The Dalai Lama at the Tibetan Parliament-in-exile during a ceremony marking the 52nd anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan Uprising against Chinese rule, at the Tsuglakhang Temple in Mcleod Ganj, Dharamshala, India, yesterday. The Dalai Lama has announced his plan to retire as political head of the exiled Tibetan movement, saying the time had come for his replacement by a freely elected leader. The Dalai Lama, whose more significant role is as the movement’s spiritual leader, said he would seek an amendment allowing him to resign from his political office.