people’s war and liberation
nothing but empty promises to excuse the starvation mentality of happily violent conquerors

The following letter was written by a resident of Lhasa, who wishes to remain anonymous. It gives a personal account of the current situation and the tense atmosphere in the city:
Yesterday it was quite hot outside and the soldiers guarding one of the petrol stations had a big umbrella to protect them from the intense […]

NOW LET US RETURN TO TIBET
(A Prayer Song for the March to Tibet)
By Rakra Thupten Choedhar
Ki ki so so lha gyalo!
Victory to the Gods of Tibet!
O Tibetan brothers and sisters, we have not met for a long time.
We are returning, we who have long wandered in foreign lands.
O you first sipa (origin) gods of Tibet, […]

Jamyang Norbu May 8th, 2008
I must ask the reader’s forgiveness for my occasional forays into amateur psychology. I wrote about something like this in a previous article but I want to discuss another kind of recurring nightmare, also known to clinical psychiatry, in which the sleeper manages, after a tremendous struggle, to get out of […]

1.4 billion Chinese vehemently blame all Tibetans for their woeful failure in presenting a happy face to their Olympic attempts, yet fail to realize their miserable failure of the Tibetan people these past fifty odd years. Brutally occupying and raping the land wasn’t enough, they have made Tibetans virtual prisoners in their own land, starving […]

By Jamyang Norbu Saturday May 3, 2008
The Tibetan writer Woeser, now under house arrest in Beijing, has been constantly writing and updating the world about the recent events in Tibet. She has posted five reports titled Tibet Update 1, Tibet Update 2 , Tibet Update 3, Tibet Update 4, and just yesterday, Tibet […]

April 30th, 2008
Last Sunday I was in New York City for the TYC Independence Torch Rally. I am not going to go into details about it as Phayul has already come out with a full report on the event. But it would be absolutely remiss of me if I did not mention the impressive efficiency […]

Imagine… your country invaded and occupied
and not a soul around the world notices or cares

History Lesson
Not only does China want the world to accept that Tibet is a part of China, but they also want the world to accept the lie that Tibet was never an independent nation with its own long history of civilization. China would have the world go back and rewrite history, changing the past to […]

Friday April 25, 2008 (By Aqua Dreamer)
Today is the 19th birthday of Gendhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama and Tibet’s second most important religious leader. He was abducted by the Chinese state in May 1995 at the age of six and became the world’s youngest political prisoner. China has flatly rejected all requests […]