'Delhi was not concerned.' 'It would continue sleeping for several more years, with the result that Indian territory is still occupied by China today,' says Claude Arpi.
A number of royals have thrown their hat in the ring in the high-voltage Uttar Pradesh assembly elections.
'The Chinese have been moving in step by step; inch by inch for the last 40 years.'
'There is a compulsion to look hard, decisive, and risk-taking; start something; and then conclude it in a way you can claim victory.' 'That is not such an easy option against China,' notes Shekhar Gupta.