Kelsang Rinchen,
Phayul Reporter
Dharamsala, January 16 – The ritual tenth March demonstration, which is much like scissors to the ribbon of a year’s political activities, is in doubt considering the Kashag’s decision to withhold all political activities till mid 2003. But the Londonite Tibetans will have an important political activity, but in a different way, to which the Tibetan government would surely show a green signal.
The Tibet supporters and Tibetans in London and nearby areas will be blessed by a rare opportunity to listen to an informal panel discussion on Sino Tibetan Relations as a part of the Art and Culture Programme of Tibet Foundation. The Tibet Foundation, a London based charity is holding the year’s first Tibet project this month on Thursday 23 January 2003 at St. James’s Market, London .
A letter sent to phayul by the foundation says that ‘in the light of this latest development, few are staunchly critical of any substantial progress towards the resolution of the whole issue. The Foundation’s Art and Culture programme presents an ideal opportunity for those attending the evening to raise and discuss issues surrounding Sino-Tibet Relations and the hopes of resolution, if anything, through dialogues and through His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s approach of non-violence’.
Tsering Dhondup Gonkatsang, a Tibetan Language teacher at the Tibetan and Himalayan Studies of Oriental Faculty, Oxford University and a translator for Tibet Information Network, London, Sonam Tsering Frasi, an elected Deputy of the Assembly of Tibetan People’s Deputies (ATPD), representing Tibetans residing in Europe, and Tsering Shakya, the noted author of “The Dragon in the Land of Snows: A History of Modern Tibet since 1947”, a scholar of modern Tibetan history and a Fellow in Tibetan Studies at the School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), London University will be expressing and analysing their views on the last year’s biggest turn in Tibet’s politics.
Kelsang Rinchen can be contacted at kalsangr@phayul.com
