Walter འོད་ཟེར་

Tibet observer, Interest in foreign affairs, global peace & security, int’l trade & investments. Opinion expressed are my own.

[TIME @TIME]

TIME’s new cover: As the Dalai Lama ages, the battle over his spiritual legacy is beginning https://t.co/Cwk7XaCzMH

[Dalai Lama @DalaiLama]

His Holiness the Dalai Lama was formally presented the Grammy Award at his residence in Dharamsala on June 3, 2026. by Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, accompanied by Amaan Ali Bangash, Ayaan Ali Bangash and Kabir Gill Sehgal. The award was received in the category of Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording for the album Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, a unique collaboration blending His Holiness’ reflections on compassion, peace and the oneness of humanity with Indian classical music. Photo by Tenzin Choejor

[Rep. Jim McGovern @RepMcGovern]

Thanks to my friend Richard Gere, who’s championing my bill that would elevate the Central Tibetan Administration & give them the power to negotiate with China.

The Tibetan people have the right to choose who governs them. It’s time we exercise our power to uphold that right.

[Walter འོད་ཟེར་ @WoeserJ]

Congratulations to @DolmaTsering on being elected Speaker of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile. Wishing you every success as you take up the gavel and bring order, wisdom, and dignity to the House. @Tibparliament @CTA_TibetdotNet ༄།དགའ་བསུ་དང་བཀྲིས་བདེ་ལེགས།

[Tibet.Net @CTA_TibetdotNet]

Tibetan Parliamentarian Dolma Tsering was elected Speaker of the 18th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile

[Bloomberg @business]

The head of Tibet’s government-in-exile said his administration is closely monitoring whether the escalating war in Iran may give China room to deepen its interests on the Himalayan plateau and other regional flashpoints https://t.co/du4HLHeY87

[Jay O'Brien @jayobtv]

Buddhist monks walking 15 weeks from Texas to DC for peace have made it to Capitol Hill.
And wow -- look at the line of people following them today.

[SMX 🇺🇸 @iam_smx]

This is Elon Musk's most inspiring speech of all times

“Life can't just be about solving one miserable problem after another, that can't be the only thing, they need to be things that inspire you and that make you glad to wake up in the morning and be part of humanity”

[Walter འོད་ཟེར་ @WoeserJ]

@bhuchungtsering @DeepakChopra Unfollowed this disgusting man. Thx #JigmeUgen la for exposing this despicable enabler & mask man 😈. @DeepakChopra
https://t.co/2t7a0G7dGu

[Voice Of Tibet @VOT_Tibetan]

༸གོང་ས་ཏཱ་ལའི་བླ་མ་མཆོག་གི་དགོངས་བཞེད། སྒོམ་སྒྲུབ་ཅེས་པའི་སྒྲ་དེབ་ལ་གྷེ་རེ་མི་གཟེངས་རྟགས་འབུལ་བཞེས།
Video : 👉 His Holiness the Dalai Lama Wins His First-Ever Grammy at 90

[The Quint @TheQuint]

#SonamWangchukArrested | 'Ladakh Helped India Win Wars, Now We Don't Have Basic Rights'
Days after violence in Ladakh left four civilians dead and over 80 injured, climate activist #SonamWangchuk has been reportedly detained by #Ladakh Police. The following interview with Wangchuk was conducted in September 2024 during his march from Leh to Delhi, along with scores of his supporters, to press for Ladakh's longstanding demands. It has been republished from @TheQuint's archives in light of the recent development.
WATCH NOW: https://t.co/FPMFAjgx0o

[Walter འོད་ཟེར་ @WoeserJ]

Good to see @ShashiTharoor — esteemed MP, diplomat, author & friend of Tibet — leading the All-Party Parliamentary Delegation to the US on India’s counter-terrorism outreach. Despite being in opposition, he speaks with one voice for India’s stand against terror. #OneVoiceForIndia

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

Jai Hind…. 🇮🇳

[Tibet.Net @CTA_TibetdotNet]

A Tibetan toddler, son of TCV Gopalpur educator Yangtso, presented a heartfelt poem in tribute to His Holiness the Great 14th @DalaiLama of Tibet during an audience at his residence in Dharamshala.

Video Courtesy: Ven. Tenzin Jamphel | Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama

[Walter འོད་ཟེར་ @WoeserJ]

Iinstead, he fell under Chiang Kai-shek’s influence & got entangled in Cold War geopolitics. If he had focused on governance & development rather than resistance & exile politics, Tibet could have had a very different trajectory. https://t.co/LSZvWwXKVW. 2/2

[Walter འོད་ཟེར་ @WoeserJ]

Gyalo Dhondup had the intelligence, political acumen & global connections to be a transformative Tibetan leader. Had he accepted the U.S. offer to study at Stanford in 1950, he might have developed a pragmatic, strategic vision like Lee Kuan Yew’s. #Tibet #Leadership 1/2

[Tibet.Net @CTA_TibetdotNet]

We mourn the passing of Gyalo Dhondup, the elder brother of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, who died yesterday at the age of 97. His lifelong dedication to the Tibetan cause was an inspiration to many, and his loss resonates deeply with all who knew him.

[Tibet.Net @CTA_TibetdotNet]

Marking 66 years in exile, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama was awarded the Gold Mercury Award 2025 at his residence in Dharamshala for his outstanding leadership in peace, compassion, and environmental stewardship.

[Walter འོད་ཟེར་ @WoeserJ]

The #Ockenden School was a beacon of hope, providing quality Western education to Tibet’s brightest young minds to address CTA’s staffing shortages. Its untimely closure due to internal politics & religious intolerance was a colossal loss. A tragic setback for Tibetans. #Tibet

[Justin Trudeau @JustinTrudeau]

Good to have you back.

[Walter འོད་ཟེར་ @WoeserJ]

Today, I also remember Tibet—a once-independent nation that maintained neutrality during WWII, even as British India and China joined the Allies. Tibet’s refusal to allow Allied access to its airspace for “The Hump” supply route showed its distinct identity and resilience. #Tibet

[Walter འོད་ཟེར་ @WoeserJ]

On #RemembranceDay, we honor the brave soldiers who sacrificed for freedom and democracy, marking the end of WWII. We reflect on their courage and the legacy of peace they left behind. #LestWeForget

[Walter འོད་ཟེར་ @WoeserJ]

and the head of Tong-Len, a charitable school for local slum dwellers. Thanks to his compassion, she recently graduated from medical school as a doctor and is ready to serve her community. #TongLenschool  https://t.co/RAhXdH2uGM ..2/2

[Walter འོད་ཟེར་ @WoeserJ]

This is the awe-inspiring journey of a young Indian girl who, at just 4 years old, was begging on the streets of McLeod Ganj, Dharamsala, #India alongside her impoverished mother.  She was noticed by Jamyang, a Tibetan monk  …1/2