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Foundations for a Modern Tibet (III)

One day Tibetans will experience one of the saddest days in our lives with the passing away of His Holiness. There are currently much candid discussions about th

A Response to Lobsang Sangay -Elliot Sperling

Lobsang Sangay's rejoinder to my op-ed from the Times of India actually makes my primary point rather neatly, even if he himself never gets around to engaging

Will China Implode?

There is a story that the Chinese government likes to tell: that China is the world’s oldest continuous, unchanging civilization (the dates vary, according to the

Foundations for a Modern Tibet (II)

Understandably there is much concern among us Tibetans and supporters on the development of Tibet’s natural resources. This concern is beyond a Not In My Backyard (NIMBY) attitude

Rejoinder to “Autonomy? Think Again” – Lobsang Sangay

Elliot Sperling’s column, “Autonomy? Think Again”, (Times of India July 20th 2009) proves him functionally illiterate on legal jurisprudence. His condescending

Kundun- his contribution to the world -Sogyal Rinpoche

I would like to begin by thanking The Tibetan Commemorative Committee—the Tibetan Community in Britain, the Office of Tibet, and the Tibet Society—for holding

Foundations for a Modern Tibet

A very popular error: having the courage of one's convictions; rather it is a matter of having the courage for an attack on one's convictions!" Friedrich Wilhelm

The Doctor Is Within:Pico Iyer

“Dream — nothing!” is one of the many things I’ve heard the 14th Dalai Lama say to large audiences that seem to startle the unprepared. Just before I began an onstage

Autonomy? Think Again

As if any further evidence were needed of the ways in which China has been running rings around the Dalai Lama and his government-in-exile, recent events have made the situation abundantly clear. Last November the Tibetans presented a memoran

China’s Latest Tibet – Why Beijing won’t compromise in Xinjiang

Much of this is done quietly, which is perhaps why the current riots stand out. When it comes to what Beijing sees as separatist behavior, subtlety is no longer an opt

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