People should not write articles about foreign countries if they seem to have so little knowledge of the internal politics of those countries.
Mr. Srinivasan writes "I'm afraid history is repeating itself. Once again, China has a clear plan: to remove the next buffer state. It may be remembered that China considers Bhutan, Nepal and Sikkim, as well as Arunachal Pradesh and parts of Uttar Pradesh as their rightful due, because at some distant point in the past, Tibetans had some religious tutelary rights in these areas. Han Chinese are into land-grab..."
Did Mr. Srinivasan not recollect the fact that Sikkim was an independent nation that was "landgrabed" by India????
Furthermore, in his later paragraphs this is what he write : "Thus we can expect Nepal to disappear into China's maw unless India takes action......."
Does his whole column mean that if we dont "landgrab" Nepal quickly, then China will do so??? Is this what you mean Mr. Srinivasan????
RE:Nepal, the next Tibet
by Sushil on May 10, 2005 08:19 PM Permalink
Sorry Nandita,
You may be right that sikkim was an indiapendent state but so were the other states of INDIA and they were merged into one country after independence. If India had not done that then others would have. China had captured, as everybody know around 500,000 sq KM of Indian Northern territory even after integeration of all the scattered states into one country, INDIA. That was invasion. Not that the Sikkim involvement in India. That's integeration of the states which are aloof and cornered. I believe, in today's international political situation no small and free state can be independent in its decison making and would be trickling down the economical graph and overall growth of the country. Look at burma, myanmar and other small patches on world map. They are almost exploited and destined to loose the race with the big fishes like china and othe neighbouring expansionist. So I believe inclusion of Sikkim in India was iminent otherwise China was always looking at it and I believe even now is in her sight.
When author said India should act before maoist take over Nepal doesn't really mean to capture but to capitalise on the borders to maintain there integrity.
