Under the Grey Veil – The Sun-Beaten Path
Sonthar Gyal’s (a young Tibetan filmmaker in Tibet) film The Sun-Beaten Path — which won 2011 Dragons and Tigers Awards at the Vancouver International Film Festival — is in many ways a trenchant criticism of today’s
Tibetans in Sydney gear up to fast outside the Chinese Consulate
A group of Tibetans in Sydney, Australia will be fasting outside the Chinese consulate to join the Tibetan global day of action on 2nd November. The group in a press release said that the series of self-immolations inside Tibet in recent months speaks of unbearable plight
‘China might attack India,’ says Indian think-tank
The New Delhi based Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis (IDSA) said China might attack India in the near future. “China’s aim could be to teach India a lesson so as to influence India’s rise before its capacity building underway acquires traction,”
OLD DOG (Khyi rgan)
Pema Tseden’s “Old Dog” (Khyi rgan) opens with a handsome Tibetan youth riding into a town on his motorbike with an aged, shaggy dog tied to a chain. The youth looks virile and has a strong bodily presence on the screen, but we learn later in the film that he is impotent
‘Inner peace will not come as a blessing,’ says the Dalai Lama
On the second leg of his ongoing visit to Japan, His Holiness the Dalai Lama today arrived at the small temple town of Koyasan, the centre of Shingon Buddhism introduced by Kobo Dashi in 805. Arriving by car from the port city of Osaka
Under the Grey Veil – Review of Sun Beaten Path
Sonthar Gyal’s (a young Tibetan filmmaker in Tibet) film The Sun-Beaten Path — which won 2011 Dragons and Tigers Awards at the Vancouver International Film Festival — is in many ways a trenchant criticism of today’s Tibet, where individua
RTYC Baroda pedals for international action against China
The group of 21 Tibetan students in western Indian state of Gujarat flagged off a cycle rally on Thursday in a bid to draw international attention to the repressive po
Tibet Film Festival concludes
DHARAMSHALA, October 30: The two-day Tibet Film Festival held in the exile seat of Dharamshala ended today with honours going out to some of the budding film makers in the Tibetan exile communi