By Tenzin Sangmo
New Delhi, May 3 – The Missing Peace: Artist Consider the Dalai Lama, a joint effort between the Committee of 100 for Tibet and The Dalai Lama Foundation explores the interpretation of art as a vehicle for peace. The project aims at spreading the Dalai Lama’s message of peace and the principles he embodies through the work of artists.
Bringing their message to India, Darlene Markovich, Co-Founder and member of the Executive Committee accompanied by other Board Members including Rebekah Alperin, Project Director for The Missing Peace: the Dalai Lama Music Project, Los Angeles were at Jantar Mantar to fall in support with Tibet and commemorate the non-violent spirit of the Tibetan movement. The Missing Peace expressed sympathy towards the Tibetan people and acknowledging their plight offered full allegiance to the freedom struggle.
They urged the UN to look into the involuntary disappearance of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gendun Choekyi Nyima and hold China answerable for its actions. The Committee of the Rights of the Child, United Nations had earlier sought permission to visit the boy in 1996, but was turned down by the Chinese government even after 400 celebrities and associations including eleven Nobel Prize laureates signed a petition.
Oscar winning music composer Gustavo Santaolalla of acclaimed movies such as Brokeback Mountain and Babel, who is also an avid Tibet supporter attended today’s event at Jantar Mantar
Former Kalon Tenzin Namgyal Tethong from the Tibetan Government in Exile briefly addressed the crowd calling for unity in wake of the recent crisis and the continued non-violent struggle for liberation from the Chinese. Deputy Speaker, Dolma Gyari also spoke about the sufferings of the Tibetan race under the authoritarian Chinese regime and the ongoing massacre in TAR. Expressing helplessness at the inability to stop the bloodbath she urged all Tibetans to come together and continue the mass prayer for the victims and their families.
Later members from the Delhi Chapter of the Tibetan Solidarity Committee presented the guests with traditional silk scarves bringing the event to an end. The peaceful struggle at Jantar Mantar continues and enters its second month even as we see no respite in Tibet.
