Tibetan Film Festival 2009 - Alliance Francaise de Bangalore

THE FOUNDATION FOR UNIVERSAL RESPONSIBILITY
of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
&
ALLIANCE FRANCAISE de BANGALORE
in colloboration with
BANGALORE FILM SOCIETY, CHARTER FOR HUMAN RESPONSIBILITIES
&
STUDENTS FOR A FREE TIBET

present
Tibetan Film Festival 2009
4 - 5 July 2009

Venue:
Auditorium. Alliance Française de Bangalore (Indo-French Cultural Centre)
No. 108, Thimmaiah Road, Vasanthnagar
Bangalore - 560052
Tel. : (00 91 80) 41231340 / 41231344 / 41231345 / 41231346 / 41231348 (Translation)
Fax : (00 91 80) 41231347

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ALL ARE WELCOME!

Newspaper on Tibet in Bangalore

CONTRIBUTE

Hey! We are a part of a chapter for Students For A Free Tibet (SFT) in Bangalore.We are planning to start a newspaper on Tibet for local circulation.The newspaper will include:
--> Real life experiences
-->Short stories(fiction or non ficition)
-->Poems
-->Sketches

-->Opinions
and lots more!
In short it will contain anything and everything on Tibet.
We need your help and support.Please contribute and we will publish your articles in our newspaper.The newspaper is being published to spread awareness on the Tibet issue;in and around Bangalore.So please contribute!!
You can send in your articles/sketches to:
nusha7nirvana@gmail.com
daredevil567@gmail.com
Contact us-
Devika-9945631237
Anusha-9742102452

!!Free Tibet!!

Tenzin Tsundue Talk(Bangalore, Nov 13, 2008)

Since the beginning of March this year ever since Tibet burst into a tumultuous uprising in the international media, many things went unnoticed and not aptly explained, therefore a lot of confusion has been created especially in India. Besides there are a lot of changes happening in the Tibetan struggle, but where change is expected especially in relation to China, its getting worse, the hope is found only in the inside. The Tibetan community is looking inside, and has called for an Emergency Meeting this November where hundreds leaders, activists, thinkers with meet and discuss the future of Tibet.

Tenzin Tsundue will give a talk on the current scenario of the Tibetan movement after the Olympics in China, and the recent announcement of the Dalai Lama about this withdrawal from public life at a programme organised by Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore.

Date: 13th November 2008

Time: 6 PM

Venue: Alternative Law Forum, No. 122/4 Infantry Road, Bangalore 560001

Tenzin Tsundue is an activist, poet and writer working on Tibetan freedom for many years. Tenzin Tsundue joined Friends of Tibet (India) in 1999. Since then he's been working with the organization as its General Secretary. In January 2002 his profile peaked when he scaled scaffolding to the 14th floor of the Oberoi Towers, in Mumbai, to unfurl a Tibetan national flag and a banner down the hotel's facade which read 'Free Tibet'. China's Premier Zhu Rongji was inside the hotel addressing a conference of Indian business tycoons. The world's media featured this feat and Indian police officials congratulated him in prison for standing up for his rights. In April 2005 he repeated a similar stunning one-man protest that captured the world's imagination while Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao was visiting India's tech capital, Bangalore. Tenzin won the  first-ever 'Outlook-Picador Award for Non-Fiction' in 2001.

To know more about the event, email: support@friendsoftibet.org

'Tibet of Our Minds' (Bangalore, Nov 15, 2008)

Think Tibet and Friends of Tibet to jointly organise an audio-visual presentation by Vijay Crishna: 'Tibet of Our Minds: A Journey’s End?' at the Tibetan Youth Hostel, No: 7, SR Garden, Srinivagalu, Koramangala, Viveknagar, Bangalore 560047 at 6pm on November 15, 2008. Entrance Free.

'Tibet Of Our Minds: A Journey's End?' – Vijay Crishna's audio-visual presentation based on his trips to Tibet shares his perspectives of Tibet's ancient and modern history and how these impact us today has been presented across the country.

Vijay Crishna runs light engineering and IT-related businesses in a separate company, Lawkim Ltd, within the Godrej Group, has practised theatre for many years and is a very keen trekker - a person of several facets who has also made several trips to Chinese-occupied Tibet exploring a fascination for the trade that sustained the entire area for centuries. In 1991 he established The Naoroji Godrej Centre for Plant Research at his factory site in Satara district to research and propagate rare and endangered species of medicinal plants endemic to the Western Ghats. To know more, visit: http://www.tibetofourminds.org

To know more, call: 9916766931, 9886344125, 9742072824, 9886045576 or email: support@friendsoftibet.org.

Visit Little Lhasa in India (October 6-11,2008)

Visit McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala - the Little Lhasa in India from October-6-11, 2008. Trekking… Meeting ex-political prisoners and activists from occupied-Tibet…Visiting Buddhist monasteries Experiencing Tibetan culture... art... way of life …… And so much more.

Click here for a guide to Little Lhasa in India:

INTERESTED???

