Pema Dechen Gorap invites guests to discuss topics of interest to young people in this live call-in radio program every Thursday. Listeners can call in and participate in the broadcast by asking our guests direct questions on the air. Listener emails are always welcome and will be addressed on the shows. Contact us at youngtibetans@voanews.com
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Thursday, 09 February 2012
Worldwide Tibet Vigil Day
Interview with Kalden Norbu, President of the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress in Portland, Oregon, and Tenzin Rabga, Director of Nangchen Tibetan Settlement in Bir, India about the worldwide vigil held by Tibetans in solidarity with the current situation inside Tibet. Norbu said there was a huge turnout of young people in the day-long event Wednesday. Rabga talked about the prayer and candlelight vigil held in his town.
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Thursday, 02 February 2012
Young Tibetans and Indians Held Solidarity Prayers
Interview with Tsering Tashi, an undergraduate student from New Delhi, India and Choekyi, a high school senior from Suja, India. Tashi said Indian students from various colleges in the Indian capital joined Students for Free Tibet in a candlelight vigil this past Monday in solidarity with Tibetans in Tibet. Choekyi said that her school held a major prayer session which was attended by the larger community in Bir.
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Thursday, 26 January 2012
2011 Human Rights in Tibet
Interview with Jampel Monlam, Deputy Director of Dharamsala based Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy about their recently released 2011 reports on human rights situation in Tibet. Monlam said that the year saw unprecedented courage and sacrifice by Tibetans in Tibet and the tremendous impact of their actions outside Tibet.
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Thursday, 19 January 2012
International Reactions to Tibetan Self-Immolations
Kanyak Tsering, Tibet news coordinator of Kirti Monastery in Dharamsala, and Tenzin Jigme, Coordinator of Tibet Support Groups Network talks of the causes and motivation behind the 17 self-immolations that took place in Tibet and their possible impact. Tsering recounts details of the cases and shares what he thinks drove young people to take such desperate measures. Jigme talks about the impact of the self-immolations on young Tibetans in exile and the larger international community.
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Thursday, 29 December 2011
DC Tibetan Book Club
Young Tibetans in the capital area have initiated a monthly book club for local Tibetan youth to discuss books related to Tibet. Pema Dechen talks to Tenzin Deckyi, Tenzin Noryang and Karma Namgyal who are members of the book club about their meeting every third Saturday and about books.
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Thursday, 22 December 2011
Lama Ngawang Norbu discusses the Kalachakra
Lama Ngawang Norbu, Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the upcoming Kalachakra, discusses the preparations and significance of the Dalai Lama led Kalachakra initiation that will start in Bodhgaya in early January. He explains that while the two key components of Kalachakra, or the Wheel of Time, is comprised of preliminary teaching and the actual empowerment of Kalachakra, the event has in recent years become an immensely important occasion for Tibetans in general, but younger people in particular from both sides of the Himalayas to gather and partake in many other activities as well that help them develop a deeper understanding of their spiritual and cultural heritage.
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Thursday, 15 December 2011
Interview with Tenzin Dickyi
Interview with Tenzin Dickyi, a second year graduate student studying International Relations with a special focus on the Sino-Tibet dialog at the Harvard University. Dickyi tells us about her interest in Tibetan issues, her internship experiences in India, and events she organized at Harvard.
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Thursday, 08 December 2011
Namgyal School's Annual Sports Day Competition
Interview with Norbu Tsering, Principal of Namgyal School in Nepal and Tashi Tsetan, a former student of the school about the recently held Sports Day event which was attended by over 2000 students.
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Thursday, 01 December 2011
CHOICE-HIV/AIDS Initiative
Interview with Phuntsok Chomphel, co-founder and project Officer of CHOICE-HIV/AIDS, an NGO working in Tibetan refugee communities to prevent AIDS. Chomphel says that the community is more aware of AIDS today but there is still a lot more work to do. His group organized a day-long AIDS Awareness Program today in Dharamsala to mark the World AIDS Day.http://choicehivaids.org/
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Thursday, 24 November 2011
Conversation with Tibetan Rhodes Scholars
Interview with Dr. Tashi Rabgey and Tenzin Seldon, the two Tibetan Rhodes scholars. Seldon, a senior at Stanford University was recently awarded the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford Universtiy. Dr. Tashi Rabgay, a visiting scholar at the George Washing University in Washington, D.C, was the first Tibetan to receive the prestigious award 19 years earlier.
