Tibetan

Nepal and Sri Lanka are better than India: It would serve us well to introspect

I was in Nepal a few days ago and noticed an interesting thing. Kathmandu is a city much like any other on our subcontinent.

Exiled Tibetans thank Obama for hosting Dalai Lama despite China's objection

He said the Tibetan people were grateful to the US for encouraging dialogue between the Dalai Lama and Chinese authorities to lower tension.

Naxals open gunfire, fire rockets at ITBP camp in Chhattisgarh

Naxals fired rockets and opened heavy gunfire at a camp of paramilitary ITBP in Kondagaon district of Chhattisgarh in the wee hours on Thursday.

Lobsang Sangay re-elected PM of Tibetan 'govt-in-exile'

Lobsang Sangay was on Wednesday elected as head of the Tibetan 'government-in-exile' for a second consecutive term.

Happy Birthday Tenzin! 5 things you didn't know about the Dalai Lama

The 14th Dalai Lama, a spiritual Tibetan symbol, celebrated his 80th birthday on Sunday in California with fellow Nobel Prize laureates, celebrities and more than 18,000 followers. While the monk describes his life as modest and simple, his influence is global, reaching far beyond his status as Buddhist and nationalist leader.