Opinions

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

This Kalon Tripa election has raised our democratic process to the different level. The cyber campaigns and live debates have generated unprecedented responses fro

No one these days seriously expects summits between national leaders to confront and solve irritants between their countries. These panoplies are, at minimum, performance art to reassure the publics with comforting pictures that their leaders are

China’s 12th Five-Year Plan, for 2011 through 2015, is about to become public. The ongoing massive infrastructure investments typical of a centrally planned economy wi

Like many Tibetans, I am simply excited by the quality of our three Kalon Tripa candidates. However, I am also deeply concerned that our next Kalon Tripa will disappoint the ele

So, you think you are a politician? That should be the name of his show keeping it on par with all the primetime show running these days on the television but for

ENTHRONED in a maroon and saffron pavilion, the 14th Dalai Lama chuckled often as he preached to the football stadium, though his text was not taken from the jolly slogan behind