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There was a time when Tibet had a rich flora and fauna. Birds and animals of all kinds flew over and roamed the thick jungles and green pastures and lush meadows of the plateau.

In the bustling streets of Mcleod Ganj, an old pola went about making announcements on the microphone for a special prayer gathering the next morning. The occasion, he said, was because "Tibet-China Negotiations have started."

They are trekkers and seekers, backpackers and Buddhist followers, and they come here for both spiritual sustenance and for rugged hikes amid ancient monasteries and snowcapped mountains.

It's again the torture period for our four chosen Kalons as our parliament meets in September; MPs who are largely anonymous to the general public, have made it a culture to barbeque the administration

The mild-mannered assistant commissioner in charge of ethnic and religious affairs in Lhasa, a Tibetan with sparkling eyes called Tu Deng, had for some time been patiently answering questions by pesky Indian journalists on a Chinese government-sponsored tour of Tibet last month.

This article is based on my dissertation titled "Experience of Poverty in Tibetan Community" prepared for the fulfillment of a Masters Degree in Development Planning and Administration.

Tibet would have been liberated; the loss of face would have made China retreat into its shell instead of becoming an aggressive imperialist....and of course India's Marxists would have been defanged.

The old amala rephrased her question "I mean are you Amdo, or Khampa or Toepa?" Lobsang gave the same defiant answer again. In a brash tone he said "Tibet".

"You come home, raise your hand on your wife/husband, it's an assault. But when the same hands are raised on your children, it's discipline".

July 6th was the Exiled Tibetan Spiritual and Political Leader, 1989 Nobel Prize winner, honorable highness, Dalai Lama's 69th birthday. A celebration attended by 5,000 devotees was held in Paris, and the occasion was, no doubt, honored by many of the 100,000 Tibetan refugees around the world.