Opinion: My first encounter with ‘Modern Tibet’ – Part 1
By Vijay Kranti (Part of the ‘My journey through the Tibetan mindscape’ series) Unlike enlightened souls like Richard Gere who was bitten by the Tibet bug at a mature age, my fascination for Tibet started as a little kid back in 1950s when my school text book taught me about India’s neighbors. It included an […]
EU demands China to allow ‘meaningful access’ to Xinjiang
By Choekyi Lhamo DHARAMSHALA, Feb. 24: The European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Tuesday demanded China to allow independent rights observers to access Xinjiang province to probe abuses. “Across the world, in a major health crisis, human rights and democracy are facing serious threats,” he said at a UN Security Council meeting. The […]