(by Pico Iyer, The New York Review of Books, March 19, 2011) It’s been startling to witness mass demonstrations in countries across the Middle East for freedom from autocracy, while, in the Tibetan community, a die-hard champion of “people power” tries to dethrone himself and his people keep asking …
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(Bhaskar Roy, Chennai Center for China Studies, March 17, 2011) Although the 14th Dalai Lama has been talking about stepping down from the leadership of the Tibetan Government in Exile for some time, his final decision announced on March 10, did shock his people to an extent, and posed …
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By Tim Johnson | McClatchy Newspapers | March 9, 2011 March is typically a tense month for Tibetans under the yoke of their Chinese rulers. It marks the anniversary of the Dalai Lama’s 1959 flight into exile. Protests, like ones in 2008, typically erupt this month. If any unrest occurs …
Read More »For those Europeans who know what it is like to be Tibetan, an unwillingness to meet the Dalai Lama is worse than cowardice The European Voice, 11 February, 2011 The Dalai Lama is visiting Europe this August. The continent’s senior politicians are not exactly jostling to see him. His website …
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[Isabel Hilton,The New Humanist, 21st January 2011] The leadership of a dalai lama as a form of political leadership is both powerful and vulnerable: powerful because political authority is supported by religious devotion; vulnerable because it is at odds with the political realities of Tibetans today. Tibet must find a …
Read More »by Stephanie Law →Dominion Stories December 10th 2010 In the next five to 10 years, there might be a change in what comes to mind when thinking about Tibet. The 2008 Olympics in Beijing saw an international outcry against the Chinese government’s oppressive policies and practices in Tibet. Mass riots …
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