ICT's 2012 Calendar: Breaking the Silence Calendar

ICT's 2012 Calendar: Breaking the Silence CalendarTibet: Breaking the Silence, features excerpts of poems, essays and songs translated into English and accompanied by the images of Tibet they evoke. Through the featured writing and photography, ICT seeks to highlight the courage and eloquence of the Tibetan people while providing another opportunity for their voices to be heard. Breaking The Silence features excerpts from various Tibetan poets and songwriters, check out the full text online at: www.

When these machines run out of fuel

marks the 50th anniversary of the National Uprising and first anniversary of an unprecedented wave of overwhelmingly peaceful protests that swept across the Tibetan plateau

I am sure it will bring joy and inspiration to many

Sonam and TibetWrites

'Tracking the Steel Dragon'

with many challenges arising from his host country’s ambivalence to Tibet

Women have responded by becoming leaders in business and community organizations

ICT makes the following findings:

details the strategic significance to China of the extension of its national rail network into central Tibet

We are transported

Over the decades since

ICT has documented the immediate impact of the railroad from Golmud in Qinghai to Lhasa in the context of China's strategic and economic objectives and reveals that Beijing's policies on the plateau are: Leading to a 'second invasion' of Tibet by accelerating the influx of Chinese people