Posted by: Bhuchung Tsering on: August 28, 2009
Last week I had to make a short trip to India (thus the absence in my blogging here for awhile) where I visited Leh in Ladakh. His Holiness the Dalai Lama was on a visit there. Ladakh borders Tibet and the people there have close spiritual, historical and cultural relationship with the Tibetan people. His [...]
Posted by: Bhuchung Tsering on: August 13, 2009
Happy days are here again in the United States. At last, a beer from Tibet will be available for consumption here. Too bad the Lhasa Beer made its debut after President Obama had his beer session at the White House with the professor and the police officer from Harvard University. Otherwise, this could have been [...]
Posted by: Bhuchung Tsering on: August 11, 2009
Today, I heard on the Voice of Tibet that the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts in Dharamsala has turned 50.
This is one institution in exile that has served a unique purpose in bringing Tibetan performing arts tradition to the world at large, including the Tibetans in diaspora. In the process many have lauded its contribution [...]
Posted by: Bhuchung Tsering on: August 7, 2009
The news out of Lhasa is that the Chinese Communist Party has started publishing a Tibetan edition of its mouthpiece People’s Daily from August 1. Of course, to those who know the nature of this publication one can only expect the straight official line. Thus, the Tibetan people will now be getting an opportunity to [...]
Posted by: Bhuchung Tsering on: August 5, 2009
These are my thoughts for today as I monitor the media reports coming out from China as well as from the rest of the world on Tibet.
The Chinese authorities, or at least those who have a vested interest in leaving the Tibetan issue unresolved, seem to be desperate to paint an image of declining international [...]
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