From May 8 and 9, delegates from 60 countries have gathered in Dortmunt, Germany for the World Council of the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) conference. During the conference, around 130 youth leaders from around the world discussed a range of issues including Tibet. Table Talk invites the only Tibetan participants to the conference, Tsewang Rigzin, President of Tibetan Youth Congress to discuss the significance of this conference for Tibet.

Few weeks back, an unspecified number of Chinese border patrols entered a remote Ladakh region of India and pitched three tents deep inside the Indian territory. This comes ahead of the Chinese premier India visit and Indian Foreign Minister’s China visit and as such it is creating diplomatic headache for both the countries. How the two countries will resolve this latest crisis is being keenly watched by many. Table Talk invites Acharya Yeshi Phuntsok, Assistant Director, TPPRC, Gelek Namygal, Delhi based Independent and Freelance writer to discuss the implication and impacts of this most recent crisis.