The Dalai Lama Visits the US and UK
By Contact Staff / October 29, 2012
His Holiness the Dalai Lama has spoken to thousands of people and received two honorary doctorates during a speaking tour of the United States. His October visit included speaking engagements at nine universities, and the office of His Holiness estimates about 73,000 people attended his talks. As part of his read more →
Flame of Truth for Tibet Ventures Across India and Overseas
By Contact Staff / October 29, 2012
The Flame of Truth campaign which commenced on 6 July 2012, coinciding with His Holiness’s birthday, has travelled far and wide in solidarity with the many Tibetans who have displayed tremendous acts of selflessness and subsequently echoed the deep resentment over the absence of basic human rights and worsening situation read more →
First Ever Miss Himalaya Pageant Held in Dharamsala
By Contact Staff / October 29, 2012
The first ever Miss Himalaya pageant took place in Dharamsala on 13 October 2012, and was organized by its founder Lobsang Wangyal. The pageant saw five girls hailing from different parts of the Himalayan belt: Rachna Dhiman, age 19 from Dharamshala; Anne Norbu, age 19 from Sikkim; Rinchen Dolma, age read more →
France Takes More Tibetan Villages Under Its Wing
By Contact Staff / October 29, 2012
Eight more French towns or cities have adopted Tibetan villages in a gesture of support for Tibet and its endangered cultural identity. The city of Montbeliard, in the eastern Franche Comte region, adopted the remote Himalayan village of Kharta during a ceremony held on 6 October. The Mayor of Montbeliard, read more →
Dharamsala International Film Festival
By Contact Staff / October 29, 2012
The Dharamsala International Film Festival (DIFF) will debut on 1 November and run for 4 days. The festival is an attempt to bring international filmmakers and their movies to the foothills of the Himalayas. Twenty-four movies will be shown covering a broad spectrum from documentaries to feature films, with filmmakers read more →
Second Special Meeting of Tibetans Convenes in Dharamsala
By Contact Staff / September 26, 2012
As the monsoon rains bid farewell to Dharamsala, a gathering of over 400 Tibetan representatives from around the world convened at Upper TCV for the Second Special Meeting of Tibetans. These meetings were begun in 2008, with the first convened by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in response to the read more →
TYC Indefinite Hunger Strike Terminated on 20th Day
By Contact Staff / September 26, 2012
Three Tibetan Youth Congress Central Executives, who have been staging an indefinite hunger strike in Delhi since 3 September, were forcibly removed from their site at the Jantar Mantar on the 20th day of their fast and taken to a local hospital to recover. TYC Vice President Dhondup Lhadar, Organizational read more →
EU Broaches Tibet Issue at China Business Summit
By Contact Staff / September 21, 2012
The bi-annual European Union -China Summit, which commenced in Brussels on the 20th of September, presented Tibetans the world over with a subject of anticipation. The meeting focused primarily on bilateral ties and global issues, particularly the Eurozone debt crises and China’s concern about EU trade tariffs, but also broached read more →
Flame of Truth Spreads Around the World
By Contact Staff / September 20, 2012
On 6 July a massive worldwide appeal was launched by the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile to bring actionable improvement to the ongoing situation in Tibet. Named the “Flame of Truth Relay,” this progression of events around the world will call on the United Nations with the following demands: The United Nations must read more →
Two Golden Jubilees for the Tibetan Community in September 2012
By Contact Staff / September 18, 2012
1959 is marked as a dark and painful chapter after the failed popular uprising against the Chinese which led to the Tibetan exodus. The Tibetan struggle continues unresolved to this day, but 1959 also marked the beginning of an extraordinary story of cultural survival that has touched the hearts and read more →