So the Himachal Pradesh government continues with its flip-flop on the Karmapa issue with the state chief secretary making a formal announcement declaring that the “state governm
Anyone following the Indian media's obsession this month with a Buddhist monk would think the stories came from the pages of a cheap spy novel. Last month, India's police foun
The prevailing gloom over the interrogation and lawsuits against the Karmapa and his officials for the ‘unaccounted’ cash stash reportedly seized by the Indian police ha
While throughout the world people have watched media reports detailing the massive anti-government protests in Egypt that began on Jan. 25, in China the media reports have been either minimal or misleading and online discussions have been closed
The assumption that the Karmapa will create a China-friendly chain of monasteries in the Himalayas by using Himachal Pradesh as a staging point for anti-India campaigns is a fallacy
On 26 January two Indians were arrested with a large amount of cash, which led to the raid on the room of Karmapa’s monk accountant in Gyuto near Dharamsala. Gyalwa Karm
It is unfortunate that without appreciating the nuances of sectarian politics within Tibetan Buddhism and Sino-Tibetan relations, the Indian media portrayed the Karmapa’s apolitical stance as suspicious. Continuing speculation about the Karmapa’s escape from Tibet in 1999 reminds me of a Japanese conspiracy theory film
Even before this legal battle was waged and won by one of our own (I would like to call it a watershed moment), Namgyal Dolkar Lhagyari, I have had numerous discussions on this
As I write this the long and apparently tech-savvy hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are busy making sure that no news of the great mass uprisings taking place around the world gets thr
The real challenge lies in China undermining Indian industry, winning over our neighbours, obstructing us in global forums and thwarting our nuclear growth. Thanks to our Indocentric focus, some speakers at Tuesday’s day-long discussion