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Monday, 14 November 2011
Health Care Professionals in Tibetan Community
Interview with Kalsang Gonpo, Education Officer at the Bureau of the Dalai Lama, New Delhi and Chemi Yougyal, a recent graduate who is currently working for a stem-cell research company in Bangalare, India about health care professionals in the Tibetan community.
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Thursday, 03 November 2011
Protests at Cannes, as G-20 Leaders Start Their Summit
Interview with Gyamtso, an activist with the Students for a Free Tibet in Cannes, France, and Palden Sonam, President of the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress in Delhi, India. Gyamtso said that their group, joined by other Tibet supporters, are staging rallies and street theaters to draw the attention of the leaders of the G-20 as they convene their Summit.
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Thursday, 27 October 2011
Tibetans and Tibet Supporters Appeal to President Obama and Chancellor Merkel
Interview with Ngawang Tashi, a resident of NYC, who wrote to President Obama urging him to put pressure on China during the upcoming G-20 summit. A similar letter was also sent to Chancellor Angela Merkel by Sabine Weiss and some other members of the German Parliament.
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Thursday, 20 October 2011
Hunger Strike Protests
Interview with Tenzin Dawa, a sophomore from Bangalore in India, and Karma Namgyal, a graduate student from American University in Washington, D.C about the hunger strike protest organized in solidarity with the young Tibetans who self immolated themselves in Ngaba.
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Thursday, 13 October 2011
Conversation with Tibetan Psychotherapist
Interview with Geshe Lobsang Ngodup, a licensed practicing Psychotherapist based in New York. Ngodup talks about his career in psychotherapy and how his Buddhist background combined with modern education has helped his patients of various religious denominations.
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Thursday, 06 October 2011
Resolution on Violence Against Women
Interview with Kirti Dolkar Lhamo, President of Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA) and Samten Choedon, Vice President of TWA, who visited Tenzinghang, India, to investigate the case involving violence against a Tibetan woman in the area. Lhamo explains the resolution TWA introduced during the recent session of Tibetan Members of the Parliament.
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Thursday, 29 September 2011
Monks in Exile March in Solidarity for Tibetans from Tibet
Interview with Lobsang Jhampa, leader of the11 marching monks from south India about the solidarity movement in exile and Kanyag Tsering, Tibet news coordinator of Kirti Monastery, Dharamsala about the recent self immolation cases from Kirti monastery.
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Thursday, 22 September 2011
New Kashag & On-Going Tibetan Parliament Session
Interview with activist Tenzin Tsundue, and Lhaksam Chodon, a Public Health graduate student from Utah, to discuss their views on the newly elected Tibetan cabinet ministers and how the youth can play a significant role in this new administration.
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Thursday, 15 September 2011
US Reports Severe Repression of Religious Rreedom in Tibet
Interview with Rinchen Tashi, China Analyst at the International Campaign for Tibet, on the recently published report by the US Government on religious freedom in Tibet and China.
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Thursday, 08 September 2011
Education in Tibetan schools in India
Interview with Kalsang Tenzin Bhutia, Principal of the Central School for Tibetans in Kalimpong, India. Bhutia was among the ten heads of Tibetan schools that recently had a two-day meeting with the new Kalon Tripa, where they discussed education in Tibetans schools in India. Bhutia discusses what ideas were exchanged during the meeting and if any new changes are expected in the policy or process of educating young Tibetans.
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Thursday, 08 September 2011
Changes or no changes in imparting education in Tibetan schools in India
Interview with Kalsang Tenzin Bhutia, Principal, CST, Kalimpong, India. Bhutia was among the ten heads of Tibetan schools who recently had a two-day meeting with the new Kalon Tripa, when they discussed all about educating Tibetans in the various schools in India. Bhutia discusses what ideas were exchanged during the meeting and if any new changes are expected in the policy or process of educating young Tibetans.
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Monday, 29 August 2011
TYC Annual Working Committee Meeting
Interview with Tsewang Paljor, a former TYC executive member and Paljor about TYC's Working committee meeting, held in Darjeeling, India from August 22-25.
