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Global Vigil for the Panchen Lama of Tibet was concluded peacefully and observed by many local Tibetan, Nepalese, foreigner and press person here in Boudha stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal.

An average Tibetan of today has some understanding of the system of aristocracy, lamas and clan leaders in independent Tibet.

Tibetan filmmaker Pema Dhondup's "We are no Monks: A Struggle for Identity" is an important film. The last the Tibetans saw themselves on the screen, in all the scorching palettes of their oppression under the Chinese occupation

When tracing our cultural heritage, we Tibetans talk about three main sources of influence: for our spiritual tradition we looked towards our neighbor to the south, India; for our culinary tradition towards our neighbor to the east, China

Very few references have been made in the world press about the Bandung Conference, though this historical event is considered to be the beginning of the non-aligned movement and the first step of Communist China into world affairs

When Vamana Avataar asked for three strides of land from Bali Raja, the generous king granted it but didn't know that this avatar of Lord Vishnu would grow up to be so big that his two strides would cover the earth and the rest of the universe

Tibet means Dalai Lama and that teenager who escaped from Tibet we saw on TV Karmapa? Tibet is Kailash Manasarover; hey, why can't we go to our Kailash Parvath, our Shiv-ji's abode? Who are these Chinky people? Nepalis?

I was in Europe this month to receive an award from the Geuzen Resistance 1940-1945 Foundation on behalf of the International Campaign for Tibet.

When Tibetan World invited me to write something for the magazine I thought of talking about things that will provoke my fellow Tibetans to introspect and to take stock of their situation before venturing to face the world.

With every passing year the official 10 th March statements gets progressively more disheartening and defeatist. In this year's Kashag statement, Samdhong Rimpoche calls on the public to participate in prayers and "merit-accumulating activities" to get the Chinese talk to us.