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Reflecting on Bringing Tibet Home by Tenzing Rigdol.
On my first ever solo trips to Majnu Ka Tilla, I happened to meet someone who told me I had to look up Rigdol's work (1/24)
Reflecting on Bringing Tibet Home by Tenzing Rigdol.
On my first ever solo trips to Majnu Ka Tilla, I happened to meet someone who told me I had to look up Rigdol's work (1/24)
Both his art installation in Dharamshala called Our Land, Our People and his movie detailing the process leading up to the installation. Finally managed to catch the movie and found it to be a very evocative experience (2/24)
The movie opens with a brief account of Rigdol& his family, as context to the narrative. When Rigdol's father was diagnosed with cancer, Rigdol stopped painting and spent months by his father's bedside. In this period, he recalls that his father began to tell him stories (3/24)
Not so short thread ahead
Today marks 59 years since the first Commission of Tibetan People's Deputies, representing the three regions of Tibet and the four provinces of Tibetan Buddhism, took oath in front of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. (1/11)
Today marks 59 years since the first Commission of Tibetan People's Deputies, representing the three regions of Tibet and the four provinces of Tibetan Buddhism, took oath in front of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. (1/11)
Over the years, democracy in exile has progressively evolved, culminating in His Holiness formally devolving political powers in 2011. (2/11)
The present Tibetan Parliament in exile is unicameral with 45 reps from the 3 regions, 4 sects, Bon religion and from the Tibetan communities in North America, Europe and Australia. (3/11)
