Wow – what a week so far! You may have been following the saga of the Dalai Lama’s visit to University of Sydney. To cut a long story short, last week a courageous student and friend Sophie Bouris spilled the beans to the ABC about the University’s bizarre efforts to distance itself from the Dalai …
In the same month that Australia joined the top table of world powers, it has released an almost entirely self-serving study of its place in Asia. No sooner than Foreign Minister Bob Carr had finished telling us of Australia’s noble efforts from Syria to the Solomons and we’re back to how Australia can “seize the …
This week my fiancée Kyinzom is on the road with Tibet’s Prime Minister-in-exile during his first visit to Australia. There’s been a stack of interesting media on the visit and you can see much of it, along with full details of the project, at www.atc.org.au/KT. I have an article of my own up on New …
Hi folks. It’s been a few weeks since I updated my little blog as I’ve been full steam on an awesome new initiative with the Australia Tibet Council. We’ve just concluded the first chapter of the Tibet Advocacy Project and I couldn’t be happier. It’s been a privilege to work alongside Kyinzom and with some …
It was lunchtime on Friday and I was beginning to reflect on what had been a particularly satisfying week. Just as my thoughts began to drift to how Kyinzom and I might unwind on the weekend, my colleague let out a loud expletive followed by the words “they’re installing Bob Carr as Foreign Minister!” It …
It’s been an exciting time at Australia Tibet Council with the launch of a new initiative – the Tibet Advocacy Project. Late last year, as the reports of self-immolations, protests and a new cycle of resistance and repression began rolling in, I had many long conversations with my partner Kyinzom about how Australians can better …
I’d like to tell you about to two special upcoming events that I’m lucky enough to have a small part in. The first is the Tibetan Film and Arts Festival, which opens on Thursday. The work of two good friends, Tenzin Choegyal and Tenpa Dugdak (The Tibet Effect), this is the most ambitious Tibetan event …
