Opinions
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Neutralizing the Messengers of India
India continues to be a dangerous place for working journalists as the largest democracy in the globe has lost three journalists in mysterious accidents within the first three months of the year. Even the UN secretary general Antonio Guterres came out with a strong condemnation against the journo-killings and let the world know about India’s…
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Tibetan Youth Says Thank You India with this Poem
A Tibetan youth says Thank You India with a beautiful poem ahead of the year marking 60th year of the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama stepping foot on the Indian soil in exile. The following is the original poem from the young Tibetan refugee
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Opinion: I’M EVERYWHERE
Today, I will be exploring about the possibility of our mind or consciousness to reincarnate into more than two persons in our next life or that we exist in multiple numbers at the moment that many of the Buddhists believe in and its relationship to the quantum world. Countries such as Tibet and Bhutan has…
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Opinion: Bitcoin Still Straining For Legitimacy
The status of bitcoin in Tibet has been interesting for the last few years. As cryptocurrency became a bigger phenomenon around the world, there was talk of it becoming particularly popular in Tibet and parts of China. The Washington Post, for that matter, even discussed Tibet as a hub for bitcoin mining, which is basically…
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Historical and Current Presence of Indigenous People in Tibet
The historical and the current presence of the Indigenous people in Tibet (My Country), which is currently under the illegal occupation of the People’s Republic of China since 1951. Tibet a nation with unique culture, language and religion has been under the illegal occupation of China since 1951.
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Reflections on a Bitter Reality
In the past few days, I tried to think and analyze on an unusual and candid comment made by a Tibetan woman who is a soprano in Chinese army and a current member of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). Gowa Gyamo Kyi has long career in Chinese army as singer who normally performs at…
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Has Modi Surrendered to Xi Jingping on Dalai Lama?
India’s stand on the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama seemed to have become pro-active ever since Narendra Modi took the Prime Minister’s office since 2014. However, according to the reports of a circular among the Indian government functionaries to skip Dalai Lama events in order to not upset China raises this question…
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Cries Mounted for Reviving Nabin Chandra Bardoloi Library
Persistent voices are being raised to revive a historic public library cum hall at the heart of Guwahati city and popular demands are floated for using the space for occasional and selected public gatherings. The library, surrounded by Cotton University, Handique Girls’ College, Gauhati High Court, State Museum, Ravindra Bhawan etc, carries the memory of…
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DORJEE YOUDON- A Tibetan Female War Hero.
Tibet must also have female war heroes at various times and that their contributions were either not recorded or deemed of lesser significance by the mainstream. Interestingly while turning pages of Mikel Dunham’s book “Buddha’s Warriors,” I stumble upon an important episode about a Tibetan female whose name was Dorjee Youdon, which I would like…
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Inspiring Tibetan Activist from London for this LHAKAR
Lhakar as prominently known in the Tibetan community for every Wednesday as a mark of a revolution to dedicate the day of the week just for Tibet, bluntly translates to White Wednesday. Here is a Tibetan immigrant in London who dedicates every Wednesday to raise awareness about Tibet issue through a peaceful demonstration in front…