I was going
through drawings of portraits who self immolated in Tibet. The
portrait of Tsering Kyi came across. She gazed at me and I did
the same. She carried out her protest at a vegetable market in
town away from her nomad home and died on site on March 3rd 2012 in
Machu, Amdo, Tibet.
My
friend interviewed a couple who knew her very well and now live
in Dhasamsala. I have recently read it through; the details
about her upbringing, her earthy and honest nature, passion for
education and how she spent the last few days before she decided to
let her life go in flame. She grew a strong sense of
responsibility to preserve Tibetan language and culture and became
concerned about the suppressive situation.
In the morning
when she was leaving her home to go back to the town, with a strong
determination in her mind already, she told her mother ' I may
not see you again. Can I marry somebody? Good bye'.