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Thursday, 18 August 2011
Summer Internship
Interview with Khando Kyi, a rising senior at Middlebury college in Vermont about her summer internship experience at the Voice of America Tibetan Service.
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Thursday, 11 August 2011
Youth on New Kalon Tripa
Interview with Dorjee Tsetan, Youth for Better Democracy, and Tenzin Nyinje, editor and political analyst, on the inauguaration of the young and highly educated Kalon Tripa, Dr. Sangay and what his remarks mean to them. Both Tsetan and Nyinje said they view the new Kalon as one of their own and that his innovative ideas such as recruiting hunreds of professionals and establishing a Tibet Policy Institute are very practical and important.
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Thursday, 04 August 2011
Life at TIPA
Interview with three young members of the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) about their ongoing tour of the United States. Tenzin Woebum, now 25 years old joined TIPA when he was 9 years old. Ngawang Tenzin spent the last 15 years in TIPA. Tashi Tsering joined TIPA at the age of 12.
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Friday, 29 July 2011
Political Changes in Exile Tibetan Admistration
Interview with Tenzin Wangyal, editor of the Tibetan Political Review on the recent political changes in the Central Tibetan Administration based in Dharamsala and the expectations young Tibetans have from the next Kalon Tripa.
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Thursday, 21 July 2011
Tibetan Youths at Kalachakra
Interview with Kalachakra participant Karma Gonde from New York, Kalchakra volunteer Tsewang Yangzom from Virginia and Tsering Lama from Boston on the just-concluded Kalacharka in Washington, D.C.
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Thursday, 07 July 2011
Dalai Lama's 76th Birthday
Interview with Tsering Palden from New York, Tenzin Topchen and Tenzin Yangchen about Dalai Lama's 76th birthday and what he means to them.
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Thursday, 30 June 2011
Kalachakra in Washington DC
Interview with Ven. Tenzin Deshek from Losel Maitri Buddhist Center in Alabama about the importance and significance of Kalachakra.
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Thursday, 30 June 2011
D.C Regional Tibetan Youth Congress to Host North American Tibetan Youth Conference
Interview with Tenzin Lhamo, Vice President of the Capital Area Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) and Dhondup Lhadar, Vice President of the Tibetan Youth Congress about the just-launched massive TYC signature campaign in support of Tibetan protesters in Kham Kartze and Kirti in Amdo.
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Thursday, 23 June 2011
Tibet Solidarity Peace March from NYC to DC
Pema Dechen interviewed Ngawang Tashi and Lobsang, participants of the NYC-DC solidarity march that started on June 22.The ongoing march was organized to highlight Chinese crackdown on Tibet protesters in Amdo Ngaba Kirti areas as well as in Karze, eastern Tibet.
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Thursday, 16 June 2011
Saka Dawa
Interview with Nima Dorjee, an undergraduate student from New Delhi, India and Kusho Tenzin Deshek, of Losel Maitri Tibetan Buddhist Center in Birmingham, Alabama to discuss the significance of Saka Dawa for young Tibetans.
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Thursday, 09 June 2011
Kirti Solidarity Bike Rally
Interview with Ghangrig, who is leading the bike rally from Mudgot to Pune, in solidarity with Kirti monks and Tibetan political prisoners and Kanyak Tsering, Tibet News coordinator of Kirti Monastery in Dharamsala on the current situation in Kirti Monastery.
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Thursday, 02 June 2011
Political Changes in Exile Tibetan Administration
Tibetan youths discuss the political changes in the exile Tibetan community. Pema Dechen invites Samten Chodon, Vice President of Central Tibetan Women's Association and Sonam Dorjee, a former youth leader based in Dharamsala, on the recent political changes and the new Tibetan parliament that has just assumed responsibility.
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Thursday, 26 May 2011
Youth Participation Prominent in Tibetan General Meeting
Youth and Education interviews youth participants of the ongoing Tibetan General Meeting
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Thursday, 19 May 2011
Youth on the Dalai Lama Devolving His Political Power
Interview with Tenzin Tsundue from New Delhi and Tendor from Dharamsala, India to discuss the popular opinion of the Tibetan youths on the Dalai Lama's decision to devolve his political power. They talk about their expectation from the upcoming Tibetan General Meeting to be held in Dharamsala from May 21-23.
