Dharamshala: Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama on Wednesday visited Tibetan Medical and Astr. Insitute based in the Himalayan town of Dharamshala to celebrate 50 years of its establishment on 23rd March 1961.
Dharamshala: - Thousands of Tibetans across the world today voted to elect the prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, an exercise in democracy. The outdoor courtyard of the Main Temple in Dharamshala was bustling on Sunday as what may have been thousands of Tibetans queued to cast their votes for the election of the next Tibetan Prime Minister-in-Exile, the Kalon Tripa.
New YorK: - On the 12th of March a rather unusual event took place at the Vietnamese restaurant Ta in San Jose, California. A member of the Vietnamese community, Mrs Bickieu Pham, with support from the Office of Tibet NY, organized a Vietnamese-Tibetan dinner and concert named Friendship In Exile to help raising funds among Vietnamese supporters for the Tibetan Association of Northern California's new community center as well as for other Tibetan communities in the US. Close to 300 people came for this event, counting chiefly Vietnamese but also some Tibetan guests.
Dharamshala: A candlelight vigil was held last night (17 March) in the Tibetan Exile Community in Dharamshala, northern India, in memory of the young Buddhist monk who immolated himself Wednesday in Amdo province in Tibet in protest to Chinese oppression.
Dharamshala: Sataurday, March 12, many Tibetan women of the Dharamshala Exile community gathered at the main temple to commemorate the 52nd anniversary of the 1959 Women's Uprising in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet.
BANGALORE (March, 10) - Oddly 400 Tibetan students in the city commemorated the 52nd anniversary of their forefathers' failed uprising against the illegal occupation of their country, by holding a protest cum press conference today in the city.
Dharamshala: Over half a century ago, adhering to the letter and spirit of 17-point agreement, the then Governement of Tibet had explored all possible avenues for a peaceful co-existence between Tibet and China. In contrast to that, the Chinese troops stationed in Tibet exposed their colonial deigns when they carried out a brutal campaign to sabotage and subvert the terms of the 17-point agreement.
The Founding Assembly of the ‘Asia Democracy Network’ and the ‘3rd Seoul Democracy Forum’ were held in Seoul, Korea, from 21st to 24th October 2013. Photo: TPI
