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Would we ever blame ourselves for the Tibetan crisis!
Source: Himvani,15 Feb, 2011

The situation cannot continue for ever as the third generation of Tibetans has already started applying for Indian citizenship, to which they are now legally entitled. What if it happens fast enough and in large numbers
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The Karmapa Conundrum
Source: WSJ,10 Feb, 2011

Anyone following the Indian media's obsession this month with a Buddhist monk would think the stories came from the pages of a cheap spy novel. Last month, India's police found $1.6 million in cash in various currencies—including Chinese yuan—at the north Indian monastery of Ogyen Trinley Dorje, who as the 17th Karmapa is one of the most important spiritual figures in Tibetan Buddhism.
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Buddha’s not smiling
Source: Hindustan Times,02 Feb, 2011

‘Is the Karmapa a Chinese spy?’ ‘Is the possible successor to the Dalai Lama a Chinese mole?’ ‘Is this another clever ploy of China to take control of the border regions?’ The media have gone berserk with speculations about the Karmapa Lama. Sadly, the coverage has failed to do any groundwork
research.
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The second coming
Source: DNA ,3 Jan, 2011

Three weeks ago, when Wen Jiabao arrived in New Delhi amidst much fanfare, 46-year-old Tseten Yang, a primary school teacher, was climbing a hill in a little town called Kalimpong.She was running a temperature that day. But she was not going to miss an opportunity to set her eyes on the one person every Tibetan wishes to see before dying — Tenzing Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama.
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India lacks gumption
Source: Pioneer,30 Dec, 2010


A recent lunch at one of our Raj Bhavans exposed an anomaly that might be more than ceremonial. When the Rajyapal ushered in the Dalai Lama, all of us dutifully stood up for Jana Mana Gana. Listening to the familiar strains, I wondered what the Tibetan national anthem
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