Opinions
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Mongolia Risked It All For The Dalai Lama
With more than 50% of its population constituting Buddhists who follow and worship the Dalai Lama as their spiritual leader, Mongolia risked it all for his visit to the country last month. Despite being highly depended on China economically and politically, Mongolia invited the Dalai Lama on a religiously visit to the country despited total…
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Tibet’s Dalai Lama deserves India’s Bharat Ratna
Erstwhile Himachal Pradesh CM and current BJP MP Parliament, Shri Shanta Kumar recently urged Indian Government to confer her highest civilian award (Bharat Ratna) to His Holiness the Dalai Lama at a book release occasion at Dharamshala. This is a right call from an Indian MP whose association with Tibet in general and His Holiness…
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The Dalai Lama Is Not A Separatist: Chinese Dissident
A Chinese dissident named Han Lianchao, a former officer of Chinese Foreign Ministry writes an article titled as ‘The Dalai Lama is an Anti-separatist element’. In this article, Dr. Han Lianchao explains why the Dalai Lama is not a separatist as the Chinese claims. He explains that he himself was once one of those who…
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Tibetans Livelihood At Stake In Nepal With Ever Growing Chinese Influence!
Tibetans are being restricted to greater extends from the Nepalese police which we have seen during the recent occasion of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s birthday in July. When the Tibetans gathered around the Boudha stupa in on 6th July, after making the preparations for celebration of His Holiness’s birthday since past few months, the…
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Yongzin, China’s Gift To Tibetans Or A Propaganda Tool?
Yongzin, which literally refers to a tutor in more specific context of Tibetan Buddhism, is the name of the first search engine completely packaged in Tibetan language backed by the Chinese government. This search engine besides performing the search queries for Tibetan, it’s designs and interfaces are tailored in Tibetan language too. This will obviously…
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Tibetan Parliamentary Elections in Exile: Glitches and Prospects
This Tibetan implementation of democracy “from the top down” contrasts to the traditional and conventional transition and struggle of Democracy by people across countries in the world. This uniquely different Tibetan democracy was born in exile in India with the formalisation of the Draft Constitution for the Future Tibet on March 10, 1963, and the…
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THE INDIAN EXPRESS: A New Platform for Chinese Political Propaganda on Tibet?
The Indian Express being such a sought after and influential newspaper can go on without selling its pages to an expansionist colonial power whose aim is to whitewash its wrongdoings in Tibet. No money comes today without paying a price especially if it comes from China to cover on Tibet. The price The Indian Express…
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Let Us Be Aware, Let Us Be Happy and Let Us Embrace Love
As a Tibetan, if you fall in a Chinese hospital, you are neutered. If you have a picture of the Dalai Lama in your home, hanged from the thumbs for treason. Tibetan Monks, characters that are devoted to their faith and to the pursuit of peace and enlightenment, who by their religious beliefs can’t even…
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Let Us Celebrate The 6th July As The Dalai Lama Day
“The best gift for me on my birthday; please keep your own mind, your own heart more compassionate, more spirit of genuine concern for others’ well being. And with that motivation if possible serve others, help others…” Let us mark the 6th July to be The Dalai Lama Day. Let us make a pledge to…
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Purpose Of Life And The Tibetan Exile
The purpose of life and the Tibetan exile is an attempt to articulate the fact that howsoever the Tibetans seem to be living the life, we are never closer to the purpose of our lives because the very state of exile is not normal and neither does it make anyone happy nor does it provide…