Posted by: Bhuchung Tsering on: November 30, 2009
The Dalai Lama has expanded on quite a few issues in this interview to India’s NDTV, which was broadcast on November 28, 2009. The interview, conducted by ace anchor Barkha Dutt, touches on His Holiness’ feelings prior to his recent visit to Tawang, when he hopes to meet President Obama, and his views on India’s [...]
Posted by: Bhuchung Tsering on: November 19, 2009
Now that President Barack Obama has ended his maiden East Asia visit, it is time to start reading the tea leaves concerning his reference to Tibet during the joint press appearance/press conference in Beijing on November 17.
First of all, here is what the President said publicly as can be seen from the media video footage [...]
Posted by: Bhuchung Tsering on: November 18, 2009
I watched an interview with Singapore’s Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew by China’s well known TV Talk Show Host Yang Lan on her show “One on One.” In the course of their discussion about China’s approach to issues, the matter of the “riot” in Tibet last year and how China could have handled it better [...]
Posted by: Bhuchung Tsering on: November 15, 2009
Kusug Sangpo (or Kuzoo Zangpo) everyone. Here is something for your listening pleasure. Yes, I am saying it right! Even though this is a blog, I would like to draw your attention away from the text and to the footage below being that of a gentleman from Bhutan by the name of Leki.
It is no [...]
Posted by: Bhuchung Tsering on: November 10, 2009
If you were in Washington, D.C. in the summer of 2000 you would recall the excitement of the Tibetan section of the annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival held on the Mall that year. The photo above is on the blog of an observer who attended His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s unique appearance on the Mall as [...]
Posted by: Bhuchung Tsering on: November 8, 2009
His Holiness the Dalai Lama has arrived at the famed Tawang Monastery in Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, in north-east India on Sunday morning.
The people of Arunachal Pradesh, as represented by their Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu, have extended a grand reception to His Holiness when he arrived in Tawang. Many Arunachalis interviewed by the Tibetan language radios [...]
Posted by: Bhuchung Tsering on: November 7, 2009
Sikkimese media are reporting the beginning of a Tibet Festival in Gangtok, Sikkim’s capital, today as a symbol of gratitude from the Tibetan community to the state of Sikkim and to India. There is going to be several events in the next couple of days, including exhibitions, panel discussions and performances.
In his message on the [...]
Posted by: Bhuchung Tsering on: November 6, 2009
One way to get a deeper understanding of the situation of Tibetans in Tibet is to get a visual perspective through interviews with the people directly. Today’s edition of Voice of America’s TV program in Tibetan, Kunleng, was devoted to a discussion with Ven. Rinchen Sangpo, who had made a film documenting the experience of [...]
Posted by: Bhuchung Tsering on: November 4, 2009
Today I was asked to be on the Voice of America’s Tibetan service TV program, Kunleng, to comment on the recently released Congressional Executive Commission on China’s Special Topic Paper on Tibet.
I had read the document, which was released on October 22, and had also attended a briefing given by its author Steve Marshall at [...]
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