The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, turned 90 years old and blessed the crowd of devotees gathered to offer their good wishes ...

China has also sought to elevate other spiritual figures, particularly Tibetan Buddhism’s No. 2 figure, the Panchen Lama. A boy recognized by the Dalai Lama as the new Panchen disappeared soon after, ...

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry ’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Jayashree Arunachalam, Anand Vardhan, and Shardool Katyayan are joined ...

On a recent afternoon, Mahmoud Khalil sat in his Manhattan apartment, cradling his 10-week-old son as he thought back to the ...

In 1959, when the 14th Dalai Lama fled Chinese annexation and walked into India through Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, it wasn’t just a refugee crisis—it was a reaffirmation of this timeless bond. More ...

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is set to visit China this weekend, his first trip in over five years, as both ...

India's foreign minister will visit China this weekend in his first trip in over five years, people familiar with the matter ...

China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs unveiled its fifth batch of “standardized” names for 27 places located in Arunachal Pradesh ...

Beijing sees having power over the selection of the spiritual leader’s successor as an opportunity to stamp more authority on ...

A Hindi version of the report by the Tibet Action Institute was released in New Delhi as part of events marking the 90th birthday of the Dalai Lama ...

Explore Tibet's ongoing struggle against Chinese control, including the Dalai Lama’s spiritual succession and Beijing's ...