His Holiness the Dalai Lama Pune July 2013
Popular Indian actor Aamir Khan (left), Rev. Dada J.P. Vaswani (centre) and Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama after an interactive session titled ‘Ru-ba-ru Roshni’ celebrating the 95th birthday of Dada Vaswani at the Sadhu Vaswani Mission in Pune, Maharashtra, India on July 28, 2013. (Photo/OHHDL/Tenzin Choejor)
Quiet Storm: Pema Tseden and the emergence of Tibetan cinema By Tenzing Sonam
In 2011, two new films from Tibet – Pema Tseden’s third feature film, Old Dog, and his cinematographer Sonthar Gyal’s debut, The Sun Beaten Path – appeared on the international film festival circuit. With the release of these two films, Tibet’s nascent film movement was finally coming of age.
Chinese authorities detain four Tibetan petitioners requesting Tulku Tenzin Delek’s release
Four Tibetan petitioners who had travelled to China’s capital Beijing requesting for the release of Tulku Tenzin Delek, a highly ranked Tibetan spiritual leader currently serving life-sentence, have been arrested.