Archive for the 'India & Asia' Category
“I would like China to open its doors to the Dalai Lama…”
0 Comments Published by The Editor January 27th, 2008 in Business, Dalai Lama, Europe, India & Asia, PoliticsAP Photo from Davos
Elie Wiesel at the Davos economic summit 2008. Full article from CNN “Davos elite leaves, fearing dark days”
Wiesel, drew loud applause at the closing debate by also calling for Beijing to ease restrictions in Tibet, a demand that appeared to embarrass China Mobile boss Wang Jianzhou, another of the co-chairs at [...]
It was a cool political reception in Japan
0 Comments Published by The Editor November 28th, 2007 in India & Asia, PoliticsIn a November 26th article, Fear of China Makes Japan Snub the Dalai Lama, Catherine Makino expresses the feeling that the Dalai Lama’s visit to Japan was undercovered and that the government gave him the “cold-shoulder” by not receiving him officially during the trip.
“Not one government official met one of the world’s best-known personalities either [...]
The Dalai Lama in Japan
0 Comments Published by The Editor November 24th, 2007 in Dalai Lama, India & Asia“I always love coming to Japan.” On the 15th of November, His Holiness arrived in Japan. There were no visits scheduled with political figures. The visit was a ten-day visit with many events and talks scheduled.
There weren’t many reports on this visit, and BeliefNet (which is a good source of information) have about the longest [...]
Teaching from Home (in exile)
0 Comments Published by IBH May 31st, 2007 in Dalai Lama, India & AsiaCurious monks at His Holiness’ temple in Dharamsala
“Do you want some chili on your momos?” asks the smiling Tibetan lady who is doing a brisk trade outside His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s temple in Dharamsala, India. “Yes, please,” I reply. I get five delicious, just-made potato momos in a small bag and stand in the [...]
