Monday, August 11, 2008

Tibetans too have the right to protest

The Dalai Lama also known to the Tibetans as Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso - Holy Lord, Gentle Glory, Compassionate, Defender of the Faith, Ocean of Wisdom. Also referred to as His Holiness, as Yeshe Norbu, the Wish fulfilling Gem or simply Kundun - The Presence, is the recipient of the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize. In 1950, at 16, the spiritual leader was called upon to assume full political power as Head of State and Government when Tibet was threatened by the might of China. In 1954 he went to Peking to talk with Mao Tse-Tung and other Chinese leaders, including Chou En-Lai and Deng Xiaoping. In 1956, while visiting India to attend the 2500th Buddha Jayanti, he had a series of meetings with Prime Minister Nehru and Premier Chou about deteriorating conditions in Tibet. In 1959 he was forced into exile in India after the Chinese military occupation of Tibet. Since 1960 he has resided in Dharamsala, also known as "Little Lhasa", the seat of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile. Currently the two big giants, India and China are dictating the Nepalese Government to act like their puppets to serve their interest. One to provoke the Tibetans to protest and the latter to crush the protest and their loyalists are dancing to the tunes of their masters to please them respectively. Unfortunately the sufferers are the peace loving Tibetans. These poor people driven out of their country are trying to peacefully protest for the existence of their nation and the Nepalese Government is suppressing their voice. If you love your country and want your country to be independent then in that case you have to realize that other nationals have the same right. Tibet belongs to the Tibetans; it’s their land that has been occupied and that they are having to live in various part of the world as refugees. If the ones who have lost their nationalism do not protest then who is going to speak up for them. The Nepalese Government should stay out of this controversy and move forward to working on its own ongoing problems. The Nepalese fought their battle to abolish the 240 year old Monarchy and similarly should let the Tibetans carryout their freedom fight which they deserve.

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