Tibet-Sonam-Damdul-Dharamshala-India-2017Dharamshala — "I have no regrets and no more wishes. My soul purpose of coming to India has also been fulfilled time and again. I had the opportunity to have personal audience with His Holiness The Dalai Lama which is a dream come true," said 77 year old Sonam Damdul, a resident of Jampaling Elder Home in Dharamshala.

Bylakuppe Tibetan Children's Village Principal and students on changing times and Tibetan identity. In a series of special features, TPI journalist Tashi Choekyi reports from India's largest Tibetan settlement, Bylakuppe, in the southern state of Karnataka, India.

Dharamshala, June 7, 2017— Today I had the opportunity to witness the exhibition match played between the girls of the TVC school and other students from different parts of India who had been invited to showcase their skills for the final selection of the Tibetan girls football team.

Jampa is currently 88 years old. After the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1959, he with his fellow Tibetan monks from Sera monastery in Lhasa fled to India. He shares his story about Tibet and experiences of living in exile with Ms Choekyi, a reporter of the TPI.

New York, USA — At the first ever Tibetan Women's Empowerment Conference held in Queens, New York October 8th and 9th, Tenzin Palkyi delivered an important talk on Gender, Feminism and Women's Empowerment. The following has been taken directly:

Dharamshala — In an interview, one of the education officers of the Department of Education of the Central Tibetan Administration told TPI a bit of the Department's work and her views on the future of Tibet. She spoke on condition of anonymity, so we will be referring to her as Tenzom.

Dharamshala — "Earning the Geshema degrees marks a turning point for the nuns," the Tibetan Nuns Project said adding that "this degree will make them eligible to assume various leadership roles in the monastic and lay communities."

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