The day the Dalai Lama came to India

Claude Arpi recalls the Dalai Lama's arrival in Tawang in March 1959, 60 years ago this week. Robert Thurman: Why the Dalai Lama matters IMAGE: The Dalai Lama, second from right, arrived in......

China can't silence the call for Free Tibet

The people who know Tibet will continue to fight the good fight.Long, hard, less than hopeful, but always peaceful.Veer Arjun Singh reports. IMAGE: A Tibetan monk walks past Rapid Action Force......

Revealed: How China prepared for 1962 war

From March 1959 to March 1962, the PLA fought 12 major battles in central Tibet which was seen as an opportunity to train China's soldiers, notes Ajai Shukla. In pathbreaking research into the......

An epic journey: The day the Dalai Lama came to India

The Tibetan spiritual leader's upcoming visit to Tawang, the district through which he first entered India, is probably behind China's new desire to claim the area.Claude Arpi recalls the Dalai......