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Every year, a great number of traditional Tibetan festivals are celebrated in Lhasa: Sagadawa, the month of Buddha, in June; Shoton, the yoghurt festival with its operas in summer,

With Chinese political power at its peak on global stage, Tibet’s future is neither in the hands of Umavas nor Rangzenpas (Proponents of autonomy within China and Tibetan independence respectively) but in the clutches of the Chinese Comm

Today’s Skype conversation was not one I would call amusing and light. The reason being that what Sonam had to say left me wide-eyed, speechless, and nearly in despair. He had

On Thursday August 22, 2013 you gave a late-night talk in Berkeley, California to the Tibetan community. During the Q&A part of the evening, many questions were raised but understandably there was not enough time for detailed answers to all questions

In the on-going discussions regarding Tibet’s status among nations, there are two main ideological perspectives - autonomy and independence. These two points of view have been

On the surface of it the official Middle Way Approach (MWA) theory that even if Tibet were to become independent most of Kham and all of Amdo would somehow inevitably be excluded from this wonderful development, might se

The great American author William Faulkner wrote, in Requiem for a Nun, “The past is never dead. It's not even past.” This quote has deep resonance for the Tibet issue;

In 2011, two new films from Tibet – Pema Tseden’s third feature film, Old Dog, and his cinematographer Sonthar Gyal’s debut, The Sun Beaten Path – appeared on the international film festival circuit. With the release of these two films, Tibet’s nascent film movement was finally coming of age.

Tibetan women haven't always pushed for equality. I personally didn't know that the way Tibetan women are treated isn't normal until I witnessed the independence and respect women enjoy in other parts of the world

Asking a question and answering it yourself is a rhetorical device known to the ancient Greeks as hypophora. To be effective the answer should follow the question smoothly, perhaps with a well-timed pause in between to heighten the effect. For example: “You ask, what is our aim? (pause) I can answer in one word: It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be.” (Winston Churchill, June 4, 1940)