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Thursday, 12 May 2011
The experience of hosting the Dalai Lama events in MN
Interview with two young Tibetan-Americans from Minnesota, Tsewang Chokden and Shenphen Sangpo, who were part of the team hosting the Dalai Lama's visit to the area. Chokden said that the young Tibetans were responsible for the brochures, media relations, web-casting and general outreach for the Dalai Lama's visit. Sangpo said that he is very happy that he was assigned the responsibility to work with the Chinese students who showed interest in attending the Dalai Lama's talk.
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Thursday, 05 May 2011
Kirti Ngaba Situation
Interview with Tsewang Rinzin, organizer of indefinite hunger strike in New Delhi and Jigme, volunteer with the Kirti Ngaba solidarity peace marchers from NYC to Washington, D.C
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Thursday, 28 April 2011
Kalon Tripa and Chitue Eection Results
Interview with Dorje Tsetan from Youth for Better Democracy, Dharamsala, India and Tenzin Rangdol, President of the Tibetan Community of Britain, about the recently released results of the Kalon Tripa and Chitues.
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Monday, 25 April 2011
Tibetan Youth Protests In Solidarity with Tibetans in Kirti
Interview with Kusang Thokme from New Delhi, India, Tenzin Rangdo from London, and Kanyak Tsering, the Press coordinator for Tibet information to discuss the current situation of Kirti monastery under siege and the youth groups' solidarity activities for the Tibetans in Kirti, Ngaba, Tibet.
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Thursday, 14 April 2011
Dalai Lama to Visit Minnesota
Interview with Tsewang Chokden, President of Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota about the Dalai Lama's upcoming visit and performances of Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts.
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Thursday, 07 April 2011
All Female Doctors to Graduate from Chogpori Tibetan Medical Institute
Interview with Dr. Jampa Khedup, Principal of Chogpori Tibetan Medical Institute, Darjeeling, India and Dr. Tsepak, a graduate of the Institute from New York, on the Institute's study programs and where its graduates are helping with the medical needs of the public.
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Thursday, 31 March 2011
Tibetan Scholarship Program 2012
Interview with Tenzin Choephel, Tibetan Scholarship Program Coordinator at the Tibet Fund, New York, on the scholarships for Tibetan refugee students for the year 2012 - who would be eligible to apply and how, selection process, which colleges in the U.S are taking them etc.
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Thursday, 17 March 2011
Tibetan Women's Perspective on Tibetan Political Developments
Interview with Kirti Dolkar lhamo, President of Tibetan Women's Association (TWA) and Dhadon Sharling, Media Relations officer of TWA about Tibetan Women's Uprising Day on the latest developments in Tibetan politics.
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Thursday, 10 March 2011
Tibetan National Uprising Day
Interview with Tencho from Dharamsala, Chemi Yougyal from Bangalore, India; and Tenzin Dolma from New York on the 52nd anniversary of Tibetan national uprising day events.
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Thursday, 03 March 2011
D.C Lobby Day
Interview with Anak Tsetan of Vermont, Tenzin Yewong and Chenam Barshee of Virginia, Chonjor Andruksurpa of NYC and Karma Namgyal of Washington, D.C about the recently concluded Tibetan Lobby Day. The participants recount their experiences of at the Capitol Hill.
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Friday, 25 February 2011
"Walk for Tibet" continues in tribute to Jigme Norbu
Interview with Tashi Zopa, who is with the Walk for Tibet group in Florida and Thupten Tsondue, a resident monk in Florida, who drove over two hours to the site where the late Norbu was killed in a car accident, and observed the first weekly prayers last Sunday. Also, included is the statement from the Norbu family vowing to continue the "Walk For Tibet" movement with the 13 year old and nine year old sons of the late Jigme Norbu la.
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Thursday, 17 February 2011
Kalachakra
Interview with Ven. Tenzin Deshek, Resident teacher at the Losel Matri Buddhist Center in Bloomington, Alabama about the rituals and importance of Kalachakra. Kusho Deshek explains the importance of learning how to receive the different stages of the empowerment and what one needs to do during and after receiving it.
