Dear Mr. Sharma,
Just thought I’d share my expression of concern over the visible injustice in Tibet....please share it if you think it’s post-worthy.
Warm Regards,
Viraj.
"China's image seems to have taken a few jabs and their much-awaited "coming out party" already has a dark cloud hovering on it. To use an Americanism, “it has started raining on their parade”.
Although the US House of Representatives passed a resolution (413 to 1) in favor of censuring China over its treatment of Tibet, asking the Chinese government to initiate dialogue with His Holiness The Dalai Lama, one has to consider the terms of US-China trade relations. US corporations, the pillars of power and patronage in that country, are heavily invested in China and are expecting large revenue streams. Heavily dependent on cheap Chinese manufactures, especially in slower times, the growing US-China trade deficit becomes a political instrument to China’s advantage.
What’s baffling however, is the obsequiousness of the Indian government in allowing the Olympic torch to pass. This seems a little out of character. Have the temptations of globalization obliterated the ability to empathize? One is inclined to submit to a growing theoretical construct that describes India’s liberalization as “the IMF’s direct rule”. Of course, US policy on world trade, the double standards on China and human rights and the power of foreign direct investment, leaves little room for any major heartbreak over a minor non-entity like Tibet!
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Dear Viraj,
I agree with you.
Although India wants to claim a place as a member of the Security Council, it does not find its voice when it is required.
Nehru and his cronies were shouting from roof tops "Hindi Chini Bhai Bhai" when China first attacked and annexed Tibet.
Nehru did not want his reputation as an elderly statesman destroyed by challenging China's annexation.
It was only when China attacked India that Nehru reaized the fallacy in his policy and went scurrying to the USA for help in containing China.
Indian forces were so unprepared for the attack that our forces valiantly withdrew from one out post after another while the Chinese forces just walked in.
When the Chinese thought they had taught India a lesson to keep shut, they unilaterally withdrew from some areas.
They still hold large tracts of Indian territories in both the North East and North West.
They use this as a lollipop to keep India quiet.
If we behave, they promise they will discuss about those territories.
Our behaviour during the passage of the torch through New Delhi was the effect of the lollipop.
Our Indian Government took at least ten times the required dose of anti-purgatives so that they would not shit in thier pants and saris.
Radheshyam
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