Opinions

Jasjit Singh's suggestion that India could consider recognising China’s “sovereignty” over Tibet “only if China was willing to recognise J&K’s accession to India,” is not, in my opinion, a ‘Line of actual gain’ (IE, June 14). In fact, it would be suicidal to India’s national interest, security and reputation.

While the entire Western business world seems to applaud China's every move as long as that country lets them profit, the communist regime nurses doubts over its ability to keep power in the absence of legitimacy.

The Dalai Lama's delegation has returned from a visit to China, including the traditional Tibetan area of Kham now incorporated into Yunnan province, issuing a carefully-worded statement that appears to give a more cautious assessment

Both Nepal and China have issued strongly-worded statements in defence of their actions regarding the deportation of 18 Tibetans back to Tibet from Kathmandu on Saturday (31 May). The statements may have been provoked by the condemnations

The trimmings of modern sports venues don't exist here. Seating is wherever a spectator can find an empty place to sit, be it a concrete ledge or a tree stump. There's no toilets and no concession stands. Players are chasing the ball on a barren patch of dirt.

From left: Tsering Shakya, Tsering Dhundup Gonkatsang and Sonam T. Frasi at the Tibet Foundation Culture Centre (Tibet Foundation)

The Tibet Foundation's Art and Culture programme held a seminar and open discussion on Sino-Tibet Relations on 23 January 2003. Tsering Dhondup Gonkatsang of Oxford University was in the chair, with Sonam Tsering Frasi

What is the first thing you notice about this sculpture? Perhaps you are amazed to discover that the figure has so many arms and heads. This is no ordinary human being! So who is it?

According to confirmed information received by the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD), the 18 Tibetan detainees were deported from Nepal to Tibet under pressure from the Chinese Embassy in Nepal. At 6 a.m. this morning, police officers from Hanuman Dhoka District Police Station forcefully led the group into a police van. It is reported that the group resisted but were overpowered by police who lifted the detainees and pushed them into the van.

The legends of Shambala are one of the few oriental subjects that have become really very popular even outside the Eastern world. However, there are practically no fundamental scientific works dedicated to Shambala.