Exiled Tibetans Defend Self-Immolaters’ Actions
By Contact Staff / January 1, 2012
Self-immolation is ‘arguably one of the biggest expressions of oppression’ according to a spokesman of Kirti monastery in McLeod Ganj. Kanyag Tsering, who spent nine years as a monk at Kirti’s sister monastery in Ngaba County in China’s Sichaun provence – the epicentre of the spate of self-immolations by Tibetans read more →
McLeod Ganj Meets World AIDS Day Head On
By Contact Staff / January 1, 2012
‘Today, on World AIDS Day 2011, we are raising awareness in Dharamsala. Please join us in our fight against HIV/AIDS!’ The call rang out in English, Tibetan, and Hindi in the Main Square on December 1, as members of two local NGOs drew a crowd around their kiosks near the read more →
Lha and Rotary Distribute Clothes in Lower Dharamsala
By Contact Staff / January 1, 2012
Over 2000 items of clothing were distributed to people in Lower Dharamsala’s slums on November 14. McLeod Ganj NGO, Lha Charitable Trust, teamed up with the Rotary Club of Dharamsala to hand out some of the thousands of articles of clothing and shoes donated to Lha every year. Lha redistributes read more →
Tibetans Celebrate Nobel Peace Prize Anniversary
By Contact Staff / January 1, 2012The twenty-second anniversary of His Holiness the Dalai Lama receiving the Nobel Peace Prize was celebrated at the Main Temple, McLeod Ganj, on December 10. The Kalon Tripa (Tibetan Prime Minister), Dr Lobsang Sangay, addressed an audience which included school children, families, monks and nuns, and peformers, as well as read more →
His Holiness Receives Russian University Doctorate
By Contact Staff / January 1, 2012
His Holiness the Dalai Lama was awarded an honorary doctorate from a Russian university following his annual teachings for Russian Buddhists on Wednesday, December 21. Telo Rinpoche, the spiritual leader of Russian republic Kalmykia, presented the doctorate to His Holiness in recognition of his ‘outstanding contribution to freedom, human rights, read more →
Clear Vision and Dental Assistance Projects at Lha
By Contact Staff / November 1, 201146 residents have received eye care from Lha Charitable Trust this year. Two years ago, Lha began its “Clear Vision” program to provide free optometrist appointments and corrective lenses to residents of McLeod Ganj. The instigation of the program came from the refugee community, many of whom had complained of read more →
International Concern Grows as Tibetan Self-Immolations Continue
By Contact Staff / November 1, 2011
International media has refocused on the Tibetan issue in recent weeks in light of protests still unfolding both inside and outside Tibet. On Monday, October 17th, twenty year-old Tenzin Wangmo, a nun from the Dechen Chokorling nunnery in Sichuan’s Ngaba prefecture, became the first woman and the ninth Tibetan this read more →
Mass Clean Up Takes Place in Bhagsu Nag
By Contact Staff / November 1, 2011
Around 60 local Tibetan refugees, students, monks, Indian residents, tourists from all around the world, and officials joined a group of volunteers from Australia, England, South Africa, Germany and America in collecting nearly 100 bags of rubbish in a mass clean up of Bhagsu waterfall on Sunday, October 9th. The read more →
Tibet Blurred in Long-Awaited Indian Film
By Contact Staff / November 1, 2011
The Tibetan National Flag was blurred before the release date on the 11th of November 2011, of director Imtiaz Ali’s new film, “Rockstar.” This controversial decision by India’s Film Censor Board to blur or remove images of Tibetan banners and flags throughout the film has sparked Tibetan demonstrations in India read more →
Artist in Exile Brings “Tibet” to Dharamsala
By Contact Staff / November 1, 2011
For the first time in Dharamsala, Tibetans who have not seen their homeland in many years have recently been given the opportunity to touch the soil of their country again. Members of the younger generation, many of whom have never set foot in Tibet themselves, can now keep with them read more →