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The
Guild of Tibetan Writers
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Chinese Democracy aducated Mr. Xue Wei and Guild members
discussing Sino-Tibet issues. |
On March 19, 1999,
the Guild of Tibetan Writers was founded with the blessing of
His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The Guild is an organization of all
Tibetan writers who live in exile. It is registered under the
Indian Society Registration Act, XXI, 1860 and it is a certified
non-profit association (Registration Number 1188/99).
The Guild of Tibetan
writers is an a political, cultural, and educational organization
that supports nearly one hundred Tibetan poets, librettists, editors,
authors, researchers, and writers. Our broad range of subjects
includes Tibetan Budhism, culture, history, and medical traditions
as well as other disciplines. Most of our members have recently
escaped from Tibet, so they bring with them a rich resource of
information about the current situation in the country. In addition,
the five-member office team often travels to different schools,
monasteries, and settlements in the surrounding areas to correct
misinformation about Tibetan History and to interact with the
local Tibetans in exile to get a feel of contemporary Tibetan
life and culture in exile. Guided by the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights and the Charter of International Pen, the Guild
aims to conduct objective research on the history of Sino-Tibetan
relations as well as to protect freedom of expression and to work
for the development of the Tibetan Community.
Guilds of writers
exist in all countries and play important roles in social advancement.
The writers in Tibet, however, live under Chinese Government control,
denied of freedom of expression. Thus, the writers in Tibet are
not able to make significant contributions for the social development
of Tibet.
So, the Tibetan writers
in exile scattered throughout the Tibetan Diaspora, in the light
of freedom they enjoy, have taken the responsibility to conduct
research on the history of Tibet to counter the politically motivated
and distorted information churned out by the Chinese government.
Since the commencement
of our Guild, we have published two books on the history of Tibet.
In addition, we produce a monthly journal, Chitsok Melong (Community
Mirror) in which we distribute over 4000 copies per month throughout
the entire Tibetan community residing in India and Nepal.
On March 19, 2000,
we had out first three-day conference in which all our guild members
and local Tibetan teachers met together to discuss the evolution
and progress of the Tibetan language.
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