Tamding Sherpa
I recently watched a movie, ‘The Sun Behind the Clouds’. It was the last day of its viewing, and my dad really wanted me and my sister to watch it, so after my work, we went to the theatre to catch the 10 p.m. show, that too on a weekday. The movie is not only shows the Tibetan people’s protest against the Chinese government, but moreover, humanity’s protest against injustice and violence.
The movie is basically about the protest and uprising that took place inside and outside of Tibet, just before the Beijing Olympics, 2008. Video clippings taken within Tibet, where people beg for the outside world to come help them, protest against the Chinese government’s rule on religious freedom, and plead to be allowed to receive the blessing of His Holiness, at least once, before their death is heart rendering. It then kills you, to realize that these people have risked their lives, by showing their face and speaking in front of the camera, because it is illegal to voice against the government. The person who had clipped those videos is said to be already missing, on his way to India from Tibet. The movie also shared the perspective of the Tibetans living outside of Tibet and how they have gone tired of His Holiness’s ‘Middle Way Path’, an agreement where the Tibetans would live under the Chinese rule as long as they are allowed religious freedom and the Dalai Lama gets to return to his homeland. His Holiness, being a faithful follower of Buddha, is determined, that this is the only solution where both sides will benefit. But without the Chinese government’s acknowledgment, after having refused any sort of compliance with His Holiness, the Tibetans have gone wary and doubtful of this solution and therefore now seeking complete independence.
I held a tissue with me throughout the movie and even shared it with my sister at some point of the movie. It is saddening to see how injustice and violence harms and affects the people of my country, while I am living a good, comfortable life in a free country.
