Three Days Student Exchange Program.

November 07, 2017

Tibetan students from all over the South India are invited to three days student exchange program organized by Sera Je and Tibetan Youth Hostel Bangalore. This program is aimed to college going students who are very few touch with Tibetan culture and language. Every year the Student Exchange program is held under the leadership of two NGO with the guidance of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and his wishes. It was 3rd such program with a total participant of 25 in average 3 years. Students are getting new interest in Tibetan Buddism and their culture.

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INAUGURATION OF THE 48TH WORKING COMMITTEE MEETING OF TIBETAN YOUTH CONGRESS

August 30, 2017

Around 100 participants from 35 Tibetan Youth Congress Regional Chapters from all over
India, Nepal and Bhutan have gathered in Bangalore, India for the 48 th Working Committee
Meeting of Tibetan Youth Congress which is being held from 29 th August to 2 nd September.
The opening ceremony was held this morning at Tibetan Youth Hostel in Bangalore. The
Chief Guest for the function was Prof. (Dr.) R. Venkata Rao, Vice-Chancellor of National Law
School of India, Bangalore University and the special guests were Tejasvi Surya, Advocate
and General Secretary, BJP Youth Wing Karnataka and Veteran Lieutenant Gen. PG Kamath.
Other dignitaries from the Tibetan community, representatives of Tibetan NGOs and former
executive members of RTYC Bangalore also attended the same.
The Chief Guest commenced the ceremony by lighting the butter lamp. The attenders sang
the Tibetan National Anthem followed by the Indian National Anthem. About a minute
mourning was done for the Tibetan martyrs who have sacrificed their precious lives for
Tibet.
The TYC Centrex awarded certificates and cash prize to Tamding Dorjee and Tenzing Kunga
from Herbertpur School, Miao, Nying Dha from Dhondupling school, Clement Town and
Pema Norbu from TCV Selukui School for obtaining first position in Tibetan.
The TYC Centrex also distributed certificates to former RTYC Bangalore Executive Members.
The Chief Guest did the honour of launching the website www.tibetburning.com as well as
DVD on self-immolation titled Tibet Burning.
TYC President Tenzing Jigme in his address spoke about the organization’s aims and goals
for the future and urged all members to make sacrifices and take responsibility for the
movement.
Special Guest, Tejasvi Surya spoke of the importance of the movement of the Tibetan
people. He said the struggle of the Tibetan people and Hindus are similar and Tibetans
should fight for their basic human right i.e. freedom. He also said that the main enemy in
the freedom struggle is not the enemy country but complacency. He stressed that Tibetans
should never be complacent and should carry on with their freedom struggle determinedly.
Gen PG Kamath spoke about the minerals and richness of Tibet and why China has occupied
Tibet. He said that many rivers in South Asia originate from Tibet and if anything happens to
these rivers then about 1.4 billion people get affected because they depend on Tibet’s water
for survival. He also said that Tibet issue is also India’s issue because after China occupied
Tibet, India has been sharing its borders with China and every year India spends huge
amount of money for its defence. He emphasized that there are many supporters for Tibet
all over the world and that Tibetans should not depend upon them. Ultimately it is in the
hands of Tibetans to win their freedom movement and hence Tibetans should not give up
and work for it.

Addressing the gathering, the Chief Guest spoke about His Holiness the 14 th Dalai Lama’s
visit to National Law School of India last year. He said his holiness spoke about the
importance of preservation of the rich Tibetan Buddhist culture during his visit. He also said
that we should have passion for what we do and compassion for who we do. He ended his
speech by quoting His Holiness the 14 th Dalai Lama, “Choose the power of love over the love
of power.”
The opening ceremony concluded around 12 p.m. with the Vote of Thanks given by TYC
Vice-President, Tamding Hrichoe.

Law student from Bangalore wins first Mr Tibet title

October 28, 2017

A law student from Bangalore won the first Mr Tibet title before a cheering audience of about a thousand at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts in McLeod Ganj on Saturday night.

Tsering Choephel and Lobsang Choephel were declared the first and the second runners-up. A four-member jury decided the winners.

Yak Events, the organiser of the contest, awarded a cash prize of Rs 110,000 (USD 1,700 approx) to Nyima, while Choephel received Rs 70,000 and the other Choephel was given Rs 40,000.

Nyima (who has only one name), 24, is a third-year law student at the CMR School of Legal Studies in Bangalore, India. He is also President of the Global Tibetan Students Union.

Speaking to Tibet Sun, Nyima said, “You have to have dreams, and if you are committed to your goals, and if you have the determination, you can do it.”

He urged the parents and the public to support this event in the future. “It is an important platform for the youth to show their talents and do something for their own country.”

Nyima was born in Tibet, and came to India in 2007. He attended TCV School Suja. He is 6’2″ tall.

With the aims of contributing and making a difference in society, fitness and education are his passion.

Young Bengalureans' docu on Tibet's freedom struggle tops Bangalore Short Film Festival

October 01, 2017

BENGALURU: Bengalureans Santosh Chandrasekhar, 26, Aiman S, 24 and Sumit Dasgupta, 24 started working on their dream project Rangzen - a 39-minute-long documentary film on Tibetans, hardly did they know it will fetch this trio the award for best documentary in Bangalore Short Film Festival 2017.
Not just that, this documentary film featuring lives of Tibetans who had escaped Chinese invasion and took refuge in India has made three Bengalureans proud by bagging a special jury award at International Film Festival of Prayag, Delhi and the audience award at Feel the Reel International Film Festival in the UK, this year
Santosh Chandrasekhar, assistant professor at a city college, "The movie is all about their struggle to hold on to their Tibetan identity in a foreign land and how they dream to go back to a nation that doesn't exist anymore. The film has got answers to seeking their identities and their perpetual fight for freedom and a struggle to find their self."

"We, through this documentary, were trying to initiate discourses related to the Tibetan struggle for freedom and generate awareness about our 'guests' among our fellow Indians. Although in exile for over 56 years, we fail to recognise Tibetans. We ignorantly see them as either northeasterners or Chinese. The Tibetan freedom struggle being one of the longest after the exodus of the Jews can put this documentary film into major political articulation," added Aiman S, a copy writer and another maker of this documentary. The documentary has also made an entry to official selection category at International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kerala and Calcutta International Cult Film Festival, 2017.