Dalai Lama

‘Why Do You Want The Headache of Two Dalai Lamas’

Lhendup G Bhutia

Lhendup G Bhutia in conversation with Penpa Tsering, the political head of the Central Tibetan Administration

Beijing Wants a Monk In Marionette Strings

Kush Sharma

China wants to control the succession of the next Dalai Lama, a step that is at odds with Tibetean spiritualism and religious autonomy

Succession Rites at Dharamshala

Lhendup G Bhutia

The Dalai Lama has put in place a reincarnation plan to protect his legacy against Chinese interference by insisting that his successor will be born in the free world and identified by a trust founded by him

The Dalai Lama’s Brother

Lhendup G Bhutia

The elder brother of the Dalai Lama who retired from public life to run a noodle factory in a distant Indian town had a large influence on modern Tibetan history

A Chance Against China

Rajeev Deshpande

A bipartisan US resolution revives the debate on Tibet’s status and offers India a window to correct its own historic blunder

Breaking the Sacred Ceiling

Lhendup G Bhutia

The Buddhist nuns who dared

Jamyang Norbu: Memory Keeper

Lhendup G Bhutia

Jamyang Norbu’s new book is part memoir and part history of modern Tibet. The former guerrilla speaks about how he got swept into the resistance movement, offending the Dalai Lama, and the challenges of telling the truth