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LHASA CALLING: Why We Must Escape from Exile

Time has come for us to return. Night follows day, and day follows night. Exile, too, if meaningful, is followed by return. For the very goal of going into exile is but to refill our water bags and restock our armory

We Need to Revisit Tibetan History

I grew up with the traditional perspective of Tibetan history. It began with the beginning of the Tibetan race when Chenresig, manifesting in a monkey, and Jetsun Dolma, manifesting in a rock ogress, mated,

Protest Power: A people’s power that is once again revitalising the Tibetan freedom movement

Before it happened our Superintendent of Police, Kangra District, called me to his office twice and tried to advise me to keep silent. He even told some senior exile Tibetan government officials to

The Forgotten Anniversary – Remembering the Great Khampa Uprising of 1956

by Jamyang Norbu - This year the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution against Soviet occupation was observed with due ceremony and honour throughout Hungary, though in the capital, Budapest,

Tibet and the Paper Tigers

Spiraling violence in Tibet since the last four decades presents a serious threat to world peace. Religious and peace leaders, particularly the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet,

Learn from the Chinese

President Hu Jintao has come and gone. The 13 agreements, protocols and MoUs signed during his visit have brought nothing very new or exciting. Most of these are geared to

The politics of betrayal

Small black dots move in a line against a backdrop of gray - Tibetan pilgrims walking through the snow near the Nepalese border, trekking to see the Dalai Lama in

How could India expect to have the McMohan Line without recognizing Tibet as an occupied territory?

The recent provocative claim made by the Chinese ambassador that the Indian frontier state, Arunachal Pradesh, belongs to China was nothing new except that it was made publicly

China: What’s ripe for settlement

Today, we are told that India and China are finally true friends, and special commemorations are being held to remind the public of this new sentiment towards the Middle Kingdom.

Tibet is the key

The recent Sino-Indian spat over Arunachal Pradesh triggered by the Chinese ambassador's loud-mouthed claim has brought home the truth that at the core of the India-China divide remains Tibet and that

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