Dalai Lama expresses solidarity, makes donation to victims of Assam floods

A father carries his two children in a waist-deep water that has swallowed his village in Assam (HuffPost)

By Tenzin Dharpo DHARAMSHALA, July 17: The exiled Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama has written to the Chief Minister of Assam, Sarbananda Sonowal expressing solidarity for the loss of lives and damages caused by the floods due to the monsoon rains in the state, his office said Friday. The Dalai Lama wrote, “The […]

Three Tibetans imprisoned for song praising the Dalai Lama

Tibetan lyricist Khado Tsetan in an undated photo (Tibet Watch)

By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, July 17: Two Tibetans have been imprisoned in Eastern Tibet after composing and singing a song praising the Dalai Lama, and another for posting the song on her social media. Tibetan lyricist Khado Tsetan and singer Tsegao were arrested in early July in the village of Gonshu Hongor in Zeku County. […]