‘Happy Times in Old Lhasa’ by a Chinese writer
DHARAMSHALA: A new book authored by a Chinese writer, Zhu Rui which gives a comprehensive description of old Tibet’s social structure before the Chinese Communist takeover was launched here in Dharamsala by Kalon Kesang Yangkyi Takla of the Department of…
English transcript of remarks made by His Holiness the Dalai Lama on his retirement from political responsibilities during a public teaching in Dharamsala on 19 March 2011
flash2103113375 After coming into exile, I have made sincere efforts to establish a democratic system of governance in the last more than 30 years. The Tibetans in exile say “our democracy is a gift from His Holiness the Dalai Lama.”…
Tibetan exiles vote for new leaders
Dharamsala, March 20: Tibetan exiles in Dharamsala and elsewhere around the world on Sunday went to polls to elect a new prime minister and also the new members of their parliament in exile. In Dharamsala, the hill town in north…
Dalai Lama asks Tibetans to embrace democratic change, rejects parliament’s resolution
Dharamsala, 19: Exiled Tibetan leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama rejected the resolution of the Tibetan parliament appealing the 75 year old exiled Tibetan leader to reconsider his decision. The Tibetan leader, in a letter sent to the ongoing Tibetan…