Indian political leaders will have to prepare their public for the prospect of concessions India never really held—just as Chinese leaders must admit Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh were never theirs.
China considers the Nobel laureate a separatist and wants to bring Tibetan Buddhism under its control, but the Dalai Lama & his huge following have been obstacles to that ambition.
The text is more than just religious expositions. It is a historical piece of writing wherein a city like Baghdad, founded in 762 CE, has been mentioned twice.
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It’s hard to build a house, run a business, or do anything without paying bribes. And yet, citizens’ anger about this open, unchecked corruption won’t erupt into Anna Hazare-type rallies.
As many as 21 policy reforms are under implementation following Invest Kerala Global Summit, as LDF govt works to change perception that the state is not conducive to businesses.
Amid continued concerns over cross-border terrorism, General Upendra Dwivedi further warned the neighbour that India will not show restraint if there is an Op Sindoor 2.0.
Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.
The contents of this article prove Nehru was not an idealist nor a romantic as he has been made out to be just to malign him.
He was a hard core realist. There are reports that Nehru sought US and UK help, they asked him to do anything short of military action – source Ranjit Kahla.
And the readers ought to know Tibet was an autonomous part of China but started acting as an independent entity following chaos after the disintegration of the Qing Dynasty and taking advantage of this Britain, in 1914 brought Tibet under India and did nothing to develop it. Aksai Chin also was brought arbitrarily/unilaterally under India in 1911.
Tibet’s autonomous status within China is confirmed by Prof. Srinath Raghavan and in lengthy details by Melvyn C Goldstein giving evidence from the US archives that even after the communist takeover US recognized Tibet as an autonomous part of China and maintained same position while supplying arms to the Tibetan rebels during the 1959 revolt.
General Cariappa had also made it clear besides allotting limited soldiers India did not possess capability to take on China militarily. Nehru acted out of realism and according to John W Garver, Nehru worked hard to ensure Tibet had maximum autonomy so could prevent heavy presence of Chinese soldiers on the border with India.
China while promising autonomy to Tibet turned around, they did many somersaults with Nehru as well. Read “War and Peace in Modern India” by Prof. Srinath Raghavan, a well researched book and nothing shot from his hip which most of the Indians do.
The Guiding Principles of 2005 were a good moment for the relationship. “ No disturbance of settled populations. “ Needs to be taken forward. Also, final settlement of the boundary question need not hold up progress on other issues, led by more trade and investment.
The contents of this article prove Nehru was not an idealist nor a romantic as he has been made out to be just to malign him.
He was a hard core realist. There are reports that Nehru sought US and UK help, they asked him to do anything short of military action – source Ranjit Kahla.
And the readers ought to know Tibet was an autonomous part of China but started acting as an independent entity following chaos after the disintegration of the Qing Dynasty and taking advantage of this Britain, in 1914 brought Tibet under India and did nothing to develop it. Aksai Chin also was brought arbitrarily/unilaterally under India in 1911.
Tibet’s autonomous status within China is confirmed by Prof. Srinath Raghavan and in lengthy details by Melvyn C Goldstein giving evidence from the US archives that even after the communist takeover US recognized Tibet as an autonomous part of China and maintained same position while supplying arms to the Tibetan rebels during the 1959 revolt.
General Cariappa had also made it clear besides allotting limited soldiers India did not possess capability to take on China militarily. Nehru acted out of realism and according to John W Garver, Nehru worked hard to ensure Tibet had maximum autonomy so could prevent heavy presence of Chinese soldiers on the border with India.
China while promising autonomy to Tibet turned around, they did many somersaults with Nehru as well. Read “War and Peace in Modern India” by Prof. Srinath Raghavan, a well researched book and nothing shot from his hip which most of the Indians do.
The Guiding Principles of 2005 were a good moment for the relationship. “ No disturbance of settled populations. “ Needs to be taken forward. Also, final settlement of the boundary question need not hold up progress on other issues, led by more trade and investment.