For Konchok Woeser and Lobsang Dawa

For Konchok Woeser 20 yr old and Lobsang Dawa 22 yrs old.

Both are monks from Taktsang Lhamo Kirti Monastery. They self-immolated together beside the main prayer hall on April 24, 2013 in Zoege, Amdo, Tibet.

In the picture arrived in the Tibetan-in-exile community, snow could be seen on the logs and stones around their burning site.

On such a cold day you passed away, surrounded by
other monks.

I dream a country where no more of you have to pass like this.

For Jugtso

For Jugtso, who self-immolated in Dzamthang, Ngaba, Amdo, Tibet on April 16 2013.

She set herself alight outside of Jonang monastery, where a number of other Tibetans including two mothers, have done the self-immolation protest in the past.

Her body was taken into the monastery and thousands of people gathered around her home to offer prayers.

She left a three-year-old child behind

my country my motherland

Ananya Vajpeyi: Between life and death: the paintings of Tomoyo Ihaya

Ananya Vajpeyi: Between life and death: the paintings of Tomoyo Ihaya
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