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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...
Indian MP to push for Buddhist university in Dharamshala
Tenzin Nyidon DHARAMSHALA, Jan. 16: In a development with potential implications for higher education and cultural diplomacy in northern India, Dr. Rajiv Bhardwaj, the Member of Parliament from the Kangra–Chamba Lok Sabha constituency, has signalled that he will bring...











