Sachin Diwaker
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Kashmiri Tibetans Dream to Return to Tibet from Kashmir
Nothing could have prepared Andrew Whitehead, a British traveler to Kashmir for the unprecedented change that he witnessed in Hawal neighborhood of Sri Nagar near Hari Parbat. Nestled in the shadow of Hari Parbat is a settlement of Tibetans Muslims, Kashmiri by citizenship still yearn to return to Tibet one day.
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China Conducts Military Drill in Tibet to Test ‘Civil-Military’ Integration
Alarmed by the Doklam standoff and subsequent exposure of its military’s weakness in logistics and support, China’s People’s Liberation Army conducted a military drill in Tibet on Tuesday. As per credible reports in Chinese media, PLA conducted this exercise to test its logistics and armament support capabilities as well as exploring the possibilities of “civilian-military” integration drills. This drill was…
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Dalai Lama Will Return to Tibet Very Soon, Dr. Sangay Says He Believes in Israel
The head of Tibetan Government-In-Exile, President Sangay’s visit to Israel is likely to ruffle feathers in China. While seeking support for Tibet in Israel, he also expressed his belief that His Holiness the Dalai Lama will return back to Tibet, where he belongs and the Tibetans inside and outside Tibet will be reunited with basic freedom.
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Tibet Urgently Need to be Made Accessible to World Media
As China continues to gain in stature and power the world seems to accept its narrative more and more no matter how much it continues to suppress the ethnic minorities living within its vast borders. The world media should understand that the very ‘Peaceful Rise’ of China which is anything but ‘peaceful’ threatens the Tibetan culture and its…
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Tibet-Nepal Railway Link will Serve Chinese Interests not Tibet’s
After successfully building railway line through Tibet another ambitious project is going to become a reality. This is bound to have enormous impact on Tibet as well as the region. The Chinese premier and Nepalese Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli signed many important agreements ranging from infrastructure, technology, transportation and political cooperation. The Chinese…
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China Cancels Foreign Ministers Meet In New Delhi
The Chinese government has said that they are not responsible for the cancellation of the Foreign Ministers meet which was scheduled to take place in India. China did not send its foreign minister to India to attend a tri-partite meeting of Foreign Ministers of India, Russia and China in New Delhi. They did insinuate that…
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Removed Pro-Tibet Placards Return To US University Campus
In an interesting turn of events, posters depicting the self-immolations at the Arts Quad of Cornell University have returned to the campus. A few days back unknown persons had removed the posters which depicted self-immolations in Tibet. Tenzin Dechen the president of Tibet Initiative at Cornell said that their voices of dissent could not be…
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Tibet’s Climate Change A Global challenge: Dr. Sangay
Climate Change in Tibet has become a topic for debate in recent times. His Holiness the Dalai Lama and most recently Dr. Lobsang Sangay, the President of Central Tibetan Administration have expressed their concerns about Tibet’s climate change. Speaking to a gathering at University of Otago, New Zealand, the Tibetan PM said that it is…
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Tibetan American Denied Permission To Carry Tibetan Flag At Her Graduation
A first generation Tibetan American student at a University in Massachusetts was not allowed to carry flag of Tibet by the university authorities. Kalsang Nangpa, a final year student of public health at UMass University was disallowed to carry the Tibetan flag at her graduating ceremony. Miss Kalsang was born to Tibetan refugee parents in…
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India Has Every Right To Be Concerned About Tibet: Dalai Lama
His Holiness the Dalai Lama has voiced his concerns over changes in Tibetan Ecology. Speaking at an event at his residence in Dharmashala he said that he is very concerned about the climate change particularly in Himalayan region and Tibet. He also said that India has every right to be concerned about Tibet and its…