Dalaï Lama
Tour of McLeod Ganj, the home of the Dalai Lama.
August 24, 2022
It’s a terrace cafe with a hippie-chic ambience and crowd, where I sit and sup some hot, clear soup. The chilly winds have blown my nose tip cold and lips dry. As I ingest the soup and enjoy the warm trail it is creating down my throat, I lookover the lush green valley of Mcleo...
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The calm and peace of Dirang
August 4, 2021
A quaint little quiet village set amidst lush green trees, cool little streams set against high mountains could be straight from a picture-perfect movie set of a Disney production. And Dirang may well be just that. A small village planted in Arunachal Pradesh, North-East, just ea...
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Blinken blinks on human rights in Delhi visit
July 31, 2021
On his day-long debut visit to India, United States Secretary of State Anthony Blinked arrived in New Delhi earlier this week and met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Minister of External Affairs S Jaishanker and other prominent players during a civil society roundtable, which inclu...
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A secluded haven called Malana
July 26, 2021
Today perhaps Himachal Pradesh is best known as the place where the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama lives. But thousands of years ago, legend has it, it was also the place where soldiers of Greek King Alexander the Great lived. The story goes when Alexander’s army took refu...
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Inside Majnu ka Tilla: Delhi’s own Mini Tibet
January 12, 2021
Inside the crowded lanes of Majnu ka Tilla, the walls are painted in red, protesting against the Chinese occupation of Tibet. The walls read, “India-Tibet border, not India-China border.” The ‘Mini Tibet’ in the National Capital echoes the demands of a free Tibet....
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Tales from Tibet
March 20, 2018
An essence of the cultural journey of Tibetans settled in Himachal Pradesh, a state in north India, is seen through their ritualistic and everyday lifestyle, choices of clothing and accessories. Your eyes wander over golden roofs shining in the sun and intricate paint stro...
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Dalai Lama’s upcoming visit to Arunachal Pradesh angers China
March 10, 2017
As parts of the world observe the 58th Tibetan Uprising Day, Tibet remains unaddressed and the Dalai Lama’s plan to visit the north-eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh has stirred China.
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Les réfugiés tibétains
July 11, 2016
Les réfugiés tibétains, emmenés par le Dalaï Lama, sont arrivés par vagues successives en Inde depuis 1959, pour fuir la domination chinoise. Avec la bienveillance du gouvernement indien, ils ont su rebâtir, ainsi que leurs descendants, dans ce pays d’accueil de nouvelle...
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