GCMGC Football Tournament Kicks Off in Dharamsala
By Contact Staff / May 30, 2012
The Tibetan Children’s Village (TCV) School stadium in Dharamsala filled with a crowd eager to watch the 18th Gyalyum Chemo Memorial Gold Cup Football Tournament (GCMGC) held between 26 May and 5 June. At around two o’clock on 26 May after a celebratory opening ceremony, the tournament kicked off with read more →
Losar – A Quiet Affair
By Contact Staff / March 1, 2012
Many Tibetans in McLeod Ganj chose not to celebrate Losar this year as a sign of solidarity with the 26 protesters who have self-immolated since 2009. The Kalon Tripa (Tibetan prime minister) Lobsang Sangay, who along with fellow parliamentarians observed a fast on the first day of Losar on February read more →
Tibetan Women’s Football Program Plants Seeds in Gopalpur
By Contact Staff / March 1, 2012
While most Tibetan Children’s Village students enjoyed an increased measure of relaxation and freedom this winter holiday, a group of Tibetan girls with lofty goals came together in nearby Gopalpur for one very intense, structured month… of football. Cassie Childers, working in conjunction with the Tibetan National Sports Association, organized read more →
Worldwide Vigil Highlights Worsening Situation in Tibet
By Contact Staff / March 1, 2012
To an outside observer, the streets of Dharamsala might have appeared deserted on Monday, February 8. Shops along the main roads were closed, corrugated metal curtains drawn down and locked over what are usually bustling Tibetan restaurants, cafes, and handicraft stalls. However one had only to walk down to the read more →
Indefinite Hunger Strike in US
By Contact Staff / March 1, 2012
The message could not be clearer. Wake up world and take notice. More than 150 people gathered on Friday March 2 in McLeod Ganj for a candle light vigil to honour those Tibetans who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country, self immolation. As the sun set over the read more →
Archbishop Desmond Tutu Visits an Old Friend
By Contact Staff / March 1, 2012
Anti apartheid icon, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, begged the Chinese government to respect His Holiness the Dalai Lama during a joyful meeting between the Nobel Peace laureates on Friday, February 10th. Addressing the thousands of monks, nuns, families and schoolchildren who turned out in brilliant sunshine to see the holy pair read more →
Tibetan Uprising Day 2012
By Contact Staff / March 1, 2012
March 10th 2012 marked 53 years of Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule and oppression in Tibet. In McLeod Ganj thousands of Tibetans attended official commemorations in Tsug-la Khang, the main temple in Dharamshala, led by His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, Tibet political leader Dr. Lobsang Sangay, and Speaker of the read more →
Tibetan Girls Train for ‘The Beautiful Game’
By Contact Staff / January 1, 2012
Tomer Woelz and Paul Dascalu had nearly finished teaching their session on ‘Laws of the Game’, but the questions jkept coming from all angles. ‘Is it possible to score directly from the kickoff?’ ‘No, a kickoff is considered indirect, and the ball must touch two players before going in the read more →
His Holiness Inaugurates Tong-Len Charity Hostel
By Contact Staff / January 1, 2012
Hundreds turned out to see His Holiness the Dalai Lama inaugurate a new hostel for a Dharamsala charity on November 19. Opening the hostel for the Tong Len Charitable Trust, which provides education for Dharamsala’s slum children, and much needed medical care in the town’s poorer communities, His Holiness reminded read more →
Self-Immolation Survivor Bhutuk Tells His Story
By Contact Staff / January 1, 2012
What first struck me about Bhutuk, the Tibetan monk who self-immolated in Kathmandu in November, was the beaming smile with which he told much of his story. Despite soaking his robes in petrol before setting himself alight in the Tibetan area of Boudhanath on November 10, Bhutuk escaped with relatively read more →