In March 1959, as Chinese troops crushed an attempted uprising in Tibet, Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, fled into India. Then a young man in his early 20s, the future must have seemed bleak. With ...
It was a quiet night in Tibet's capital, Lhasa, on March 17, 1959. That night, a momentous event — an escape — changed Tibet and Tibetans forever. A young spiritual leader, the 14th Dalai Lama, ...
The Dalai Lama will address a major three-day gathering of Buddhist religious figures this week ahead of his 90th birthday, ...
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The Dalai Lama turned 90 on Sunday surrounded by thousands of followers, who thronged the Himalayan town of Dharamshala, ...
A single image can certainly evoke strong memories. This 1959 TIME cover photo and the accompanying story of my escape from Tibet brings movingly back to me the tragedy of my land and of my people. I ...
The Dalai Lama will travel to New Delhi from his home in exile in northern India for treatment on his left knee, his office ...
DHARAMSALA, India (Reuters) - Kelsang Damdul was just a low-ranking officer in the Tibetan army when he was part of a secret group who helped the Dalai Lama escape to India in 1959, under what he says ...
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