Tibet House Japan, April 29, 2011 Friday TOKYO: His Holiness the Dalai Lama met with Japanese and foreign media this afternoon before presiding over a mass prayer at Gokokuji Temple. His Holiness said that he was deeply saddened that Japan was struck with three cataclysmic natural disasters one after …

Nawang Phuntsog, an associate professor of education at California State University at Fullerton, has won a Fulbright Senior Research Scholar Award to India for the year 2011-2012. As a Fulbright Research Scholar, Prof. Phuntsog will conduct research to explore the challenges associated with an abrupt shift in the medium of …

A 43-year-old senior fellow of Harvard Law School has been elected Kalon Tripa of the Central Tibetan Administration. DHARAMSHALA: Dr Lobsang Sangay won 27,051 votes (55 percent) in the final round of polling held on 20 March. Out of 83,990 registered voters, 49,184 cast their ballots. The other two candidates …

MIND MOVES: Visit by Dalai Lama was an inspiration to us all, writes TONY BATES Tony Bates, The Irish Times, Tuesday, April 26, 2011 HE CAME, he bowed and he conquered us with his smile. His Holiness, the Dalai Lama. His presence inspired us and touched something deeply human in …

  The Kashag of the Central Tibetan Administration is deeply concerned over the security clampdown on Kirti Monastery in northeastern Tibet since last month, which came about after Phuntsog, a monk of the monastery set himself on fire to remember those who participated in the wide-spread and peaceful protests that …

DHARAMSHALA: The Central Tibetan Administration mourned the sad of demise of Mr Tashi Choedar, a veteran patriot in the resistance movement against communist China’s invasion, who later dedicated over 40 years of his life for the Tibetan cause in exile. Mr Choedar was born to Drenya Jhara family in Lhoka …