Claude Arpi's Blog

Prof Thurman is no more. We are republishing his interview for Rediff.cocm    Professor Robert Thurman is a well-known figure in the United ...

Archives Project I am happy to inform you that the project of cataloguing and indexing some 1,500 archival files from the National Archives ...

China is a strange country; it has the most sophisticated war gadgets, the largest number of ships and the latest technology for rockets and...

Thingbu villagers On June 21, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu wrote on X (former Twitter): “Now that Mago–Chuna, nestled near t...

On the way to Tulung la Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit to be held in T...

On August 20, at noon, Chinese President Xi Jinping, also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and Chairman of the Central Mili...

 My interview Finding the Future Dalai Lama: The Role of the Ganden Phodrang Trust is on YouTube In this compelling interview with Ishan Dha...

My article Dalai Lama@90 appeared in The Times of India  The Tibetan spiritual leader’s succession could see nasty exchanges between India a...

My article Succession stakes on the roof of the world appeared in The New Indian Express No wonder that during the last few weeks, a lot of ...

A recording for the Gist ‘Beijing Cannot Select Dalai Lama’s Successor’ by Ramananda Sengupta Even if China and the Tibetan clergy select ri...

My article The Planet needs a Dalai Lama appeared in The Week Here is the link... In the midst of the present planetary chaos, one man prea...

My article The Importance Of Being The Dalai Lama appeared in Rediff.com Here is the link... One can only sincerely wish the Dalai Lama a v...