Reviews

``Religion is poison,'' Mao Zedong reputedly told the Dalai Lama. The spiritual leader had come to Beijing in 1954, the year he turned 19. With Chinese troops in Tibet, he had studied communism and yearned to

Jamyang Norbu says in the introduction to this collection of his essays that his role model is George Orwell. Having read Orwell’s

Pop singer Björk performs a solo concert Sunday in Shanghai. The Icelandic singer has upset China after she declared "Tibet! Tibet!" to end a passionate performance of her song "Declare Independence" during a concert in China. The outburst, at the finale of Björk's Sunday night concert in Shanghai, made audience members uneasy because it publicly touched on Tibetan resistance to Chinese rule, and set off complaints online. She kept chanting "Tibet! Tibet!" throughout the closing of the song. (AP photo)

The Paradox of Our Age, is a visual adaptation from a poem written by H.H the 14th Dalai Lama. In this film, Thupten was able to create

The ongoing world renowned cycling sport event TOUR DE FRANCE has been these last days a rare opportunity for the Tibet supporters to create Tibet awareness by displaying Tibet National Flags and pro-Tibet slogans(Photo: tibet.fr - 27/07/07)

Lobsang rests on the third day of a hunger strike by 14 Tibetan men and women in New Delhi, India, on Tuesday. The indefinite hunger strike is a protest against human-rights abuses by the Chinese government, the alleged destruction of Tibetan culture and the alleged imprisonment of several key Tibetan figures such as the 11th Panchen Lama.(THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Saurabh Das)

Tsoltim Ngima Shakabpa’s fifth book, VOICE OF TIBET, has just been published and released by Paljor Publications in New Delhi. The book is now available for sale on

This is a film about four friends in Dharamsala, the exile seat of Tibetans, their dreams and aspirations. Nyima, the lead character of the film is a die hard fan of the

In a week’s time, Tenzin Sonam and Ritu Sarin’s film, Dreaming Lhasa, will have its limited screening in theaters across the United States. For any Tibetan and supporters and lovers of good cinema, this is a chance not to be

For the first time – as is for the filmmakers, Tenzing Sonam, a Tibetan and his Indian wife Ritu Sarin, Dreaming Lhasa is their debut feature film. Although not new to the medium of filming, the