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‘Dhauladhar Kahani Mela’ creates reading habits and helps to stay away from screens

Manara, an organisation based in Dharamshala, has jointly organised 'Dhauladhar Kahani Mela' in collaboration with few other organisations here in the North Indian hill town of Dharamshala. Apart from this festival, they have been holding read a loud sessions...

Thousands of fans celebrate life of legendary Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir in San Francisco

Thousands of mourners gathered at San Francisco’s Civic Center to celebrate Bob Weir, the legendary Grateful Dead guitarist who died last week at 78

How Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister in a turbulent January six decades ago

Indira Gandhi was sworn in on January 24. January 24, 1966, is also the anniversary of the crash of a Paris-bound Air India flight which killed the father of India’s nuclear programme, Dr Homi J. Bhabha. The post How...

Canada Between Empires: Carney, China and the price of Strategic Autonomy

Carney’s Beijing visit was neither a pivot nor a betrayal. It was a hedge, undertaken in full view of its risks. The new world order Carney described is not one Canada would have chosen. But it is the one...

The Dalai Lama and American Presidents: A Story of Faith, Diplomacy, and Friendship

Who was the first US President to write to the Dalai Lama and who the first to meet with him? Which US president became the first to call on China to open dialogue with the Dalai Lama, and which...

How a group of nimbys could bring down China’s mega embassy plans

A decision on China’s application for a new embassy in London is expected in days, but those living next to the proposed site will be challenging it all the way, as Dan Haygarth

China’s “super embassy” plan in London triggers security fears and political storm

The British government is nearing approval of a contentious proposal by China to establish what would be its largest diplomatic mission in Europe, raising alarms over security, sovereignty and civil liberties. The planned complex, often described as a "super...

His Holiness the Dalai Lama Addresses Students of Tibet House, New Delhi

Drepung Gomang, Mundgod, Karnataka, India, 17 January 2026: Yesterday, 237 students of Geshé Dorjee Damdul, Director, Tibet House, New Delhi, attended an audience with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Geshé-la introduced the students, more than one hundred of whom...

Elections’26: How Smartvote Tibet Can Strengthen Democracy in Exile

OPINION By obliging candidates to disclose their positions and be judged on them, the smartvote Tibet campaign shows at a glance comprehensive, comparable, and accessible information about all candidates at one place, enabling voters to know which of them...

Sinicization, patriotism educations marginalizing Buddhist education in Tibet’s monasteries?

(TibetanReview.net, Jan16’26) – Rather than being allowed to focus primarily on learning their mother tongue and the extensive religious texts which are written in it, China’s campaign for Sinicizing Tibetan Buddhism and making religion conform to its so-called socialist...