Progress in Rewa – 50 years of Hope

Progress in Rewa – 50 years of Hope

The teams from Think Tibet and 1.Shanthi Road have been meeting regularly to discuss, follow up and assign tasks.

We had made one visit to the Tibetan settlement at Bylakuppe and had preliminary discussions with the Representatives there. We had a tour of the settlements and identified elements to be used in our exhibition. The Think Tibet team had also been collating information for a book publishing project and it gave us a head start to the project.

In the last few weeks, we have worked on

• Research – interviews of Tibetans in Bangalore and in neighboring settlements
• Travels to settlements for research and documentation
• Planning and design of the exhibition space
• Assigned all collaborators their tasks with deadlines.
• Collaborating with local artists and craftspeople for the exhibition
• Fabrication of material such as prayer wheel, terracotta lamps, wooden stands

We are also working towards a bi-lingual publication (English/Kannada (local language)).

We have contacted authors to translate important essays and poems on Tibet.
The Think Tibet Team visited Bylakuppe and Hunsur Tibetan settlements, to finalize the Mandala making, Flag makers and the handicrafts center.
We are working with the design team to finalize publicity material for the event.

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