibet and Mongolia attesting to their having emerged from under Manchu domination and constituted themselves as

Tseten Phanucharas, a star of the documentary Dreaming of Tibet, sat down with me after breakfast on the Taos Mountain Film Festival's final day. Phanucharas was born in Tibet but her family left shortly before the Dalai Lama fled in 1959. She now lives in L.A. and works with Los Angeles Friends of Tibet

Tseten Phanucharas, a star of the documentary Dreaming of Tibet, sat down with me after breakfast on the Taos Mountain Film Festival's final day. Phanucharas was born in Tibet but her family left shortly before the Dalai Lama fled in 1959. She now lives in L.A. and works with Los Angeles Friends of Tibet

The recent historic uprising by Tibetans all over Tibet beginning March 10th put the issue of Tibet on the world stage like never before. We in exile are forever grateful for the continuing sacrifices for Tibet's Independence by Tibetans inside and we must all promise and work towards Tibet's

The voyage to France of Tenzin Gyatso, better known as the Dalai Lama, has drawn plenty of comment, good and bad. Loved or loathed, at 73, the Nobel Peace Prize winner likes to present

ell, the most striking one was from a monk that I met at a Buddhist pilgrimage spot in China, who had escaped from a monastery in Eastern Tibet and he said that when he was there at his monastery

Today under heavy security, the Olympic torch relay proceeded through the largely Muslim western province of Xinjiang. Yesterday Olympic organizers announced that the relay’s Tibetan leg, originally

Tibet's longest serving political prisoner and a symbol of resistance to Chinese rule addressed the 8th session of the Human Rights Council Wednesday (June 4). Despite spending