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Thursday, 10 February 2011
Tibetan Attorney Opens Law Office in New York.
Interview with Attorney and Counselor at Law, Tenzin Wangyal who recently opened his law office in New York. The Law Offices of Tenzin Wangyal provides legal representation in the immigration laws; wills and trusts, and estate planning as well as small business law and criminal defense and family litigations etc.
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Friday, 04 February 2011
D.C Lobby Day
Interview with Tencho Gyatso, Special Assistant for Advocacy at the International Campaign for Tibet about this year's annual lobbying event in Washington, DC by Tibetan Americans and friends of Tibet taking place on February 28th and March 1st.
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Thursday, 20 January 2011
Protest during President Hu's Washington Visit
Interview with Ngawang Tashi, President, RTYC of NY & NJ and Tenzin Dolma who participated in the three day protest in Washington DC during Chinese President Hu's visit.
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Thursday, 13 January 2011
All India Tibetan College Students Conference
Tenzin Tashi, Ngawang Tsundue and Tenzin Gelek from Sarah College discusses the just - concluded 5-day Tibetan College Students Conference.
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Thursday, 06 January 2011
Role of Media in Tibetan Election
Interview with Thupten Charikshar, a filmmaker and web/graphic designer from New York City about the role of social media in the upcoming Kalon Tripa and Members of the Tibetan parliament election.
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Tuesday, 04 January 2011
Kunga Thinley Discusses his Candidacy
Kunga Thinley, a former youth leader of the Tibetan American community in New York & New Jersey, discusses his candidacy for the North American Chitue and his reasons for running for a seat in the Tibetan parliament in exile.
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Thursday, 23 December 2010
The Next Kalon Tripa
Interview with Tenzin Dickyi from New York and Tenzin Norzin Waeleg from Minnesota on what young Tibetans are expecting from the next Tibetan Kalon Tripa who will be elected on March 20, 2011.
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Monday, 20 December 2010
India's Sino-Tibet Policy Conference
Tenzin Jigdel of the Students for a free Tibet and Dhardon Sharling of Tibetan Women's Association discusses India's Sino-Tibet Policy Conference organized during the Chinese Premier's New Delhi visit.
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Thursday, 09 December 2010
Tibetans Celebrate Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiabo
Karma Chura-tsang from London talks about the Tibetan solidarity movement for this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiabo.
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Thursday, 02 December 2010
Planning Winter Break for Tibetan Students
Interview with Phuntsok Namgyal, Director of TCV School in Dharamsala about TCV winter break plans for the orphaned and semi-orphaned children during their 3-month winter break.
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Thursday, 25 November 2010
Opinion Poll on 2011 Kalon Tripa Election
Interview with graduate student Tenzin Yeshi of Wyoming University on the on-line opinion poll on 2011 Kalon Tripa Election he conducted recently. Yeshi talks about its purpose, objectives, the results as well as the strengths and limitations of online poll.
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Friday, 19 November 2010
Preliminary Poll Result
Interview with Dorjee Tsetan and Tenzin Tsundue of Youth for better Democracy talks about the just-released results of the preliminary election of Tibetan leaders.
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Thursday, 11 November 2010
Opportunities & Challenges of Growing Up in West
Interview with Karma Tsering, a part-time student from Belgium, to discuss his experiences living as a young Tibetan in the West.
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Thursday, 04 November 2010
US Mid-Term Election Result & Tibet Support
Interview with Jigme Ugen, Union Leader and President of Regional Tibetan Youth Congress of Minnesota, on yesterday's U.S mid-term election results and its impact on the U.S Congressional support for Tibet.
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Thursday, 28 October 2010
Implication of Replacing Tibetan as Primary Language of Instruction in Tibet
Interview with Dhondup Tashi, editor of Khabdha.com, who has obtained parts of the petition by over 300 Tibetan teachers and students urging provincial authorities to drop plans to end the use of Tibetan as a primary language of instruction. Also, included are excerpts from voices of Tibetan students in exile who organized demonstrations and signature campaigns in support of students inside Tibet.
