'Beware of bumping into things' warns the sign above the door of the Residence of Lungsha. I'm inside the sprawling grounds of the Potala Palace, the old winter headquarters of the Dalai Lama that in its rectangular grandeur is a red-and-white version of Castle Dracula overlooking Lhasa city.
It's a bit like our Lassi festival. Ok, so we don't have a Lassi festival, but the lines of people winding their way up to the Drepung monastery to celebrate Shoton, the Tibetan Yogurt festival, have all the signs of a Kumbh.
The nations of Southeast Asia are building up their militaries, buying submarines and jet fighters at a record pace and edging closer strategically to the United States as a hedge against China's rise and its claims to all of the South China Sea.
Thailand's royalist "Yellow Shirts" said today they would rally in Bangkok this weekend to pressure the government over a territorial row with Cambodia, in a show of strength by the movement.
Twenty-one people are missing after a rain-triggered landslide swept through villages in China today, local authorities said, in the country's latest weather-related disaster.
Men in polygamous relationships find it difficult to meet the needs of all their wives and children, and the result is unhappy and cash-strapped families, according to a landmark Malaysian study.
Elements in the Pakistan Government, in particular its intelligence establishment, know where Osama bin Laden, the al-Qaeda leader, is hiding inside the country, the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said, declaring America will get the most wanted fugitive of the world. This put to rest the speculation that she will try softer tack this time.
Afghanistan, sitting on vast reserves of iron, copper, cobalt and gold, has invited Indian companies to tap the nearly $1 trillion worth of minerals discovered in the country as the two nations try to enhance and diversify their trade ties.
As Indo-Pak Foreign Ministers met in Islamabad to restore trust in bilateral ties, China today said the improvement in relations between the two countries would be beneficial for peace, stability and development in Asia.
More than 9,000 people were evacuated today from Golmud City in northwest China's Qinghai province as water level continued to rise in a nearby reservoir following days of heavy rains.
Surrounded by mountains and weighed down by poverty, a Yemeni town bears the dubious honour of carrying the same name as Al-Qaeda.
China will display its determination to bolster ties with Pakistan this week, when visiting President Asif Ali Zardari is sure to receive effusive vows of loyalty, and perhaps firmer signs about a nuclear power project that symbolises the two neighbours’ strategic embrace.
A packed passenger train derailed in Indonesia today, killing at least six people, an official said.
Even as India hopes to improve its big cat tally from the present 1,411, their number has now declined drastically in tiger range countries such as Nepal, Vietnam and Cambodia due to poaching and other reasons.
An Indonesian rock star surrendered to police today after two homemade sex videos of himself with his celebrity girlfriends appeared online, sparking a raging debate about Internet porn.