The Ladakh Buddhist Association (LBA), the standard-bearer for the Ladakhi agitation since 1989, has been branching out into new activities, extending the scope of its fight against "social
My Kind of Kathmandu
An Artist's Impression of the Emerald Valley
Desmond Doig
Indus, 1994
These occasional events are used by Beijing to mark important moments in Tibet policy—the first followed on Hu Yaobang's reform initiative in 1980 and the second, in
China's Tibet is a bimonthly magazine, yellow-bordered like the National Geographic and aimed at the overseas English-reading market. It covers tourism, culture and economy-related issues.
The holiest spot in Asia used to be the unfrequented destination of hardy pilgrim. It is fast becoming a dirty Disneyland.
"Sell Kailash!" This is the battle cry
The Dalai Lama's presence in Lhasa would provide the Tibetan people not only wisdom and spiritual sustenance, but also help them face their day-to-day problems with
The 1990s has seen an unprecedented modernisation offensive in Tibet, and an attempt to transform the ancient capital into a frontier boom-town. But how much say do Tibetans have
(Thinking of you while I sit on the balcony of Faneuil Hall filled with the cacophony of tongues accented in so many rhythms glazed with the great expectation of… dreams.
The Musalman is more protected in 'Hindu Nepal' than he is in 'secular India'. And yet, externally fuelled Islamic fundamentalism and knee-jerk Hindu chauvinism cannot
