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POLITICS
| 6-minute read
How the fight over control of Buddhism will impact India-China relations
The development of the Buddhist Circuit is not a knee-jerk reaction to tensions with China.
POLITICS
| 12-minute read
The Dalai Lama, contours of the Cold War and the 1962 Indo-China War
KMT’s defeat despite major US support, and close ties between the two communist blocs — China and USSR — led the US to focus on opening a new front against China.
POLITICS
| 5-minute read
The dawn of information warfare
For 70 years, Chinese propaganda has been mastering the Art of Disinformation. Beijing’s rewriting history of the 1959 Tibetan Uprising is a classic example.
POLITICS
| 4-minute read
Situation worsens for Tibetans as China dictates terms to Nepal and Myanmar
It is perhaps time for India to wake up and recognise that Tibetan refugees have never created any problems for India over the last 60 years.
POLITICS
| 5-minute read
China readies for next Dalai Lama. Why India should be worried
The Chinese-selected Panchen Lama has been touring villages bordering India.
POLITICS
| 4-minute read
The Dalai Lama legacy: India needs diplomatic policy on the succession issue
Indo-Tibetan ties have never been as strong as they are today. A principled and strategic intervention in the succession issue is a challenge and opportunity not to be missed.
LIFE
| 5-minute read
Stop the sexism, your holiness: Why should the Dalai Lama get away with making remarks that would see other men rebuked?
The Dalai Lama has said a female successor to him would need to be attractive. He then apologized. But this isn't even his first time. Just what is he trying to preach?
LIFE
| 6-minute read
Tibetan Uprising: Where is the Buddha?
"With the end of the debate on Tibet in the United Nations, Tibetans lost all hopes of their survival, stare at the sky with the blank eyes and ask: where is God, where is the Buddha?”
POLITICS
| 5-minute read
Why it's important for India to think of post-Dalai Lama period
It could be vital for not only Tibetan Buddhism but also India’s borders.
POLITICS
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