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A long expected second round of the Sino-Tibetan contact started on Sunday 25 May with the arrival in Beijing of a delegation representing the Dalai Lama. Neither the itinerary nor the duration of the trip appears to have been clearly agreed upon.

WHY does the United Nations so often shoot itself in the foot? Just as the World Health Organisation is basking in accolades at its annual assembly this week for its part in the battle to overcome the spread of the severe acute

A new generation of Tibetan leaders, more highly educated and technologically capable than their predecessors, is emerging in the Tibetan government. According to Xinhua, Jampa Phuntsog, one of the Tibetan Deputy Party Secretaries

Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary (bottom) were the first to successfully reach the summit of Mount Everest. A new biography (top) profiles Tenzing's journey through life. (Photograph copyright Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS, Cover Art courtesy Royal Geographical Society)

In a new biography, Tenzing: Hero of Everest, recently issued by National Geographic Books, author Ed Douglas profiles the life of Tenzing Norgay. Together with Edmund Hillary, the climber became the first human to stand atop the world's highest mountain.

India was mending fences with China as well as Pakistan before the visit by Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage to South Asia this week. Given close ties and reports of nuclear and missile cooperation between Islamabad and Beijing

After the 2000 U.S. presidential elections in Florida made democracy in America safe and secure in a few powerful hands, instead of scattered among the millions of weak ones belonging to citizens who don’t grasp the Orwellian significance

On landing in China, George Fernandes is said to have received a "red carpet" welcome. Most analysts agree that it augurs well for the Sino-Indian relations. However, one question arises immediately: What does a grand reception in China really mean?

These are times when destructive emotions like anger, fear and hatred are giving rise to devastating problems throughout the world. While the daily news offers grim reminders of the destructive power of such emotions

Half a million pilgrims came to Bodh Gaya, India in May, 2002, for a ritual invoking world peace and harmony. The Buddhist Kalachakra Initiation takes place every 12 years under the Tree of Enlightenment in this northern Indian village known as the birthplace of Buddhism.