Dalai Lama’s nephew walks cross-country

For almost eight weeks, he will walk sections of his father’s past routes. Norbu, son of Takster Rinpoche and nephew of the Dalai Lama, is walking 900 miles from Indianapolis

Tibetan women commemorate their 50th Uprising Anniversary

“Today, March the 12th, 2009, is a historically significant date for Tibetan women across the globe as they stand in observance of the 50th founding anniversary of the ‘National Tibetan Women’s Uprising Day’ in Lhasa, Tibet,

Tibet locked down

Plain clothes and uniformed security personnel surround and frisk a man at a checkpoint into the Tibetan quarters in Chengdu, southwestern China’s Sichuan province, Thursday, March 12 , 2009. Heavily armed police officers manned check points and turn away journalists into the area popular with Tibetans in the Sichuan capital during sensitive anniversaries marking the Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Dreams of the educated-dispossessed

Indian authors writing in English have been on a winning streak over the past decade, publishing novels to wide international acclaim. Over the past five years alone, two Man

10th march commemorated in Italy

The Tibetans from all over Italy and their Italian supporters gathered in Rome in front of the Italian parliament square to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Tibetan peoples

2500 exiled Tibetans protest in Switzerland

Over 2500 protesters commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Tibetan National uprising in Berne, the capital of Switzerland and seat of the Swiss Government. The protesters gathered

We are ready for talks:Tibetan PM

The exile Tibetan government said if the Beijing leadership took the initiative it is ready for resumption of talks with China. Prof Samdhong Rinpoche,