The “Flame of Truth” Relay in South India presently in tour of the Bylakuppe Tibetan Settlement reached the picturesque hill station of Madikeri amidst monsoon shower and gentle breeze. Dubbed as the “Scotland of India” and the “Mini Kashmir”, the Madikeri town’s scenic popularity is equally rivaled (...)
By Rajesh Srinivasan, Ph.D., Principal, Gallup Word-of-mouth networks are the most trusted sources of information in Tibet, and are key to extending the reach of Radio Free Asia and the Voice of America in the region, according to new data issued by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) and (...)
Proceedings of the 2nd Special General Meeting of Tibetans in Dharamsala to be jointly convened by the Kashag and the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile in Dharamsala from 25 – 28 September 2012 1) Name of meeting 2nd Special General Meeting of Tibetans 2012 2) Date of meeting 25 – 28 September 2012 3) (...)
Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay escorted by officials on his arrival at the airport in Bangalore, India, on 29 July 2012/Photo/JIgme Tsering/TibetNet BANGALORE: Kalon Tripa Dr Lobsang Sangay arrived in Bangalore yesterday on his 6-day visit to Tibetan settlements in southern India. He was (...)
His Holiness the Dalai Lama listening to a student describe an electrical resistance experiment in the physics lab during the inauguration of a new science buliding funded by The Dalai Lama Trust at Lamdon Model Senior Secondary School in Leh, Ladakh, J&K, India, on 27 July (...)
Press Release To demonstrate solidarity with Tibetans in Tibet and mark the first anniversary of Kalon Tripa Lobsang Sangay swearing into Office, the Kashag calls upon all Tibetans and Tibet supporters living in the free world to organize a worldwide vigil on 8 August 2012. The Kashag invites (...)
Below is the original English transcript of former supreme court justice Mr V R Krishna Iyer’s statement at the launch of flame of truth relay in Kochi on 6 July 2012. We regret the discrepancies in our original translation from the Tibetan text to English: Lord Buddha stands for the greatest (...)
Health Kalon’s World Hepatitis Day Official Statement, 28 July 2012 Fellow Tibetans, Many of our brothers and sisters living inside and outside Tibet are afflicted by hepatitis B. Hepatitis has resulted in many Tibetans suffering from its physical consequences, as well as the social stigma (...)
DHARAMSHALA: Kasur Alak Jigme Thinley Lhundup, who worked prominently as a Kalon and Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile, passed away on 26 July 2012. He breathed his last at Shri Balaji Hospital at Kangra due to illness. He was 72. Kasur Alak Jigme was born in 1939 at Rebkong in (...)
DHARAMSHALA: The eastern leg of the flame of truth torch relay, which reached Tenzingang Tibetan settlement in Bomdila in Arunachal Pradesh on 20 July, is receiving strong support from the Indian community. “The flame of truth relay is passing through different corners of Tenzingang Tibetan (...)