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Among the possible aftershocks: a rival Dalai Lama anointed inside China, home to some 5.4 million Tibetans; squabbling among various Buddhist sects; a plunge in donations; infighting in the exile government and a drop in interest among wealthy foreign supporters and young activists.
A press statement issued on 24 March by the two biggest Tibetan organisations in Switzerland said the event was being marked to express the Tibetan people’s gratitude to the government and people of Switzerland.
Norbu’s appointment has not been accepted by many Tibetans in China, who recognise Nyima as the Panchen Lama’s 11th reincarnation. The Panchen Lama, in Tibetan Buddhism, plays an advisory role to the Dalai Lama, and is the second-highest ranked Lama.
Tibetan cultural centre in New Delhi will bring together around 36 scholars and institution-builders from 13 different countries for a three-day open-door conference on the Contribution of Tibetan Culture to Global Understanding in the Indian Capital.
‘We can’t lose hope. Changes are taking place across the globe. Communist states in Europe have disintegrated. China may also change. It’s a matter of time,’’ said a Monpa from the US.
"India may have forgotten the lesson of 1962, when its repeated provocation resulted in military clashes," a scholar told the Global Times anonymously, warning, "India is on this wrong track again."
Nobody knows where and when the Dalai Lama would make this decision, but everybody agrees that the Tibetan leader's talk of choosing his successor has something to do with the growing disillusionment among young Tibetans.
But India stood firm. Manmohan Singh says he "explained to Premier Wen [Jiabao] that the Dalai Lama is our honored guest; he is a religious leader." The prime minister went on to imply that the Dalai Lama was free to travel where he pleased, so long as he did not engage in political activities.
"The Tibetan community in exile ask for the freedom to practice and preserve their culture. Governments of the region and of the world should press the government of China to have constructive dialogue with representatives of the Tibetan people,” the women peace laureates wrote in the statement.
Should the PLA succeed in occupying Tawang, a town near the border, and giving India's military a bloody nose, the Chinese thinking goes, Indian leaders would be much more deferential in dealing with China.
Barack Obama's decision not to meet the Dalai Lama in Washington this week did more than just send a message of appeasement to Beijing. It also set a precedent for global leaders that shunning the Tibetan spiritual leader is now okay, even in nations that support the basic human rights and democratic freedoms for which the Dalai Lama stands.
This is a video of Dalai Lama receiving the first Tom Lantos Human Rights Prize, presented by Sen. John McCain and Speaker Nancy Pelosi of the United States.

No time for Dalai Lama

Posted by balaji 339 days ago (Editorial)
It’s becoming clear that Obama’s definition of “engagement” leaves plenty of room to meet dictators, but less for the men and women who challenge them.
Obama should emphasize that, absent progress, Tibetans will become radicalized and the present opportunity to negotiate an autonomy arrangement that strengthens China’s territorial integrity could disappear. The Dalai Lama is best placed to endorse an arrangement that advances China’s interests as well as the interests of Tibetans.
The Tibetans certainly understand what's going on: Prime Minister Samdhong Rinpoche said Tuesday that "a lot of nations are adopting a policy of appeasement" toward China "even the U.S. government." This is change we can believe in?

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