DHARAMSHALA: The Department of Education, in collaboration with AvantiFellows (www.avantifellows.org), inaugurated the first ‘Learning Center’ in Tibetan Homes Foundation (THF), Mussoorie on July 19 to kick start its ‘Technology-based After-school Coaching Program’. During the inaugural session, (...)
TAIPEI: A week-long open air exhibition on Tibet jointly organised by the Office of Tibet and the Tibetan Association in Taipei successfully concluded on Sunday. The exhibition was held at Taipei’s liberty square near Chiang Kai Shek Memorial hall, one of the most frequently visited areas by (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Health Kalon Dr Tsering Wangchuk of the Central Tibetan Administration inaugurated Mentseekhang’s new therapy centre at Mcleod Ganj yesterday. The inauguration was attended by Tsering Tashi, Director, Mentseekhang, Tadin Tsering, personal physician of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The Tibetan Voluntary Health Association in collaboration with Taiwan dental association, Taiwan health CO-OP organisation and Cathy general hospital, organised oral health education and screening camps in STS (Sambhota) Schools in Bir, Chauntra and Dharamsala from 15 to 18 July. A (...)
By Thubten Samphel 13th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies Attracts 640 Paper Presentations The 13th seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies drew the brightest luminaries of Tibetan studies across the world. The biggest ever conference of Tibetology (...)
Tibetans From Protest Areas Targeted in Unprecedented Lhasa Security Drive [Human Rights Watch] (New York) – As many as several hundred Tibetans from eastern areas of the Tibetan plateau who live in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), have been arbitrarily expelled from the (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Sikyong Dr Lobsang Sangay of the Central Tibetan Administration today interacted with a group of about 40 Taiwanese students from Taiwan. The talk was co-ordinated by Students for a Free Tibet and Friends of Tibet, two Tibetan non-governmental organisations based in exile. The (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The final selection test for the Pestalozzi scholarship 2014 is currently underway at Dharamshala from 21 -23 July. The screening process is being conducted by the Department of Education of the Central Tibetan Administration, in collaboration with Pestalozzi International Village (...)
A wave of self-immolations sweeps Tibet. By Jeffrey Bartholet [The New Yorker / July 8, 2013] On January 12th, the day that Tsering Tashi set himself on fire, he didn’t seem particularly troubled. He ate an early breakfast with his wife and his parents in the house they shared in a village near (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Kunchok Sonam, an 18-year-old monk of Thangkor Sogtsang monastery in Zoege county in Ngaba region in eastern Tibet, has died after setting himself on fire, media reports and human rights group say. Kunchok Sonam set himself on fire around 8:00 am (local time) Saturday (20 July) (...)