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(The New Indian Express | July 27, 2006)
Kalamassery, Kerala: 'Conflicts', the film festival on wheels touring the state, has reached Kochi. The three-day screening of films began at Rajagiri College of Social Sciences on Monday with a glimpse of the clash-ridden facets of life across the world. 'Naata, The Bond' directed by KP Jayashankar and Anjali Monteiro unfolds peace initiatives during the Bombay riots by the neighbourhood communities in Dharavi, the largest slum in Asia, showing a glimmer of hope in worst times. Naata also leaves a feel of Mumbai, the maximum city, and its all encompassing nature.
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World Tibet Day in Calcutta, West Bengal (Dainik Jagran)
Calcutta, West Bengal: On the occasion World Tibet Day and the 71st birthday of His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama on July 6, 2006, Friends of Tibet (Calcutta) organised a one-day festival of films on Tibet at the Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, Presidency Court, Calcutta, West Bengal. Some of the films screened were 'Compassion In Exile'; 'Kundun'; 'Shadow Circus' and 'The Kingdom Of the Lost Boy'.
An elderly Tibetan cuts a cake representing the newly-opened Golmud-Lhasa railway line. Anup Scaria of Kashi next to her. (Photo: Design & People)
Cochin, Kerala: On the occasion World Tibet Day and the 71st birthday of His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama on July 6, 2006, Friends of Tibet, Design & People and Kashi organised - 'Conflicts' - a one-day film festival at Kashi Art Café, Burgher Street, Fort Kochi. In the evening, a cake representing the newly-opened Golmud-Lhasa railway line connecting China and occupied-Tibet was cut to share the concern of the Tibetans living inside and in exile as a political issue and fear that it will be used to by China to transfer thousands of Chinese to occupied-Tibet.
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Some of the Tibet Summer Camp team members with Venerable Lhakdor la
Dharamshala - long treks, beautiful hills, scenic sunsets, perfect weather… Even the prospect of a 13-hour long bus journey didn’t deter us from dreaming of long walks to the waterfall, pigging out at the momo stalls and plenty of amateur photography interspersed with informative, relatively short discussions. The promise of an audience with HH the Dalai Lama was supposed to be the highlight of the trip… ignorance was indeed a bliss!
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The screening of a documentary film on June 4, 2006 in Bombay will mark the 17th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square tragedy in China. The organisers - 'Friends of Tibet' and two social organisations - said it was for the first time the ' Tiananmen issue' was brought out of Dharamshala, the abode of Tibetans in India, seeking a larger audience. Titled 'Tiananmen: The Gate of Heavenly Peace', the film, directed by Richard Gordon and Carma Hinton, reflects the drama and tension which led to the final crushing of protests by the Chinese Government.
"It is for the first time that the city will host any programme remembering the Tiananmen tragedy. The earlier commemorative events (held for the last three years consecutively) were held in Dharamshala. Friends of Tibet National Coordinator CA Kallianpur told DNA.
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Hands for the Panchen Lama Campaign in Orissa
Orissa: On the 17th birthday of the Panchen Lama on April 25, 2006, Calcutta Chapter of Friends of Tibet (India) kicked off a nation-wide campaign from the Chandragiri Tibetan settlement in Orissa - 'Hands for the Panchen Lama'. In this unique year-long campaign, Tibetans and their supporters will make paper cut-out of their hand prints and with their name and a message addressing it to the Chinese Ambassador in New Delhi demanding the immediate release of the Panchen Lama.
‘Freedom Ride: Campaign to Free the Panchen Lama’
Riding for a Cause: Tathagata and Dr Swati Chakravarti of Friends of Tibet
Kolkata: Its been a decade since the eleventh Panchen Lama, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, disappeared on May 17, 1995. The whereabouts of the abducted Panchen Lama were not known until June 1996, when after a year of denying any information, the Chinese Government finally admitted that they were indeed holding him. The reason, they were trying to prevent him from being kidnapped by Tibetan nationalists. With this in mind, the Kolkata Chapter of Friends of Tibet (India), organised a motorcycle rally from Kolkata to Chandragiri in Orissa on April 21. While Tathagata Chakravarti, event co-ordinator of the Kolkata Chapter, drove the bike, his wife, Swati Chakravarti, also a member, rode pillion distributing leaflets during their four-day long journey. Shibayan Raha, another member of the organisation, coordinated the rally and the couple entertained everyone in course of their journey about Panchen Lama.
‘Tibetan National Uprsing Day in Bombay’
Bombay: On the 47th Anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising Day, Friends of Tibet (India) in association with GJ Advani Law College organised a seminar on Tibet and the screening of the documentary film: 'Tibet: Cry of the Snowlion' (Directed by: Tom Poesay) at the Mock Court Room Auditorium of the GJ Advani Law College, Bandra, Bombay on March 10, 2006. On his inaugural speech, CA Kallianpur, National Coordinator of Friends of Tibet highlighted the importance of March 10 and its significance. The seminar on Tibet for law students was attended by Hon Major General (Retd) Eustance D'souza, Manisha of armscontrol.org and professors staff of the GJ Advani Law College. The focus of the Tibet seminar was on the worsening human rights situation in the Chinese-occupied Tibet, the Indian position on the issue and its importance in security of India. The day ended with question-and-answer session.
‘Rigorous Campaign Against Google’
Dr Rajesh of Friends of Tibet (Hyderabad chapter) and Regional Tibetan Youth Congress members address the media at the Hyderabad Press Club on February 14, 2006.
Dharamshala: The outrage against popular search engine to censor its stock and withhold information has finally spilled over to the headquarters of exiled Tibetan government at Dharamshala. A leading NGO, Friends of Tibet, has decided to launch a rigorous campaign against Google on Valentine's Day. Students for a Free Tibet would launch a separate website appealing to people not to use Google. General secretary of Friends of Tibet, Tenzin Tsundue said that Google's latest decision opposite to its corporate statement. "As per the corporate statement of the search engine, Google's mission is to organise world's information and make it universally accessible and useful."
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