''Tibetan Review'' is a Tibetan monthly journal and news website published in English, based in

Delhi Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders ...

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. It was first published in

Darjeeling Darjeeling (, , ) is a town and municipality in the northernmost region of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located in the Eastern Himalayas, it has an average elevation of . To the west of Darjeeling lies the easternmost province of Nepal ...

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in April 1967 by

Lodi Gyari Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari Rinpoche, Kasur Lodi Gyari or "as he is universally known to the Tibetan-speaking world (as well as to Himalayan community), Gyari Rinpoche" (25 August 1949 – 29 October 2018) was a Tibetan politician, and journalist who ser ...

. It is well known for its open and vibrant democratic forum for the discussion of the Tibetan problem and other related governmental and social issues on

Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa, Taman ...

History

''Tibetan Review'' is a Tibetan journal in English published by the Tibetan. It was first published under the name ''The Voice of Tibet'' in 1967 by

. In 1968, its new editor Mr Tenzing Ngawang Takla, changed its name to ''Tibetan Review'', its official name since the January 1968 edition. In 1971, financial difficulties forced the ''Tibetan Review'' to request the Tibetan exile government for help. The exiled Tibetan government established a new department called the Information Office, where the ''Tibetan Review'' and ''Sheja'' (Tibetan language journal) were put together in one building in

Dharamshala Dharamshala (; also spelled Dharamsala) is the winter capital of Himachal Pradesh, India. It serves as administrative headquarters of the Kangra district after being relocated from Kangra, a city located away from Dharamshala, in 1855. The ...

, H.P., India.In 1972, Mr Tenzing Namgyal Tethong became its new editor and he took the responsibility with Mr Tamdin D Gyalpo, working as an executive editor. Mr Tethong edited the journal till June 1972. Dawa Norbu in June 1972 assumed the responsibility of the ''Tibetan Review.'' Tsering Wangyal, who was known as "Editor", took the responsibility from Dawa Norbu in October 1976. For a brief interim while Mr Wangyal went to the US for an internship offered by the Alfred Friendly Press Fellowship Mr

Lhasang Tsering Lhasang Tsering (born in 1952) is a Tibetan poet, writer, and activist. He was President of the Tibetan Youth Congress and a founding director of Amnye Machen Institute in Dharamshala, India. He is a vociferous and ardent advocate of Tibet's inde ...

took charge of the ''Tibetan Review'' as an Acting Editor from May-Dec 1986. Pema Thinley is the current editor of the ''Tibetan Review'' since 1996. Over the years, due to the editorially independent, it became inconsistent with the exiled Tibetan government policies which led to the subject of criticism, especially by the Tibetan parliament in exile. In April 1999 the ''Tibetan Review'' set up Tibetan Review Trust Society and went back to non-governmental funded institution.

Monthly Journal

The ''Tibetan Review'' is a monthly journal published in Delhi, India. The journal covers news and features about Tibet and the exiled Tibetan community. It also focuses on China and Sino-Indian relationships. It was first published in Darjeeling in 1967 by Lodi Gyari.

Online Publication

The online publication of the ''Tibetan Review'' provides periodic updates on important Tibetan related issues on its website.

List of editor

* Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari (April 1967 - Dec1967) * Tenzin Ngawang Takla (Dec1967 - Dec 1971) * Tenzin Namgyal Tethong (Jan 1972 - May1972) * Dawa T. Norbu (June1972 - Sept1976) * Tsering Wangyal (Oct1976 - Aug1996) *

(Acting editor, May-Dec 1986) * Pema Thinley (Aug 1996 - Till now)

References

{{Reflist Mass media in Tibet English-language magazines Monthly magazines published in India Magazines established in 1967 1967 establishments in West Bengal