Please e-mail a 250-word write-up to Students For A Free Tibet, India at shibayan@studentsforafreetibet.org by 17th September telling us why you would like to participate in this camp.

For more information contact -

Shibayan Raha - +919810465415 , Raghu Tenkayala- +919964533379

Film Screening of Tibetan movies at the University Law College, Bangalore University.

Students For A Free Tibet Chapter at University Law College , Bangalore will host a screening of Tibetan Films to raise awareness about the Tibetan Issue.The screenings are for 2 hours with a tiny break thrown in. Time for a discussion/Q&A and doubt clearing session has been alloted at the end of the screening.
All students of University Law College are invited.
Time :10.30 AM
Venue-Moot Court Hall
Coordinator- Raghu Tenkayala
Ph-+919964533379
Email- raghu.t.me@gmail.com

SFT's Statement on the May 12th Earthquake in China and Tibet

May 19th, 2008

All of us at Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) express our deepest condolences to the victims of the devastating earthquake that struck Tibet and China last week. The human toll of this tragedy is staggering and our thoughts are with all of the families who have lost loved ones and the millions whose homes have been destroyed and are now displaced.

Tibetans in Tibet and around the world have been offering prayers and raising money to support the millions of Chinese people who have been impacted by this tragedy. In a statement issued on May 12th, the Dalai Lama offered his "deep sympathies and heartfelt condolences" to all of those affected.

Many people do not realize that the epicenter of the earthquake is in an area of eastern Tibet now administered under China's Sichuan province. This place is called "Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture" by the Chinese government but "Aba" is actually "Ngaba" which is part of Amdo, the northeastern province of historical Tibet. The epicenter itself is in the Tibetan county of "Lungu" which the Chinese call "Wenchuan" and where, according to China's 2005 census information, at least 18.6% of the population is Tibetan.

It is throughout this eastern Tibetan region – Amdo and Kham – that a majority of the Tibetan protests have occurred over the past two months and now this natural disaster is compounding the suffering that Tibetans are experiencing at the hands of Chinese authorities conducting a brutal crackdown on the popular, and predominantly peaceful, uprising against China's occupation. Just last week, only a day's drive from the earthquake's epicenter, more than 60 Tibetan nuns were brutally beaten and arrested for staging two separate peaceful demonstrations calling for the release of political prisoners, the return of the Dalai Lama, and independence for Tibet.

And while we have very little information about the impact of the earthquake on Tibetans because the areas around the epicenter remain cut off from the outside world, many fear the worst for thousands of Tibetans who remain detained or missing as a result of the crackdown. For instance, SFT has received unconfirmed but deeply distressing reports that many hundreds of Tibetans may have died when a large prison near Wenchuan collapsed. Official Chinese media has confirmed damage to a number of prisons in the area but no detailed information has been released.

It is encouraging to see the incredible rescue efforts and increasingly open media reporting taking place in China but we have heard almost no information about relief efforts in the affected Tibetan areas. However, on the day the earthquake struck the regional government issued an urgent official document entitled “Combining work on anti-separatism and safeguarding stability with disaster relief work.” Considering the Chinese government's history of systematic oppression and disenfranchisement of Tibetans, we are gravely concerned that Tibetans impacted by the disaster will not receive equal consideration and assistance. The international community has rightly condemned the heinous efforts by the Burmese junta for blocking aid and relief to minority and dissident populations affected by the cyclone in Burma and must seek to prevent similar practices by Chinese authorities in Tibet.

We call upon the Chinese government to immediately cease its crackdown in Tibet and fulfill its international commitments to provide immediate medical care and humanitarian assistance to everyone affected by the earthquake. Furthermore, in the interests of ensuring that China's response to the natural disaster does not further exacerbate the suffering of Tibetans, international media and observers should be immediately allowed into all affected regions.

The inspiring and selfless efforts of tens of thousands of ordinary people in response to the earthquake suggest that something positive can emerge from the devastation. At the same time, recent history suggests that it is vital to keep the light of global public scrutiny on the Chinese authorities now to prevent further abuses and suffering.

Our thoughts and prayers are with all of those affected by the earthquake in China and Tibet.

Students for a Free Tibet International Headquarters

We suggest donations for the earthquake relief effort be made through Tibet Foundation and Mercy Corps.

Tell Coke: No Torch in Tibet!

Coke ad jam by Tenzin Andrugsurba- SFT Rutgers

Coca-Cola, one of the most powerful corporations in the world, is an official sponsor of China's torch relay. Tell Coke's executives to pressure the IOC to withdraw Tibet from the torch relay route.

Enter our YouTube "Ad Jam" competition for a chance to win a Team Tibet package.
Organize your own Coke protest or join a protest near you.
Take Action and send a message to Coke.

SFT Exec Director Lhadon on CBC's The Hour

Lhadon Tethong, SFT's Executive Director, appeared on The Hour, a Canadian talk show broadcast nationally on CBC Television. She discusses the uprising in Tibet, the global protests that marred China's Olympic torch relay, and how Tibetans are risking everything in this Olympic year to speak out for freedom.

Watch the interview now.