TSAM ORGANIZES THE 8TH RANGZEN ROLLING

 24-11-2011

Tibetan Students’ Association, Madras kicked off the Rangzen Rolling Tournament with enthusiasm and anticipation from players and the audience. The main aim of the tournament is to bring unity and friendly relation among Tibetan college students from different places. Usually the event is combined of both basketball and football matches but this year, only basketball will be played. Eight different teams have come to participate in this tournament.

Opening ceremony was  held at Jaya Lalitha Stadium and Dr. Nanjapa, a dentist who has always been helpful for Tibetan students in Chennai and a supporter of Tibet's freedom was the chief guest.

Petition Samples

Sample 1

Dear World Leaders,

You are certainly aware of series of tragic and desperate act of self-immolation by Tibetan monks, nuns and laymen inside occupied Tibet through the reports in the media. The total number of self-immolation since march this year has risen to Ten, the latest being on 26^th Oct 2011 in Kardze,out of which five have succumbed to burn and the remaining are struggling for their live, despite Chinese authorities attempt to deny medical care. It is all the more painful to know that all of these people are in the prime of life- most below twenty years of age. Posters appearing around Ngaba town and Kirti Monastery warn that if the present situation continues many more people are prepared to give their lives in protest.

Ruthless repressive measures implemented by Chinese authorities is solely responsible for these unfortunate and extreme step taken by these young Tibetans. Since March 2011 Ngaba Kirti Monastry and Ngaba county have been under a massive Chinese siege. Today there are reportedly 1000 plain clothes Chinese personnel inside the Kirti Monastry and an estimated 50,000 soldiers stationed in Ngaba County. The Tibetan population in Ngaba County is under 50,000. This has created an atmosphere of ruthless oppression and fear in the region. Similarly military lockdown and siege also prevails in Lhasa, Karze and Tawo etc.

If your government is sincere and genuine about supporting truth and justice, now is the time to stand with Tibetan people in their non violent struggle for Freedom and Human rights.

We are writing this mail to urge you and your government to take urgent action to prevent further suffering and loss of young lives of innocent Tibetans 

1. - Immediately allowing independent investigation teams to assess the escalating situation in Ngaba county and Kirti Monastry and initiate measures to de-escalate the situation.
2. - Ask the Government of the People’s Republic of China to immediately withdraw the military presence from Kirti Monastry in Amdo Ngaba.
3. - Allow the people and monks to resume their daily routine affairs by lifting all the restriction imposed on them.

Yours Sincerely

Sample 2

Honorable Sir/Madam

Since the 2008, March protest, the eastern Region of Tibet especially Ngaba country and Kirti Monastery are reeling under unprecedented Chinese government crackdown policy. The Chinese government has imposed draconian restrictions, Brutal security raids, increase surveillance, stationing of permanent police and Para military personals and obituary detentions of Tibetans.

Due to the imposition of ruthless policies, severe restriction and crack down, a series of tragic self immolations has taken place. The number of self immolation has risen to ten since March, 2011. Five of them have died and other five are struggling to be alive. What is more agonizing is the fact that almost all of them are in the prime of their life below twenty years of age.

They are driven to take this extreme step to sacrifice their precious life only because it is completely unbearable to basic fundamental polices Human Rights by the Chinese authorities.

HUNGER FAST CUM DEMONSTRATION
Date: 19th October, 2011

Around 200 Tibetans students gathered at memorial hall to stage the hunger strike cum demonstration. A group of students also staged dramatization of happenings in Tibet. Along with media, many other people also showed interest in knowing more about Tibet's cause. TSAM also distributed thousands of pamphlets to educate the people on recent happenings in Tibet, specific to self immolations in Ngaba. As per the directions of CTA, this day has been marked by all the Tibetans around the globe to stage fast and show solidarity with fellow brothers and sisters back in Tibet.

TSAM PARTICIPATION IN GYALYUM CHENMO FOOTBALL MATCH

TSAM FC team which went through rigorous practices and preparation was selected to participate by winning the qualifying match against Vijaywada FC in GYALYUM CHENMO MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT and the team showed good performance on the ground in Mundgod. It reached till semi final.The team lost against Gulathalla team in the semi final when the opposing team scored two goals in the last ten minutes of the game against one goal scored by TSAM. . TSAM FC team members gave their  handwork and determination in the tournament and every fan of the team are much happy with their achievement. 

TSAM CULTURAL PERFORMANCE IN MUNDGOD 

TSAM cultural troupe which consisted of  25 students practiced different songs and dances for almost one and half month and went on a cultural tour to Mundgod. The cultural performance was scheduled on 3rd Oct at community hall in third camp of Mundgod and huge crowd came to witness the show and the hall was filled with applause for the performers. The cultural show was dedicated to the martyrs in Tibet and  patriotic songs were sung in their memory. The audience enjoyed the show till the end and concluded it with Tibet's  own national anthem and slogans of “BODHGYALO“.The cultural show was very successful and the credit goes to the team leaders and the participants who gave their best performance.

To see the photos of GCM tournament and cultural show go to TSAM Facebook http://www.facebook.com/tsamfamilymadras

3rd Global Vision for Young Tibetans Conference

Feb 9-14, 2012

Empowering the Vision Project [ENVISION] is happy to announce that it will hold 3rd Global Vision for Young Tibetans Conference on Feb 9-14, 2012 at SOS VTC Selaqui. The target audience of this conference is university going students of Himalayan region. 

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In the past conferences, we essentially brought together over 100 students spanning different universities in India at one place for a week and gave them a platform to interact, share experiences and learn from each other. It was also an opportunity for the participants to introspect, discover who they are, what they want to become and develop goals for their lives. 

The Conference has been very successful in outreaching to the youth and also supporting their personality growth and development. 

