Vijay Kranti
Dr. Lobsang Sangay’s endeavour to introduce Dalai Lama’s homecoming to a Chinese ruled Tibet as the monk’s “last unfulfilled dream”, together with his telephone scream upward to Tibetan people for making this ‘dream’ of Dalai Lama a reality deserves a closer scrutiny yesteryear the Tibetan society, supporters of the Tibetan cause, together with to a higher house all, the Government of India. This arguing becomes extremely meaningful inward low-cal of the fact that it is the outset ever official Tibetan endorsement of Beijing’s agenda which is seriously focused at bringing dorsum Dalai Lama to Chinese ruled Tibet earlier he passes away together with the search for his side yesteryear side (15th) reincarnation starts. One inquiry which is currently confronting most of Tibet-China watchers together with Tibet supporters is, “Is Dalai Lama seriously planning to see or homecoming to Tibet or China?” Three years ago, the same inquiry had created ripples when the thought of him visiting China’s famous holy Buddhist shrine of Wutai Shan was discussed loudly both inward Beijing as good as inward Dharamsala. On concluding Dominicus (1st April) again, medico Lobsang Sangay, the elected ‘Sikyong’ (the ‘President’ of Central Tibetan Administration, or CTA, inward Dharamsala) stunned Tibet together with China observers yesteryear announcing that fourth dimension had arrived to fulfill Dalai Lama’s dream of returning to Tibet to ‘reunite with Tibetans’ together with to alive inward Potala Palace, the traditional residence of Dalai Lamas inward the Tibetan majuscule of Lhasa.
Dr. Sangay was speaking at Dharamshala at the opening business office of ‘Thank You India’, the year-long celebrations organised yesteryear CTA to commemorate the 60th twelvemonth of Dalai Lama’s arrival inward India, together with to limited Tibetans’ gratitude toward the people together with Government of India. It was on 3rd April, 1959 when Dalai Lama, the exiled ruler together with supreme Buddhist leader of Tibet, arrived inward Republic of Republic of India at the terminate of a 17-day long daring together with grueling escape on human foot through snowfall together with mountains to salve himself from arrest or killing yesteryear the occupying Chinese Earth forces inward Tibet.
Interestingly, these celebrations had already move a focus of Earth attending next New Delhi Government’s instructions to its senior bureaucrats together with leaders to continue off the populace events involving Dalai Lama’s personal presence. This precipitous toughening of New Delhi’s stand upward forced the CTA to cancel the principal mega-event inward capital’s spacious Thyagraja Stadium. But it is non outset fourth dimension that New Delhi has taken a stand upward of this kind, which appears to live aimed at pleasing Beijing inward the wake of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming see to China. In Oct 2007 too, the quondam UPA authorities had issued an identical diktat to its senior leaders together with bureaucrats when Dalai Lama was given a civic reception at New Delhi’s Republic of Republic of India Habitat Centre after beingness honoured with America’s highest civic abide by -- the Congressional Gold Medal (equivalent to Bharat Ratna of India) yesteryear the the U.S. of A. Parliament.
According to medico Sangay, the outset dream of Dalai Lama was nigh seeing blood which, according to medico Sangay, turned truthful when Tibetans faced widespread killings of protesters inward 1959 during the uprising against Chinese business together with also inward afterwards years. The International Commission of Jurists, an affiliate trunk of the quondam UNO, claimed that the Chinese Earth forces killed to a greater extent than than eighty chiliad Tibetans to rhythm out the uprising. As per Dharamsala, the number of unnatural deaths of Tibetans inward Chinese occupied Tibet has crossed 12 lakh (1.2 million) over yesteryear 7 decades.
The 2nd dream refers to Dalai Lama coming together ‘people inward white’ which, Sangay says, i time again turned out to live truthful when Dalai Lama fled Tibet together with met Indian leaders similar Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru together with President medico Rajendra Prasad who were known for wearing dazzling white Khadi.
Exploiting Religious Sentiments ?
Citing these 2 ‘dreams’ of Dalai Lama turning out to live true, medico Sangay enthusiastically claimed nigh a tertiary dream of Dalai Lama which gives an extraordinary political dimension to this statement. That is particularly so coming from the Tibetan leader whom the Dalai Lama has transferred all his political powers through a constitutional amendment. Quoting medico Sangay, Jyoti Malhotra of the Indian Express reported , “The Dalai Lama’s tertiary dream, Lobsang Sangay said, was of him returning to the Potala Palace filled with low-cal together with ‘reunion with Tibetan people’… This tertiary dream volition also come upward truthful yesteryear karmic design. We must all construct efforts for His Holiness’ dream to homecoming to the Potala Palace come upward true, Sangay added.”
Referring to dreams of an private may non grip much pregnant for outsider observers together with analysts. But inward a deeply religious lodge similar Tibet where no dominion is to a higher house the words of Dalai Lama, medico Lobsang Sangay’s arguing deserves notice of those who have got stakes inward hereafter of Tibet together with its relations with China.
