If these protests continue, India will be dragged, willy-nilly, into the Sino-Tibetan conflict. Tibet is at the very heart of the deep distrust between India and China. The Sino-Indian dispute over the boundary, which in reality is the Indo-Tibetan frontier, is very much part of the Tibet question. The 1962 border war was the inevitable consequence of the failed Tibetan rebellion and the Dalai Lama’s escape to India in 1959. Given the ever-expanding stakes in a cooperative relationship with China, India cannot let Tibetan protests on its soil get out of hand. On the other hand, New Delhi would be unwise to ignore the huge emotional attachment within the country to the Tibetan people and their cause. India must show great sensitivity in dealing with the heart-rending Tibetan outrage and some diplomatic skill in limiting the likely damage to the Sino-Indian relationship.