As I am going to bed, I am worried, excited, and looking forward for the news tomorrow. “ 4-5000 Tibetan protesters going head to head w/ Chinese poilce in Lhabrang, Amdho, TIBET. Confirmed by calls directyly from LHABRANG, Amdho.” This is the status of one of my facebook friend working at the Students for a Free Tibet in India. What would tomorrow news bring? The Tibetans all over are protesting. In today’s case, resorting to violence. This is sad but we see the desperation. The act in desperation to receive international media attention and bring awareness to the Tibetan cause. I see this as a shame for the international community in their failing to support non-violent Tibetan movement. This chaos and violence by the very peaceful Tibetan people are a result of long negligence by the media an International community  in Tibetan people’s struggle and brushing Tibetan issue aside. This shows that Tibetan people are very capable of doing anything - for the love of our motherland. Political freedom and religious freedom are what Tibetans treasure most.

Certainly a the helplessness and desperation brought this. Tibetans in Tibet, in their own country are prisoners. Without political and religious freedom what for Tibetans means the most. If I were in Tibet, I would certainly join the movement.  We have to fight for what is rightfully ours. We have to sacrifice lives for a greater good.

China, to blame H.H the Dalai lama and undermine his power and influence, is a great loss. They should accept his proposal and engage in negotiation. This is just a beginning.

I pray that tomorrow’s news won’t bring Tibetans being killed. This is a historical movement and right now, my very brothers and sisters in Tibet are dying. I am comfortably on my bed, writing a blog and I feel terribly shameful. What am I doing. Feeling helpless and shameful.

Following are the news I have been following for today which I posted on my facebook.

Tibet protests:

A Beginning…” Brute force can never subdue the basic human desire for freedom”- H.H the Dalai Lama

Video: Tibet in turmoil as riots grip capital
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/14/tibet.unrest/index.html#cnnSTCVideo

With Reports Of Violence, Anger Ignites Beyond Tibet
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/14/AR2008031404134.html

Deaths reported in Tibet protests
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7296837.stm

A Tibetan Intifadeh Against China
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1722509,00.html

A timeline of Tibetan protests
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/14/tibet.timeline/

Tibet Protests Turn Violent, Shops Burn in Lhasa
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/14/AR2008031401448.html

Deaths reported in Tibet as China blames Dalai Lama
http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CWOR/nworldNews_uUSSP10739920080314/15

Tibetan protesters warned of harsh response
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23629811/
Video:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/23634993#23634993
Pictures:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23633733/

Fire on the roof of the world
http://www.economist.com/daily/news/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10870258&top_story=1

Developments Related to Tibet Crisis
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g0hkHtbigRCCE8elbttBATtrV_qwD8VDFH8O1

Four die and dozens more injured as Tibet protests descend into violence
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/four-die-and-dozens-more-injured-as-tibet-protests-descend-into-violence-796272.html

Turbulent priest remains thorn in Beijing’s side
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/15/wtibet315.xml

China Clamps Down on Tibetan Protests As Many Deaths, Injuries Reported
http://www.rfa.org/english/tibetan/2008/03/14/tibet_protest/

ANTI-CHINA RAGE: TIBET RIOTS
http://abcnews.go.com/International/popup?id=4452569

Chinese Police Clash With Tibet Protesters
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/15/world/asia/15tibet.html?hp

Dalai Lama urges China to stop using force in Tibet
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080314/ts_afp/chinatibetreligionprotestrightsdalai_080314135208

U.S. tells China to use restraint in Tibet protests
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN14398845

http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?article=Tibet%3A+Guns+shots+fired+as+thousands+of+Tibetans+hold+fresh+protest+in+Amdo+Labrang&id=19626

Noisy Tibetan protest outside United Nations headquarters
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny–unprotest0314mar14,0,7003446.story

Six arrested in Tibet protest outside U.N.
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-7385612,00.html

Eyewitness accounts: Tibet clashes
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7297248.stm

BBC on Women’s Uprising and Tibetan Uprising Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_4C6EnWBhw&feature=related

China’s Tibet problem:
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/ver/256.0/popup/index.php?cl=6961557

Students for a Free Tibet news:
http://www.studentsforafreetibet.org/article.php?list=type&type=6
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Monks with Tibetan national flag- A flag banned in Tibet.

“My beloved country, religious and political freedom are the source of our happiness” -Song by the 14 Singing nuns.

“These protests are a manifestation of the deep-rooted resentment of the Tibetan people under the present governance.”- H.H The Dalai Lama

“They’ve been brutally repressed for 50 years, 55 years, close to six decades. When you repress the people, they will explode. All people will explode.” -Richard Gere