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| Click to read ICT's 2006 Refugee Report |
FROM THE NEWS DESK: SHOOTING AT NANGPA PASS UPDATE
WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE WHO SURVIVED?
Nearly 3,000 Tibetan refugees make the dangerous trek through the Himalayas to reach Nepal and India every year. World wide
attention was drawn to their plight last September when Chinese soldiers killed a Tibetan nun making that journey. We'll get
the latest on the rest of her group who did make it to Nepal and find out if their horrific journey will be the catalyst that
will make the journey safer for other Tibetans. And we'll take a look at how a documentary filmmaker gained unprecendented
access into Tibet to investigate the current status of religious freedom for Tibetans.
CHINA FROM THE INSIDE: AN INTERVIEW WITH DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER JONATHAN LEWIS
JONATHAN LEWIS wrote, narrated, produced and directed the four hour documentary series CHINA: FROM THE INSIDE for PBS and
the BBC. He was granted unique access by the Chinese government to film. From his first meeting with the Chinese government
to the final edits, 'China from the Inside' took Lewis over four years to complete.
Click here to learn more about CHINA: FROM THE INSIDE
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| Click for more on Thomas Laird and 'The Story of Tibet' |
JOURNALIST THOMAS LAIRD AND THE STORY OF TIBET:
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DALAI LAMA
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| Click to access 'The Story of Tibet' |
Over a three year period, veteran journalist Thomas Laird conducted 18 candid interviews with His Holiness the Dalai Lama
in India, in which the Dalai Lama shared the history of Tibet in conversation, something not done since the 1600s. These
conversations comprise a new book, 'The Story of Tibet: Conversations with the Dalai Lama'. Thomas Laird has over 25 years
of experience as a journalist in Asia. He is also a photographer and the author of 'Into Tibet: The CIA's First Atomic Spy
and His Secret Expedition to Lhasa'. He has lived over half of his adult life in Asia, based for a number of years in Kathmandu,
Nepal. Only recently has he resettled in the States, in New Orleans.
An excerpt from the Introduction to 'The Story of Tibet":
He [The Dalai Lama] looked at me quizzically."There are excellent academic histories of Tibet," I explained,but
what is lacking is a popular history of Tibet-aimed at modern Westerners and Chinese-that is accurate, concise, and easy to
read. You told me two years ago, in our first meeting, that Tibetan history is complex. You sounded despondent, as if it was
impossible to explain Tibet's history to the average person. The way you said that haunted me, and since then I found myself
reading everything available about Tibetan history. It is not impossible. I want to strip away the complexity and reveal the
heart of the matter. I think that by focusing on your viewpoint of Tibetan history, this could be achieved. Most people will
not read an academic history about Tibet, and they don't care what I think about Tibetan history, but they do want to know
what you think about this history."
He continued to look at me, waiting."Would you work with me so I can write a popular history of Tibet?" I asked."You
know that no Dalai Lama has written a history of Tibet since the 1600s."
THE STORY OF TIBET © 2006 by THOMAS LAIRD, and reprinted with the permission of the publisher, GROVE PRESS
Click to read more from the Introduction
Click to view Laird's 'Into Tibet: The CIA's First Atomic Spy and His Secret Expedition to Lhasa'
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| Click for more on Yeshi Dorjee's book THE THREE BOYS |
FOLKTALES OF TIBET with monk and master storyteller YESHI DORJEE
Conceived in Tibet but born in Bhutan, Yeshi Dorjee was drawn to the arts from an early age. He left Bhutan to attend Gyumed
Tantric University in South India where he remained as a student for the next 25 years, eventually becoming the head of the
department of ritual arts. It was in his early years at the University that Yeshi learned most of the traditional folktales
he can recite today. He would help the older monks with simple chores in return for their stories. Sometimes he walked behind
them in the fields, covering up the corn seeds they planted, listening all the while to the stories they told. These stories
have now been published in a collection entitled 'The Three Boys and Other Buddhist Folktales from Tibet.' Currently teacher-in-residence
at the Land of Compassion Buddha Center in West Covina, California, Yeshi Dorjee hopes to one day establish a School of Tibetan
Sacred Arts in the US. His royalties from the sale of the book will go towards that project.
Click to access other reports from The International Campaign for Tibet
Listen to November's News Desk Story: 'Shooting at the Nangapa la Pass'/'The Shot Seen around the World'
ASK TENZIN: THE TIBET CONNECTION'S ANSWER MAN
HOW TO GREET A TIBETAN: This month, Tibet scholar TENZIN DORJEE tells us about the origins of the unique Tibetan language.
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