Exile

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, July 7: US Secretary of state John Kerry and his wife Teresa Heinz continues to ignore a campaign launched by the London based liberal activist group Free Tibet exhorting them to disinvest in Tibet Water Resource, Ltd., a Chinese-owned water bottling company which operates in the most repressed part of Tibet.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, July 6: Heavy police presence marred His Holiness’ 81st Trungkar (birthday) celebration leading to arrest of many Tibetans in Nepal.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, July 6: The courtyard of Tsug-lag-khang, the main temple in Mcleod Ganj, Dharamsala where the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama resides, was filled with an air of exultation as thousands of Tibetans as well as foreigners and Indian followers of the Tibetan leader congregated for the official celebration of His Holiness’ 81st birthday.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, July 1: China is said to resume suspended direct bus link from Lhasa to Kathmandu after a decade.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, July 2: Tibetan independence advocates around the world converged for ‘International Rangzen Conference’ in New York in sync with the American Independence Day.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, July 1: A Chinese man was fined by a court in Prague for stealing a Tibetan flag during the Chinese President’s visit to the city in March 2016.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, July 1: Tibetan actor, Gurgon Kyab of “Himalaya” and “Le voyage aux Pyrénées” fame has passed away in a tragic road accident.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, June 30: Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay, the political head of Central Tibetan Administration(CTA), launched three Tibetan language textbooks for Tibetan children attending weekend language classes in North America.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, June 23: A Tibetan film titled ‘Pawo’ meaning martyr in Tibetan has won awards in three categories at the Spring 2016 International Independent Film Awards.

By Lobsang Tenchoe

DHARAMSALA, June 23: Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama will share the centre stage with American pop star Lady Gaga at the U.S. Conference of Mayors 84th Annual Meeting in Indianapolis.