Ms. Lhamo

Art Refugee Project

The Project will pay a support worker, for a 3 months period to work intensively with children within the reception centre, on a one-on-one basis, to systematically ‘capture’ the children’s memories, experiences and hopes. These would be expressed through a multi-modal ensemble of diverse media such as their artwork, photography, audio-recordings of their stories and life histories and poetry.

Mr. Tenzin Dhargyal and Mr. Ngawang Tseten

Book Publication & Painting Exhibition

The Footsteps II & Painting Exhibition

The book will carry write-ups of teachers of TCV School Suja.

The paintings will be done by the children of TCV School Suja. They have
recently arrived from Tibet and as such have first hand information about the reality of living in Tibet in the present day. Moreover, most of them are very good painters. The exhinition will be held in the nearby town, Palampur.

The Painting Exhibition 'Feelings from Tibet' was held on 16th-17th August at TCV school Suja

Mr. Gyalpo Tashi

Photo Exhibition

The Portrait of Life, Tibetan Nomads in Exile

To train 15 Tibetan Nomads to document the life of nomadic community through photographs.

To create 30 photographs for an exhibition intended to spread awareness
about the Tibetan nomadic community exile in Indian Himalayas

To illustrate the effectiveness and practical usage of photographs to highlight the plight of Tibetans in exile.

To educate locals and foreigners about Tibetan refugees by showcasing the photographs in different parts of the world.

Mr. Tsering Agloe

Poetry

Song Offerings

The book contains 108 poems written over a span of 15 years in exile. It is my sincere tirbute to His Holiness and the Tibetan people in Tibeta and those of us in exile. The songs also become my humbler 'guru puja' to my root guru His Holiness. It also has social and political resonance, a subject that I consider an enormous moral duty to communicate with my peers and younger generation of Tibetans to foolow the path of non-violence, compassion, moral strength and truth in promoting the cause of Tibet.

Mr. Serta Tsultrim

Book Publication

Legacy of Khenpo Jigmey Phuntsok

It is a bilingual book on the legacy of Khenpo Jigmey Phuntsok and his Serta La-rung Gar Institute, including a special coverage of its five thousand nun students. In addition to a rich collection of audio, video, video and pictorial materials, this book is based on the first hand accounts of those (mainly scholars) wotj extemsive knowledge about the Khenpo's accomplishments: those who have lived the actual life inside the Serta Institute, including the time when the demolition and expulsions took place: and those who have researched in the aftermath of destruction and expulsions.

Mr. Tenzin Wangchuk and Ms. Sonam Wangmo

Short Film

Tibetan Experience with Modern Education in Exile

To explore the developments and challenges in the introduction of modern education system for Tibetan in Exiles and its ramifications. The general framework will underline the story of the development of educatin by the Tibetan government in exile - a brief introduction of the learning system within Tibet prior to 1959 and post arrival in India, the experiments with the Higher Tibetan Studies at CIHTS.

Mr. Tenzin Jangchup Lingpa

Series of Books

Life in Exile

The series aims to identify the changes in the social structure of Tibetans in exile through books, loosely based on the format of 'A day in the Life of.." Each title will focus on an individual who represents a section of the social strata. The stories will narrate the life of the character, through a defined period using fixed events such as harvest, exams, travelling to Ludhiana to buy sweaters, the March 10th portest etc. Each title will traverse the life of one character and will be located in different settlements in exile, offering a different background to each story.

Mr. Yeshi Samdup

Photo Exhibition

It is a Photo exhibition on the performance of the Tibetan opera in public by the senior teachers in the early years (1970’s) of TIPA establishment. The photographs capture senior artistes practicing dance with their limited resources. Almost all slides have successfully arrests the emotions and expressions of various characters of the Tibetan Opera.

Ms. Ghang Lhamo

Book Publication

Che-Tsom-Chog-Drig (Collection of Commentary)

A 116 page collection of articles; covering topics like the healthy relationship between H.H. the Dalai Lama and the 10^th Panchen Lama, the promotion and development of Tibetan language, chronicling the lives of famous Tibetan women since time immemorial the importance and value given to women by King Songtsen Gampo, the ways in which Tibetan culture can be preserved and promoted and whether Tibetan women in exile enjoy the given rights and power or not.

Tibet Today Magazine

Photograph Documentation

Love & Compassion through Photography

A social documentation of the fast changing face of the Tibetan community in exile and how this rapid transformation is creating a big gap between the older and younger generation of the Tibetan people. We would like to explore and trace the generation of Tibetans who have turned 50 this year. We want to see how they have fared and get a glimpse of their every day life, to reflect upon their challenges and dreams. We see this as a very interesting social documentation, something that could be a valuable archive for our future records, history and museums.