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In Burma, the situation seems to be settling down. Is it for the good of the people? That is another question. Anyhow, the brutal generals and Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, have agreed to talk.

Last week, the former secretary of Mao Zedong, Li Rui, demanded that China should become a democracy to “check instability and corruption”. Imagine a scenario: one fine day, thousands of monks come out of their monasteries in Tibet

As one commentator noted, Tibet and Burma are linked in many ways. Our peoples and languages are related, and we share a deep faith in Buddhism and the misfortune of brutal dictatorship. Our revered

More than two months have passed since the conclusion of the much-anticipated sixth round of talks between representatives of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Chinese government. The only clue as to the outcome of these talks

When the Olympic torch relay route was announced, Tibetan activists oppose Beijing’s plan to take the torch to Mount Everest and Taiwan wants the torch to pass through it, were of no avail

Do international bodies such as the United Nations and the European Union have any tangible proposals for Tibet? Even India appears to have turned a blind eye to the blatant colonialism at its doorway, forgetting the strategic importance of Tibet

Adelaide based Lara Damiani is currently in producing her documentary about the issue of Tibet. She was refused media accreditation on the grounds that she was not from a “bona fide news and current affairs media organisation”.

In the early days of the Russian Revolution, starry-eyed Western sympathisers made a beeline for Moscow to report on the glories of the 'Soviet paradise'. Lenin memorably referred to them as

Exactly a year ago, an NDTV team had an opportunity to travel to the roof of the world, Lhasa, the capital of Tibet on the spanking new train which can be only be described as a modern

In spite of huge criticism against the Beijing bid for the right to host the 2008 Olympics, the International Olympics Committee decided to forge ahead regardless. On 13 July 2001, they took the