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Thursday, 21 October 2010
Chinese Students Meets the Dalai Lama at Stanford
Tenzin Sonam, a student at Stanford, and Tenzin Wangmo from San Francisco State University, share their experiences participating in the Chinese students meeting with the Dalai Lama at the Stanford University.
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Thursday, 14 October 2010
Two Tibetans Recount Meeting with Dalai Lama in California
Youth & Education invites Dechen Tsering and Tenzin Dasang from California to share their experiences meeting with the Dalai Lama during his ongoing visit to California. They also talk about other young Tibetan's reaction to the Dalai Lama's suggestions on preserving Tibetan culture.
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Thursday, 07 October 2010
Young Tibetans Discuss Elected Related Issues
Interview with Sonam Dorjee from Dharamsala, Phuntsok Dolma from Kentucky and Karma Namgyal from Washington, D.C on elected related issues. Dorjee suggests more polling booths in his area considering the huge voter turn out, while Namgyal praised the local poll workers dedication and Dolma said that voter registration should be held closer to the actual election.
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Thursday, 30 September 2010
Youth for Better Democracy on Primary Election Preparation
Interview with writer and activist Tenzin Tsundue of Youth for Better Democracy, Dharamsala, India, on the various activities and programs they are engaged in furthering the democratic process of the Tibetan electorate. He said that he is expecting a solid voter turnout of educated public judging from the voters' interest and the ongoing preparations today.
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Thursday, 23 September 2010
Students-Led Educational Outreach Initiative
Interview with Tenzin Yewong, a sophomore from Wellesley college, MA and Tenzin Topchen, a junior at the Lehigh Univeristy, PA on the educational outreach program they led this summer at six Tibetan Children Village's Schools in India.
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Thursday, 16 September 2010
A Young Tibetan's Buddhist-Christian Interfaith Film
Interview with Lobsang Choephel, a student at New York film Academy on his first movie, "Crossings" and one of the actors in the film, Sonam Wangdu, a comedian and a playwright.
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Thursday, 09 September 2010
Global Tibetan Professional's Summit
About 90 Tibetans from all around the world attended the three-day Global Tibetan Professional's Summit at Dharamsala from September 6 to September 8. Tenzin Pema, a business correspondent and Jamyang Gyaltsen, a senior chemistry teacher, join today's program to talk about the recently concluded summit.
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Thursday, 02 September 2010
State of Tibetan Democracy as it Turns 50.
Interview with scholar and activist Ven. Tsewang of Sera Je monastery, Bylakuppe, South India and Tsering Palden, former President of the regional Tibetan Youth Congress of NY & NJ. An analysis on where Tibetan democracy in exile stands today, areas of success and failure.
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Thursday, 26 August 2010
6 Week Summer Study Program at TCV School
Interview with 3 young Tibetan-American students (High school senior Tenzin Kunsang from Boston, Tenzin Palmo, a third grader from Madison and Tenzin Khedup, a 7th grader from New York), who have just returned from a six-week summer camp at the Tibetan Children's Village, Dharamsala, India.
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Thursday, 19 August 2010
Lamton Mentoring & Tutoring Program
Interview with Tendor Norbu and Tenzin Nordon about Lamton Mentoring and Tutoring program, a college student-led initiative started in Minnesota, to help and guide the prospective Tibetan college students through workshops, tutoring sessions, and other informal interactions.
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Thursday, 12 August 2010
Youth for Better Democracy
Tenzin Choeying, a volunteer with Youth for Better Democracy in Dharamsala, India, and Tenzin Dekyi, Media coordinator for RTYC NY & NJ join today's show to talk about the youth initiated group called Youth for better democracy.
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Thursday, 05 August 2010
14th General Body Meeting of Tibetan Youth Congress
Interview with Tsewang Rinzin, President of Tibetan Youth Congress (TYC) about the on-going week-long 14th General Body Meeting in Dharamsala, India. Over 170 members from 47 regional chapters have attended the conference and discussed issues such as youth unemployment and cultural preservation among many.
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Thursday, 29 July 2010
Story Behind Medicine Buddha Application for iPhone
Thupten Chakrishar, developer of Buddhistapps.com shares the story behind his creation of i-tune of the Medicine Buddha mantra, which was played on the deathbed of a cancer patient, David Lerner, who passed away in April this year. Ven. Tenzin Deshek, Director of Birmingham Losel Maitri Tibetan Buddhist Center explains the significance of the mantra.
