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How will the Dalai Lama's successor be chosen?As the Dalai Lama approaches his 90th birthday, the selection of his successor becomes a focal point for Tibetan Buddhists, China, India, a...- China holds 65th-anniversary celebrations of its Tibet takeover in new villages along India and Bhutan bordersChina has been building villages in Tibet near its borders with India and Bhutan, and has recently held celebratory events in these new bor...
- Tibetan issues not in focus, but repression persists - exiled former leaderFormer head of the Tibetan government-in-exile, Lobsang Sangay, highlighted that despite the reduced international discourse on Tibet, the ...
- Subduing the mindSuppose the mind suggests, 'Let me surf the internet for entertainment.' We know it will serve no purpose and be a complete waste of time. ...
- China opposes Dalai Lama's planned visit to Sri LankaThe Chinese concerns followed a meeting by several Sri Lankan Buddhist monks who had met the Dalai Lama at Bodh Gaya in India earlier this ...
- Apple plans to let rival app stores on iPhones in EU: reportOpening up to outside app stores could present a major threat to Apple's fast-growing services business, but rivals would first have to sur...
- OTTisation of English: How OTT is changing the way urban India speaksListen to a high school student speak English in south Kolkata. It is now no different from the way her contemporary speaks in Gurgaon. The...
- Why a country like India must not fuss over ‘proof of address’Today, a generation of young people sees little point in investing in property. They are ever ready to move, in pursuit of better opportuni...
- View: It's time to shed the colonial tradition of secrecy around budget makingOver the years, the Indian budget has been shedding its colonial traditions. In 1999, we changed the timing of the budget from 5 pm to 11 a...
- China's Tibet white paper on 60th anniversary signals tough position on Dalai LamaThe White Paper titled "Democratic Reform in Tibet – Sixty Years On" further claimed that China has introduced "democracy" in Tibet by endi...
- Bad populism is the ‘road to serfdom’ for economies: Raghuram RajanRajan said populism done right can make capitalism work better for people, but that’s not always the outcome.
- Stop saying volatility is a bad thingThe simple fact is the recent swings are closer to what is considered normal, and investors should be thankful.
- Dalai Lama, followers inciting self-immolations by Tibetans: ReportsAround the same time, 18-year-old young Tibetan monk Kalsang Wangdu also immolated himself and died in Sichuan province.
- JKNPP accuses BJP-PDP govt of discrimination with JammuJammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) accused the BJP-PDP coalition in the state of discriminating with the people of Jammu
- Najma is right. We are Hindus onlyIt is as simple and plain a truism as someone saying that all politicians are opportunists. So what if she has found her Hinduness only aft...
- 'Anna Hazare's movement is anti-social justice, manuwadi'The movement led by Hazare has found huge support across the country. But several prominent dalit activists and intellectuals have severely...
- BofA Merrill back in reckoning in Indian M&A leagueBalakrishnan and Agarwal’s gamble to do the unthinkable has put BofA Merrill back in reckoning in the Indian M&A league.
- Are we taking the Road to Serfdom?The answer is also in the negative because liberalisation of the Indian economy has mitigated the threat to some extent.
- In defence of free speech: Forget charges of seditionIn a free society, charges of sedition are legitimate only in extreme cases, not whenever it is inconvenient.
- Land of the feudal lordsIn Pakistan, a fundamentally unreformed social order has meant that the structural weaknesses have remained almost wholly unaddressed.
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