On Sunday morning last week, Dharamshala woke up to the snow-shrouded valley. An incessant rainfall throughout the previous night culminated into fresh snowfall reaching down foothills of upper Dharamshala. Incidentally, a picture of six Tibetans in Chupa posing bare-chested in…

The Third Pole.net,  Climate change has already made the mountain communities in the Tibetan Plateau and the Nepali villages in the west that border it very vulnerable, and new infrastructure adds to the risk. This is the second part in…

By Kunchok Dolma Yaklha, Special Appointee for Human Rights Last week the U.S. State Department issued an updated travel advisory for China, warning American citizens about the “arbitrary enforcement of local laws” there, including the “exit bans” which bar individuals from leaving…

Dharamshala: President Dr Lobsang Sangay of Central Tibetan Administration hailed the enactment of the Asia Reassurance Initiative Act (ARIA) on Tuesday, saying that the passage is a much-welcomed move. US President Donald Trump signed the ARIA Act into law on 31 December 2018,…

According to dalailama.com, the official website of the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader’s teaching in the new year will begin this February. Below is the detailed schedule as per the official announcement. Teaching in Dharamsala, HP,…