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.
The new Chinese leadership has just taken over the reins of the most populous nation in the world. Already many dark clouds are appearing in the sky of the Middle Empire. With the Iraq war nearing its end, what is going to happen during the next few months is anybody's guess.
His cosy little basement office is lined with rows and rows of books, mostly on religion and spirituality; photographs of the Dalai Lama share a comfortable space all over with those of Ramakrishna Paramhansa's and yet, filmmaker Rajiv Mehrotra prefers to call himself an "undeserving spiritual aspirant".
One hundred tour guides from different Chinese provinces have been assigned to Tibet each year for the next decade, representing a further threat to the livelihoods of Tibetan guides, who have been under increasing political pressure for several years.
A few days ago, there was a news item quoting the Dalai Lama as having said that he wished to be the last of his line, and that he would like the position itself to be abolished after his death. This is a significant reiteration of something the Dalai Lama has been talking about for quite some time.
High on the Tibetan Plateau, the city of Lhasa is threatened with submersion, but not by its neighboring river. With the large influx of Han Chinese over the past several decades, the character of this once exotic and isolated city is changing rapidly.
