India's Karmapa Lama Dilemma
Indian government has agreed to grant visa to Karmapa Lama to visit the country, but is unsure about what his acceptance of Dominican nationality mean for exiled Tibetan Buddhist community
Dalai Lama
Will Karmapa Lama return to India after his historic France meeting with his competitor?
The extraordinary meeting between the two competing Karmapas in France lends a new spin to the upcoming Dharamshala Conference to choose the successor of Dalai Lama. What needs to be seen is will India allow Karmapa's return to India?
Shifting gears on China
As India re-evaluates its stance and toes a new line on China, it must pause to reflect on the possible outcome
What should India do?
In the past few months there have been ample indications that New Delhi is keen to restore its broken ties with China. It has realised to its mortification that post the Doklam face-off, India has not really benefited from the confrontation save for getting some applause for showing spine in the face of Chinese expansion. It has found its influence in South Asia getting compromised by a determined Chinese onslaught.
2017 in review: The China contestation
Hardnews looks back at its year-long in depth reporting on China. In April, we looked at the growing tension between between India and China after the Dalai Lama’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh. We provided a detailed account on the visit, its implications and China’s desperate need to co-opt Tibetan Buddhism. In July and August, in the backdrop of the Doklam stand-off, our reporters travelled to Nepal and Sri Lanka to ascertain the impact of the fallout on the neighbourhood.
Panchen Lama: Missing Holy Man
When the Dalai Lama turns 82 in July, the world will again be reminded of the succession crisis that looms because of the abduction of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gedhun Nyima, by the Chinese
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The Tibet, India and China Triangular Tangle
As India enters a period when a great economic expansion is most possible, it would be unwise for it to get involved in an expensive and debilitating international rivalry
Mohan Guruswamy Delhi
China’s Dalai Lama obsession!
Editorial: May
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China is Usurping Tibetan Buddhism
The Chinese are working relentlessly to undermine the authority of the Dalai Lama. Their intransigent campaign could mean that Beijing appoints his spiritual successor
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'Tawang is a beautiful part of India': Karmapa Lama
One of the most important Tibetan Buddhist leaders worries about the growing Chinese influence and diminishing numbers of the community in exile
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