Pushing Chinese Agenda
It is noteworthy that inward 2 major contacts betwixt Dharamsala together with Beijing, outset held during belatedly 1970’’s together with early on 1980’s together with 2nd betwixt 2002-2010 period, Tibetan side branded these meetings as ‘Tibet-China Talks’ together with a ‘dialogue’. But the Chinese side made it known to populace to a greater extent than than i time that the visits of Tibetan delegations were ‘private’ inward nature together with the only champaign of study of word was how to pave agency for homecoming of Dalai Lama to the ‘great motherland’. If followed inward missive of the alphabet or spirit, medico Sangay’s plans nigh Dalai Lama’s homecoming to ‘China’s Tibet’ is unproblematic implementation of Chinese agenda which would hateful a permanent closure of the dispute betwixt Tibet together with its colonial masters inward Beijing.
Knowledgeable sources inward the Ministry of External affairs (MEA) as good as India’s word agencies who are keenly watching Dharamsala-Beijing contacts, believe that this annunciation of medico Sangay has farther strained the relations betwixt New Delhi together with Dharamshala. These relations have got already been undergoing stress caused yesteryear a serial of developments related to Dharamshala’s hugger-mugger hobnobbing with the Chinese Government inward recent past. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 span of years ago, MEA had a serious brush with CTA, including the private business office of the Dalai Lama, when it was discovered that a coming together betwixt Dalai Lama together with a Chinese leader, belongings rank of a minister, was secretly organised inward Dharamsala without taking into confidence the MEA or safety agencies that are responsible for Dalai Lama’s personal security. Similarly, recent China see of Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche, the former ‘Prime Minister’ of CTA also did non move downwardly good with MEA.
Both Sides Responsible
But it volition live likewise naïve together with unkind to Dharamsala if all the blame for such developments is heaped only on CTA or Dalai Lama. It is no hugger-mugger that over the yesteryear 6 decades of Dalai Lama’s presence inward India, the MEA has been at a loss inward evolving a improve defined policy on Tibet - non fifty-fifty nigh the condition of Dalai Lama, his activities together with the orbit of cooperation betwixt him together with the Indian Government.
India abstained from together with refused to back upward the outset 2 resolutions inward the UNO inward 1959 together with 1961 which condemned China for serious abrogation of human rights inward Tibet. Rather, Republic of Republic of India stopped the balance of Earth from raising the issue. But next India-China state of war of 1962, Republic of Republic of India voted inward favour of the same resolution when it was pressed the tertiary fourth dimension inward 1965. Indian instance Rafiq Zakaria’s rigid arguing against Chinese acquit within occupied Tibet came as a pleasant surprise to the anti-China lobbies across the world. In afterwards years also at that spot have got been many occasions when New Delhi allowed, rather facilitated, Dalai Lama’s visits to Arunachal Pradesh despite rigid threats together with reactions from China.
Indira Gandhi’s Initiative
In the aftermath of 1962 War, the Indian Government went to the extent of raising an exclusive ‘Special Frontier Force’ (SFF) inward the Indian Army which worked straight nether the Cabinet Secretariat together with has been popularly known as ‘Establishment-22’. In the People's Republic of Bangladesh Liberation War, during 1970-71 period, a sizeable contingent of Tibetan ‘22’ guerrilla soldiers were assigned to the liberation of the Tripura-Chittagong Sector. Interestingly, champaign operations of this covert contingent were personally supervised yesteryear Prime Minister Indira Gandhi herself.
On the hateful solar daytime when Prime Minister Narendra Modi took oath at the Rashrapati Bhawan inward the presence of all heads of province from Southern Asia except China, presence of Tibetan Sikyong medico Sangay inward the VVIP enclosure gave indication that a unlike Tibet policy was inward the offing. But afterwards developments, particularly the latest teaching of the NDA authorities to ignore the ‘Thank You India’ consequence has confused the observers, together with Dalai Lama too.
Announcement yesteryear medico Sangay calling for Dalai Lama’s homecoming to Chinese controlled Tibet has surprised many observers together with institutions who have got been keenly watching the Tibet-China-India triangle over yesteryear few decades. The attending that these remarks of the Sekyong have got received, has prompted another seniors inward Dharamsala to advise that it is aught to a greater extent than than an off-the-cuff retort to New Delhi’s latest humiliating decision. Responding to a pointed inquiry nigh Dalai Lama’s personal seat on this issue, 2 prominent Tibetans, who sit down on 2 extreme ends of the ongoing political ground alongside the community, disagreed with medico Sangay’s agenda.