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Thursday, 22 July 2010
Long Summer Break, Longer List of Activities
Interview with undergraduate students Chemi Yougyal and Tenzin Dadon from Bangalore, India and Kalsang from Washington, D.C about their summer break activities. Dadon talks about her volunteer work for a non-profit group, Yougyal talks about projects related to his studies and Kalsang about her internship at a law firm this summer.
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Thursday, 15 July 2010
Young Tibetans Asks India to Review its Policy Towards Tibet
Discussion with Lugar Jham(Independent Researcher) and Tenzin Choedon (Tibet Activist) who were among a group of young Tibetans who met the Indian Foreign Secretary and submitted signatories to the memorandum during her recent visit to Dharamsala.
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Thursday, 08 July 2010
What the Dalai Lama means to Me
Tibetan actor and comedian Sonam Wangdu from NYC shares his opinion on what the Dalai Lama means to the Tibetans. Other Tibetan youths describes how they celebrated the Dalai Lama's 75th birthday. Today's show also includes an excerpt from the Dalai Lama, a birthday song from Tibet and a prayer for his long life by the Capital area Tibetan children.
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Thursday, 10 June 2010
Cyber Communication - A Bridge Connecting Tibetans Worldwide
Tsering Kyi who host "Cyber-Tibet" segment of the VOA Tibetan Service's television show, talks about her TV segment and discusses how the youth can participate in various matters over the internet and the impact of such involvement.
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Thursday, 01 July 2010
Students for a Free Tibet Action Camp
Tenzin Dorjee, Executive Director of Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) and Urgyen Badheytsang from Toronto, Canada, talk about the weeklong SFT action camp held in the Catskill mountains of New York. 50 participants from seven countries attended the camp organized by SFT.
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Thursday, 17 June 2010
Empowering Young Tibetan Women to Lead
Interview with Tseyang Osho, general secretary of Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA) and Pema Genkhang a recent college graduate, on Tibetan Women’s Leadership Training that was held from June 7- 17 by TWA. Today's show also includes discussion on issues concerning many Tibetan women such as the status of women in the Tibetan community and representation of Tibetan women in the exile Tibetan governance.
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Thursday, 27 May 2010
Significance of Full Moon Day of Saka-Dawa
Ven. Geshe Lobsang Dhargye of Sera-Mey Monastery explains the significance of the full moon day of Saka-Dawa.
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Thursday, 20 May 2010
A Young Tibetan Recounts Her Visit to Indiana for Dalai Lama’s Talk
Tenzin Dekyi talks about her visit to Indiana last week where she attended the Dalai Lama's teachings. The show includes question of the day and excerpts from the Dalai Lama's talk to the Tibetans in Indiana and Madison.
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Thursday, 13 May 2010
Challenges and Opportunities for the Tibetan Youth in the West
Chemi Dolkar, a nursing assistant and a part-time student from Seattle, WA, and Tsering Palden, a former President of the Regional Tibetan Youth Congress NY & NJ, discuss the opportunities in the West. They also talk about the common challenges many Tibetans face growing up in the West.
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Thursday, 08 April 2010
Tenzin Choephel's Academic journey in Aeronautics
Tenzin Choephel, who is studying masters degree in Aerospace Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University, talks about his academic journey in Aeronautics.
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Thursday, 01 April 2010
Studying in the United States
Dr. Kunchok Tsering, a doctor at Delek Hospital in Dharamsala who is currently pursuing his Masters in Public Health at the Stony Brook University Medical center talks about the similarities and differences in the education system of the United States and India.
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Thursday, 28 January 2010
Contemporary Tibetan Music
Trinlae Choedron, host of "Soyala: Contemporary Music" on the VOA Tibetan Service talks about her weekly program where she plays Tibetan contemporary music.
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Thursday, 03 December 2009
First Miss Tibet Minnesota 2009
An interview with Tenzin Pemchoe, the winner of Miss Tibet Minnesota 2009 and Kunsang Choenyi, President of Regional Tibetan Women's Association (TWA) of Minnesota.The Miss Tibet MN contest was held on November 28, 2009 by the Minnesota TWA.
