typical chinese torch run. everybody pushed out, thousands of security, chinese holding placards denouncing everybody who oppose them, tibetans bundled of to prison. the saddest part of it was that it happened on rajpath. At the heart of the indian republic. have our politicians sold out to chinese. the correct thing to do was to hold the run in some obscure road, to make our view that we hate the chinese leadership clear to them.
RE:hmmm
by mohan pillai on Apr 19, 2008 09:30 AM Permalink
Holding the Torch relay insuch a stiffling security atmosphere was a shame to Indian democracy. Peaceful dissent is a fundamental right and the core of any democracy. The Chinese should come off their high horse and hold talks with HH Dalai Lama. Statesmanship on the part of China now, will save them a lot of emabarrasment and loss of face later. Your suggestion is good, the Torch relay should have been allowed on a side road, Rajpath should have been given to the protestors. That would have conveyed a strong message to China.