The conference seeks to achieve the following objectives:

• To inspire & motivate young Tibetans to become self-reliant and dynamic

• To promote leadership skills and strengthen self confidence

• To provide exposure to new ways of learning and growth

• To facilitate sharing of experiences and knowledge among the youth

We will be able to accommodate only about 100 students. We invite all the young Tibetan students in different universities in India to register as soon as possible. The registration will be accepted on first come first serve basis but with due consideration to regional representation.

All applications must be received by Dec 15, 2011. Please wait for confirmation before sending the registration

Statement of His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, on the Issue of His Reincarnation 

24  September 2011

Introduction 

My fellow Tibetans, both in and outside Tibet, all those who follow the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, and everyone who has a connection to Tibet and Tibetans: due to the foresight of our ancient kings, ministers and scholar-adepts, the complete teaching of the Buddha, comprising the scriptural and experiential teachings of the Three Vehicles and the Four Sets of Tantra and their related subjects and disciplines flourished widely in the Land of Snow. Tibet has served as a source of Buddhist and related cultural traditions for the world. In particular, it has contributed significantly to the happiness of countless beings in Asia, including those in China, Tibet and Mongolia.

In the course of upholding the Buddhist tradition in Tibet, we evolved a unique Tibetan tradition of recognizing the reincarnations of scholar-adepts that has been of immense help to both the Dharma and sentient beings, particularly to the monastic community.

"A joint hunger fast staged by monks and TSAM Students in Chennai"  
8th September, 2011
 
Around 11 am in the morning a congregation of 11 monks and around 100 Tibetan college students in Chennai gathered at Binny link road opposite to Spencer plaza to show their solidarity for the death of monks and self-immolation by one of the monks in Tibet.
 

Tsewang Norbu, the young monk who had self-immolated himself had demanded freedom for Tibet and to allow the return of His Holiness The Dalai lama to Tibet. The eleven monks are on their way to South India for a nation wide hunger fast around the major cities in India.
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Lobsang Jampa, a young monk present in the hunger fast said

Career counseling at Upper TCV School 

One of TSAM members talking to the high school students

As part of TSAM’s regular program to enhance the awareness of importance of education, especially in college life, on 23^rd May, with 25 members of TSAM along with the President and General Secretary, visited Upper TCV School students; to give a glimpse into the college life of Tibetan Students in Chennai to the hundreds of students studying in eleventh and twelfth grade.  There were about hundred students in both the

TSAM Gathering-Hotel Tibet, Dharamsala

TSAM Gathering

Unlike many annual gatherings of TSAM members and its ex-members we had during summer break, this year, luckily, on 21^st May evening, Mr. Tenzin Tsundue la came as our chief guest. Thankfully many ex-tsam members had also showed up and had dinner together at Hotel Tibet in Mcloed Ganj in the evening. We had about forty five members (including both the

Cleaning of Old Age Home-Jampaling

TSAM members with residence of old age home

At Lhagyari, with brooms in their hands and dedication at hearts, TSAM gathered around 9:00 am on 21st May to clean the area and the most important of all; the toilets and tunnels. At nine in the morning, they started their work by cleaning the drainage which had been left untouched for almost three years. Then they began cleaning the toilets. While the girls scrubbed and brushed the walls and tiles of the toilets which were covered with filth and grime, the boys had their buckets filled with water to wash away the dirt in the toilet. The water was scanty and the boys had to

52nd Tibetan national uprising day

Thursday, 10th of March, 2011  marks the 52^nd anniversary of Tibetan Uprising Day. On this day Tibetan Student in Chennai gathered at AICUF hall at around 9.30 a.m. to watch the live address of His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama. The actual function began with sacred prayers and singing of songs especially dedicated for this day.                                                                     

In the afternoon at around 3.30 pm, around 150 students gathered at labour statue and performed a small skit about what really happened on that particular day in 1959, in Lhasa, Tibet. 

Tibetan youth congress in Chennai

15TH JANUARY, 2011

VENUE : HOLLY CROSS

The President of Tibetan Students’ Association, Madras (TSAM) Mr. Wangdue Tsering and the members welcomed the largest NGO in exile with the former giving a brief introduction on TSAM. The President of TYC was in Chennai to create awareness about the current political situation in Tibet and the roles and responsibilities of Tibetan youths. 

Seminar on "Human Rights status in Tibet" At Madras university

One Day program on “Human Rights Status in Tibet” was organized by Department of Politics and Public Administration at Madras University on 8^th of December, 2010. The corridor of the department is displayed with pictures of protest held in Tibet and Tibetans who were wounded and shot dead under Chinese forceful suppression during protest movements. Formal function started after lunch at conference room with opening address by the head of the Department, Dr R Manivannan and followed by the presentation on “Tibet at a Glance” by Mr. Rinzin Dorjee, Ph.D. research scholar. Dr.Ali Beydoun from Washington D.C. who is working in College of Law in U.S. has also spoken on U.S Administration policy on Tibet issue.

Nobel peace prize day

CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU
10TH DECEMBER, 2010

TSAM (Tibetan Student's Association of Madras) celebrated the day as 'Nobel Peace Prize Day '. On this particular day in the year 1989 His Holiness the Dalai Lama received Nobel Peace Prize at Oslo in Norway. We the Tibetan Students’ Association of Madras started the day with long life prayer for His Holiness and later conducted Quiz Competition among the city colleges. The quiz was based on Biography of Dalai Lama, Tibetan history and Religion, Exile Tibetan Government, Tibetan Grammar (Sum Tak) and Current Affairs including business, sports, politics, etc. This year’s quiz was won by Madras University and followed by Madras Christian College and Ethiraj Women College. Other participants were Loyola College, Hindustan Arts and Science College and MOP Vashnav College.