Faith inward Dalai Lama’s Wisdom
Tenzin Tsundue is the most visible together with song signature of Tibetan ‘Rangzen’ Movement, which stands for consummate independence for Tibet as opposed to Dalai Lama’s ‘Middle Path’ for ‘genuine autonomy’. He says, “HH (Dalai Lama) is withal the boss, non Sikyong. Lobsang Sangay’s showing inward the media, on phase beingness the caput of CTA, has niggling meaning. HH calls the shots.” Emphasising his faith inward Dalai Lama’s wisdom he says, ”Please don’t underestimate HH’s political wisdom.” Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche, a senior monk statesman, outrightly rejected the thought of whatsoever plans to ship dorsum Dalai Lama to China or to Tibet. Both of them remind that during his countless Earth tours, the Dalai Lama has been ever presenting Republic of Republic of India inward a real positive low-cal inward his populace speeches together with one-to-one discussions with heads of state. Both of them opine that Republic of Republic of India could have got used the international goodwill of Dalai Lama inward enhancing its ain interests inward the Earth politics. The Dalai Lama has late nominated Prof. Rinpoche together with medico Sangay as his personal envoys to accept ahead the Dharamsala-Beijing ‘dialogue’.
Delhi or Dharamsala -- Neither Can Afford It
Whatever live the reality behind the prevailing confusion but i thing is clear. Neither Dalai Lama nor Republic of Republic of India tin afford his slipping into Chinese lap at this frail minute of Tibetan history. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 dramatic determination similar this volition learn out Dalai Lama, Tibet together with the Tibetan people completely at the mercy of Chinese whose previous tape on their promises is only likewise good known. By returning either permanently or fifty-fifty as a ‘pilgrim guest’ of a province (China) whose atrocities made him flee to exile, Dalai Lama volition lose his legal together with moral qualification as a ‘refugee’.
Dalai Lama’s Loss
Tibetan people may live happy to regard their ‘Yeshi Norbu’ (meaning Precious-Gem together with a mutual get upward for Dalai Lama) with their ain eyes inward their life time. But this privilege volition come upward at the terms of losing the momentum together with courage of standing upward against the tyranny of their colonial masters, i time they regard their leader patching upward with China. More than 150 Tibetans have got committed self-immolation within Tibet against Chinese dominion inward recent years. The international Tibet back upward motility which has taken roots across the Earth over the yesteryear 6 decades volition overstep straightaway together with it cannot live revived inward hereafter if China ever goes dorsum on its promises to Dalai Lama. His see or homecoming volition permanently seal the fate of Tibet as an integral component division of China together with Beijing volition learn the license of nominating the hereafter Dalai Lamas too.
By segregating the political together with religious titles of the establishment of Dalai Lama together with handing over all his political powers to the elected representatives of Tibetans, the Dalai Lama had already given an endless shelf life to the Tibetan fighting together with the establishment of Dalai Lama itself. Sadly, his homecoming to China volition kill this achievement inward its infancy.
India Stands To Lose
For Republic of Republic of India also, 2 big issues are at stake inward allowing influential lobbies of Dharamsala to manus over a living Dalai Lama on a platter to China. With the homecoming of Dalai Lama to Tibet or China, all chances, whatever remote, of rehabilitating Tibet as a buffer betwixt Republic of Republic of India together with a quarrelsome China would live lost forever. But worst autumn out of this Dharamsala-Beijing wedlock volition live the precipitous transformation of the Himalayan states of Republic of Republic of India from India’s ‘first defense forcefulness post’ to the Chinese base of operations of aggression, because the local Buddhist populations have got deeper religious bonds together with relations with the Tibetan Buddhist organization together with monasteries within Tibet than with the balance of India.
Indian Harakiri ?
Dr. Sangay’s arguing has only farther confirmed fears alongside many observers that an influential department alongside the exiled Tibetan leadership is desperate nigh cobbling upward a bargain with China on whatever terms. The real outset negotiation request inward this deal, as already declared yesteryear medico Sangay, is outflow to live the homecoming of Dalai Lama. Leaving Dalai Lama to the mercy of such lobbies volition live a national hara-kiri on the component division of the Indian Government. Rather, it would live much wiser for New Delhi to move pro-active on this front. By taking reasonable involvement inward the Dharamsala-Beijing dialogue, New Delhi volition non only strengthen Dalai Lama’s hands, but it volition also uncovering plenty elbow room to ensure that its ain interests inward whatsoever prospective bargain rest safe.
For New Delhi, to commence with, i not-so hard displace tin live to publicly admit Dalai Lama’s personal together with institutional contributions to the Indian cultural together with philosophic though procedure together with to bestow upon him the ‘Bharat Ratna.’ After all, if Republic of Republic of India tin abide by friendly foreigners similar Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan, Nelson Mandela together with Mother Teressa with Bharat-Ratna, so Dalai Lama’s get upward audio equally, if non to a greater extent than befitting. On the diplomatic forepart too, such a pace volition non only heighten the shelf life of Tibetan number together with Dalai Lama’s standing inward India, it volition live a real Gandhian together with befitting reply to China’s aggressive postures against India.
(Vijay Kranti is a senior Indian journalist together with Tibetologist together with Chairman, Centre for Himalayan Asia Studies & Engagement, CHASE)
(Views expressed are of the writer together with produce non necessarily reverberate the views of the VIF)Image Source: https://www.indy100.com/article/dalai-lama-talking-terrorism-most-import...
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