On 11th March 2026, Tibet Support Groups (TSGs) from across India gathered in Dharamshala to offer a Tenshug to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso. While conventionally a religious act expressing devotion and a wish for longevity, TSGs approached the Tenshug as a considered action in addition to a prayer. In this construction, […]
Every culture, to survive, must find its footing in the technologies of its time. For Tibetan language—a language with a literary tradition spanning more than a millennium—that means confronting the digital age directly and on its own terms. The Monlam Tibetan IT Research Center has pursued this mission for the past 14 years, building the […]
For Tibetans, Beijing’s rigid stand on the issue of reincarnation of the Dalai Lama reflects its intransigent and uncompromising policy toward Tibet.
Since its establishment in April 1959, the Tibetan Government-in-Exile (TGIE), formally known as the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), has evolved into a uniquely functioning democracy with all three pillars of democracy. It works as a de facto government—albeit without a territory—with which the international community interacts. In the process, it has become a topic of […]
The Tibet question today is often framed in terms of human rights,[1] geopolitics,[2] history,[3] sovereignty, and assimilation.[4] Yet such a framing, while relevant, remains insufficient to define the ongoing stalemate of Tibet-Peoples’ Republic of China (PRC) dialogue. At its core, the stalemate since 2010 between Beijing and Dharamshala[5] reflects a deeper clash—not merely of interests, but […]
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