Opinions

Under such circumstances Ngabo and his counterpart Phuntsok Wangyal, far from being branded traitors must be regarded as genuine patriots, perhaps even as saint-like figures in the pantheon of

Most Tibetans, it seems, want to celebrate Losar this year. I agree that a modest observance of our most important cultural holiday would not come amiss right now,

Unfortunately, Beijing continues to insist that ethnic tensions are the result of meddling by "separatist forces led by the Dalai clique." Conveniently, this allows China's leaders to divert attention away from critical domestic policy failures

It's surely not a happy situation when an Indian like myself, with over 37 year long association with Tibet and Tibetans, is suddenly inclined to underline the differences

The Tibetan language, like an asthma patient in a dust storm, is gasping for breath. Although Tibetan children born and raised in locations as geographically

Beijing is becoming increasingly nervous. The fact that China is today a recognised world power (the Middle Kingdom has become the second largest economy

Ironically or paradoxically - whatever you may call it, while the world media is inundated with the news about the war of words between Google and China over the latter’s blatant and barefaced cyber attacks through cyber-espionage, theft an

Pema Thinley's (also called Padma Choling) appointment as a governor of the so-called Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) under China is wide

Apple has worked for years to build a company image as freedom-loving and iconoclastic. But the truth is far darker: Apple is cooperating with the Chinese government to ban iPhone applications in China related to the Dalai Lama and

Ngapo Ngawang Jigme died short of his 100th birthday. Very few in India have heard of Ngapo, the Tibetan who collaborated with the Chinese to make Tibet a Chinese colony