New York Times: Mother of 4 Is Said to Be 110th Tibetan to Self-Immolate
such a beautiful human being, gone at the hand of the chinese communist regime. can’t handle it…
Beautiful photos of a frightening reality
Capturing the Accelerating Change in Tibet
The Dutch photographer Marieke ten Wolde has made frequent trips to Tibet, in search not of vistas and costumes but of a society that is changing so fast she has had to consult her diary to remember if she had been there or not: Beijing has flooded the country with checkpoints and paramilitary police, while Communist Party leaders introduced a “monastic management” plan to exert more direct control over religious life. The measures included sending 21,000 officials to create dossiers on monks, who would then be either rewarded for cooperating or expelled from their monasteries if they did not. In some cases, they were urged to renounce the Dalai Lama.
EXISTENCE: Poem by Tenzin Woedbum on Tibet, Tibetan, Self-immolations
This poem is to help sum up some of my feelings and thoughts in response to the recent surge of Self-Immolations in Tibet (as well as India). It shouldn’t take over 90 sacrifices to instigate global intervention, but instead of pointing fingers I choose to invest in my education and well-being…
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Having your tongue pulled out of your mouth
Mila Tsitsi talks about his personal experience of visiting a Tibetan family member in prison. “Taking away a person’s language is not the same as taking away the bread from one’s pocket, it’s not the same as taking away one’s bag from the shoulders. It is like pulling out the tongue from one’s month.”
