Howdy all,
Just a quick post about the sitch in Tibet as being in McLeod there are basically more Tibetans than Indians. Before I came here I had a bit of knowledge about life in Tibet but since I have come here I have realised just how little we hear about it in the west, in fact last year Time magazine rated the Tibetan Self Immolation's* as one of the top ten under reported issues of the year. To date there have been something like 50 self immolation's in Tibet. Contrary to what many people think these immolation's are not the consequence of any sort of religious based quarrels but an act of desperation at the Chinese Occupation of their homeland. The rate of self immolation's since I have been here has just been shocking. Each week there are reports of more people dying, many of them really young. Often the news doesn't reach us here in India until several days later as the Chinese have such a stranglehold on all communication out of Tibet. The Tibetan community here are so unified in their mourning for the lives lost. Yesterday afternoon the Tibetan shops closed early and the whole Tibetan community gathered at the Dalai Lama's palace, the Tsuglagkhang Complex and there were two hours of prayer and chanting for the two people who self immolated earlier in the week. I feel it is important to let as many people know as I can, and hopefully I will inspire you to do some research into what the situation is really like in Tibet and maybe you can throw your support behind them in any way you can.
Just a quick post about the sitch in Tibet as being in McLeod there are basically more Tibetans than Indians. Before I came here I had a bit of knowledge about life in Tibet but since I have come here I have realised just how little we hear about it in the west, in fact last year Time magazine rated the Tibetan Self Immolation's* as one of the top ten under reported issues of the year. To date there have been something like 50 self immolation's in Tibet. Contrary to what many people think these immolation's are not the consequence of any sort of religious based quarrels but an act of desperation at the Chinese Occupation of their homeland. The rate of self immolation's since I have been here has just been shocking. Each week there are reports of more people dying, many of them really young. Often the news doesn't reach us here in India until several days later as the Chinese have such a stranglehold on all communication out of Tibet. The Tibetan community here are so unified in their mourning for the lives lost. Yesterday afternoon the Tibetan shops closed early and the whole Tibetan community gathered at the Dalai Lama's palace, the Tsuglagkhang Complex and there were two hours of prayer and chanting for the two people who self immolated earlier in the week. I feel it is important to let as many people know as I can, and hopefully I will inspire you to do some research into what the situation is really like in Tibet and maybe you can throw your support behind them in any way you can.
https://www.studentsforafreetibet.org/
*http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2102579,00.html