For Tsering Gyal

For Tsering Gyal
A 20 yrs old monk from Akyong monastery who self immolated in Pema county in Amdo Golog, Tibet.

"He did it for the freedom of six million Tibetans and to highlight the need to re-install His Holiness the Dalai Lama to his golden throne."

"He called on the Tibetans to rise up now."

Wind is blowing, crying today
Branches of trees are like waves on the water
On this cold grey day
Sad news
Another life in flame on the high plateau of my heart home

Kusho Tsering Gyal la, I only can pray for you from far away.

Driru shooting

Tibetans in the area refused to raise the Chinese flag and threw them into a river.

Tibetans gathered at local government office to appeal for the release of Tibetan man.

Chinese armed forces opened fire and used tear gas to disperse Tibetans.

many are injured and many have been arrested

In Driru county, last year on October 25, two young TIbetans, Tsepo and Tenzin set themselves ablaze in Driru County in Nagchu Prefecture.

Tree for Karma Nyedhon Gyatso II, september 29 2013

writing this on quiet morning in Bhopal. 

I drew this tree at Bharat Bhavan Art Complex graphic studio, one day before hearing the sad news of Shichung's self-immolation in Ngaba, Amdo Tibet on Sep. 28th.

BBC at the hotel TV had reported another earthquake, another terrorist attack, succession of 'another' at the previous night. I had gone to sleep feeling sad and helpless.

When I arrived at the studio at Bharat Bhavan Arts Complex in the following morning, green trees at the complex looked so fresh and alive and the vast surface of the lake below was shining quietly.

Such a contrast of light and darkness of this world.

So I started drawing trees, one big and one small. while drawing, the face, the calm profile of Karma Nyedhon Gyatso, came up in my mind. As I had seen photos of him sitting quietly at the main temple in Dharamsala last November, he cross-legged quietly and set himself in flame in Kathumandu on August 6th this year.

This tree is dedicated to him, the one who had walked through Tibet and to India with his hands. And left this life with a determination.

For Shichung

 

For Shichung, 41 yrs old. Father of two children.
He self-immolated in Gomang Thawa township, Ngaba, Amdo, Tibet on September 28th

Shichung attended the local entertainment program.
When he came home, he lit a butter lamp i front of a portrait of H.H. Dalai Lama before setting himself on fire.

Father of two children

Drawings from Dharamsala For Tibet 2012 - 2013

solo exhibit in Bhopal, India

 

Drawings from Dharamsala, which were made between September 2012 to January 2013 mainly in Dharamsala, will be shown in Bhopal, MP, India. Those drawings are dedicated to Tibetan people who sacrificed their lives for freedom and peace in their motherland and for their people. Please drop in if you are nearby.....or come in spirit.

Dates: September 24th to September 29th
2 pm to 8 pm
@ Bharat Bhavan Arts Complex Gallery

Organized by Bharat Bhawan, a part of ROOPANKAR)

wall for Tibet - wall for brave people - with deep respect and love, and wish for peace

portraits of women who have self-immolated in Tibet since 2011 to 2013

For Karma Nyedhon Gyatso

For Karma Nyedhon Gyatso, 39 yrs old monk, who self-immolated at Boudha Stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal on August 6th 2013.

He is from Damshung Tibet. He crossed the boarder to Nepal on January 30th 2012.

A witness wrote that he sat cross-legged silently while being engulfed in the flame.

In the painful picture of his sacrificed body, I saw his arms were raised as if he were to reach the sky, the transparent and blue sky in his motherland.

For Her

The wind blows, fire burns strongly
a woman set herself on fire
Life is burning
Dead bodies, dry bones and black aches are
whirling in the wind, lightly drifting
A feather of bird into the sky
In this way, the wind is murmuring
in a low voice of new life
In this way, the fire is burning
in the blowing wind
In this way,
soul is coming back home

by Yakman K.Tsering