Comments on: Don’t restrain Tenzin Tsundue

By: Jai

Jai — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 05:27:02 +0000

Nitin,

Pls review the above comment (#17 GGKhatri). Extremely abusive.

Thanks,
Jai

Done – Ed

By: Guru Gulab Khatri

Guru Gulab Khatri — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 03:12:24 +0000

God(if i believed in the concept) damn it.
Just WTF is wrong w. the country of my birth?

This comment has been truncated. – Ed

By: krish

krish — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 09:30:00 +0000

PS: His (Rajya Sabha) email address is:
manmohan@sansad.nic.in

By: krish

krish — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 09:26:32 +0000

Do you think it is worth writing emails to the PM’s office telling him what one thinks of this (politely of course)? Also, is the Govt legally allowed to threaten the gentleman’s deportation? This sort of this is depressing and I am ashamed about this as a citizen.

By: S Jagadish

S Jagadish — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:08:33 +0000

Don't trust, verify, when it comes to China!

By: con man

con man — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 17:42:05 +0000

“China has not hesitated to make it clear that her stand on border dispute,i.e China’s claim on Arunachal Pradesh,remains unchanged”
So what? Till 1986 Arunachal Pradesh was union territory.In 1986,the status of state was conferred upon Arunachal and now it has it’s own legislative assembly,democratically elected government,has two members of parliament in Loksabha.China is fully entitled to make clear her official stand.But over a period of time,both sides have made definite progress that has resulted in reduction of armed forces along the border,enhanced bilateral trade.Both sides are aware of the complexities involved and nobody is expecting quick solution to border dispute.
“UPA government’s Nehruvian kowtowing to China’s sensibilities?”
Let us face it.China is a major economic and regional power.If they are particular about protocols,nothing wrong with that.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/19/world/main1515903.shtml

By: Prashanth

Prashanth — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:31:11 +0000

Brahma Chellaney puts it more clearly when he says (IBNLive.com) “China is a country where there is no ideology. National interest and ruthless pragmatism guides this country”.

Mohammad Salim (of CPI(M)) criticises the fact that there are people who are creating shadows over the good relations between the two countries. Thankfully this time around he wasnt blaming Modi / NDA for the mess.

Cheers

By: Sepia Mutiny

Sepia Mutiny — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:26:26 +0000

“My Kind of Exile”: The Silencing of Tenzin Tsundue…

Via DesiPundit, I came across a string of news articles on Tenzin Tsundue, a talented activist poet and essayist of Tibetan extraction; in 2001 he won the Outlook Non-Fiction essay prize for this moving piece of work. Tsundue was also born on Indian so…

By: Prashanth

Prashanth — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:09:28 +0000

While most papers have called the Ambassador’s claim as a Gaffe (which means, is a mistake said or actioned by a company or individual, usually in a social environment), I believe the real reason is to keep India on the backfoot. Now, we spend all our time and energy in expending that Arunachal belongs to us and the Chinese meanwhile try and fullfill the real reason for coming to India, ie weaking Trade Barriers.

China follows a Policy of first cultivating friendship (or appearing to) and then crushes whatever hope that has got buildup once its other aims are met.

While many papers are singling peans in favour of more co-operation between India and China (sample this one http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/nov152006/editpage21173620061114.asp ) fact is that China is more interested in knowing the weak points of every country it sees as a Competitor and seeing to it that they sweat it out in area far away from actuals.

For India, they have kept Pakistan as a tool to keep it occupied. For Japan and South Korea, it has North Korea to keep them on their toes.

I for one believe in the statement by George Fernandes (when he was the Defense Minister) that China is our Enemy No.1.

Cheers

By: Chandra

Chandra — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:54:23 +0000

“The Indian media is yet to report this story.”

Suddenly India is dictatorship. What we do to please visiting dictators. Imagine the media and left-wingers if India house arrested Iranian sponsored mullahs during Bush’s visit early this year. But now, kowtowing to the chinsese dictators, they have gone silent – the print, the TV and everyone. It is a sad day.

It’s time to cancel dictatorial Hu Jintao’s visit.

By: confused

confused — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:29:23 +0000

Nitin,

I protest at you calling them Liberals.

They are not, they have appropriated it for their own narrow interests.

By: DesiPundit » Archives » Another Assault On Freedom

DesiPundit » Archives » Another Assault On Freedom — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:33:37 +0000

[...] Confused | Politics, Governance I am more of an Indian, except for my chinky Tibetan face”…wrote Tenzin Tsundue in his essay “My Kind of Exile”, which won the Outlook/Picador Prize for Non Fiction. Apparently, the nation in question does not think so. Tsundue has been slapped with a gag order “forbidding him to leave the territorial jurisdiction of Dharamshala Town until November 25, 2006. The letter, issued by the Office of the Superintendent of Police, threatens Tsundue with prosecution under the Foreigners Act of 1946 if he fails to obey the order. When asked what prosecution would mean, the Additional Superintendent of Police, Santosh Patial, replied: “Deportation to Tibet.” Threatening to deport an Indian citizen? Has the Indian government completely lost it? Hat Tip- BongoPonditÂ Update- Nitin callsÂ UPA’s government order restrainingÂ Tenzin Tsundue shameful and self-defeating.Â Â But from those who supported the Tiananmen Square massacre, can we expect any better? [...]

By: The Rational Fool

The Rational Fool — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 12:39:20 +0000

The communists' stand on Tsundue is hardly surprising. Although the CPM has been quick to recognize that Tibet is an integral part of China, its spokesperson, Sitaram Yechury has refused to be pinned down on who the aggressor was in the 1962 China-India war, and the status of Arunachal Pradesh.

By: Aqua

Aqua — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 09:09:59 +0000

apart from denying him his fundamental right of freedom of speech…the govt of india is also denying Tsundue his Indian identity by calling him a “a Tibetan National” living in India.

By: realitycheck

realitycheck — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 06:26:22 +0000

We are yet to hear the left parties counter the Chinese border claims.

For the life of me, I cannot fathom why the left parties would try to invent some kind of kinship with the Chinese. There is none.

If I were the Chinese, and if I wanted to destabilize India. I would just try and work on the extremely divisive internal policies. When the interests of the public are pigeon holed into smaller and smaller bins, there will be exactly 6 people left in India who care about Arunachal Pradesh. Buy them a soda each, and you are home.