Almost all countries have accepted Tibet to be part of China. Under the circumstances, everyone has to walk a tightrope balancing one’s support to the cause of Tibetan autonomy and one’s relationship with China.
The Tibetan uprising of 1959, the Dalai Lama’s flight and the grant of asylum to him in this country inevitably worsened India-China relations. The brief but brutal 1962 war followed. The rest, as they say, is history.
The writer is a Delhi-based political commentator
indermalhotra30@hotmail.com
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