Tibetan Struggle

Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama-the spiritual leader of Tibetans, who lives in exile in India-turns 86 in July. The choice of his successor is shaping up to be a struggle between India and the U.S. on the one hand and China on the other.

The Tibetan issue is no longer a struggle for political independence, the Dalai Lama has said, asserting that there is a need to focus on preservation of Tibet's cultural, religious and linguistic identity.

Exiled Tibetans across India and overseas started voting today to elect a political leader for the next five years, in a bid to help sustain their struggle to secure complete autonomy for Chinese-ruled Tibet.

Tens of thousands of exiled Tibetans across India and overseas will vote on Sunday to elect a political leader, hoping the democratic exercise will help sustain their struggle to secure complete autonomy for China-occupied Tibet.

After more than 50 years of continuous struggle for the Tibetans, the Dalai Lama today formally conveyed to the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile his decision to devolve "political authority" to pave the way for putting in place a new democratic system to pursue the cause of Tibet.He even turned down the requests by his followers to continue. (Read: Who ...

Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama-the spiritual leader of Tibetans, who lives in exile in India-turns 86 in July. The choice of his successor is shaping up to be a struggle between India and the U.S. on the one hand and China on the other.

The Tibetan issue is no longer a struggle for political independence, the Dalai Lama has said, asserting that there is a need to focus on preservation of Tibet's cultural, religious and linguistic identity.

Exiled Tibetans across India and overseas started voting today to elect a political leader for the next five years, in a bid to help sustain their struggle to secure complete autonomy for Chinese-ruled Tibet.

Tens of thousands of exiled Tibetans across India and overseas will vote on Sunday to elect a political leader, hoping the democratic exercise will help sustain their struggle to secure complete autonomy for China-occupied Tibet.

After more than 50 years of continuous struggle for the Tibetans, the Dalai Lama today formally conveyed to the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile his decision to devolve "political authority" to pave the way for putting in place a new democratic system to pursue the cause of Tibet.He even turned down the requests by his followers to continue. (Read: Who ...