While guest of honour at the Namami Brahmaputra river festival, the Dalai Lama spoke of the spiritual link to the Brahmaputra, which originates in his homeland Tibet. China’s blocking of a tributary of the Brahmaputra for the construction of a hydropower project has long been a sore spot in India-China relations. CNN-News18 reports.
An audience with the Dalai Lama
(April 23, 2004) At a meeting with 10 other distinguished Canadians, Patricia Adams introduced the work of Probe International, particularly Probe’s efforts to stop destructive dam-building by the Chinese government, and its implications for Tibet.