I “New Delhi's dilemma with the Dalai Lama” April 22, 2008
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20080422a2.html

II. India’s well known history of servitude and accompany to others collides when faced with the problems rising from the Dalai Lama, the Tibetans and China. The significance of this uncomfortably is that India and China have had forcibly good relations with each other for so long. Unfortunalty for India, since the Dalai Lama is a worldwide icon of leadership and well respected by fellow Indians, the problem can not be so easily annihilated. They must keep their seemingly well relations with China as well as maintain government order as well as power over the Dalai Lama and Tibetan Buddhists. The Dalai Lama desires to be free from China which would normally be considered a minor issue, except now we are dealing with an international symbol for all Buddhists as well as other followers who just enjoy his words. India’s central position between both counterparts has turned it into a center of organized disaster but hopefully it will be able to straighten out the tensions between China and the Tibetans before it becomes a larger issue.

IIIa) This article relates to the AP world theme Cultural, religious and intellectual developments because the Dalai Lama, who poses half the entire issue, is a massive religious leader over Tibetan Buddhists. This fact has caused cultural uncomfortably between its followers and political leaders of both China and India which has now developed into a whole problem for India as the center point.
IIIb) This article holds a lot of historic problems being lead into today. India’s history of being an accepting, advanced and wealthy country which is put perfect for trade has caused it to be a idol of trade spots. China’s history of far advancement yet isolationism has caused it to be an excellent trading partner with India for centuries causing these countries to keep the tensions lowered between the two. The Dalai Lama and fellow Buddhists are a very old religion who have had that title for years and maintained their words of peace and non-violence. It is only now that they run aground to their infatuated name.
IIIc) The author of this article is Shashi Tharoor, a well known and respected Indian for many years. He served as an Indian diplomat at the United Nations and is part of the USC Center on public diplomacy. He writes his article as a full insider receiving both sides of the issue from China and argument from the Dalai Lama.
IIId) Some cases of point of view from the author are revealed in this article such as the fact that he spends a lot of time writing of India’s long history of greatness and recognition. Also when speaking of the Dalai Lama he says, “He’s admired by a people fiercely attached to their homeland,” and, “many are determined to fight for it.” This may interfere with the entire truth of what the people actually feel. It could be possible that they don’t want to fight until the death over land since they are a people of non-violence and peaceful actions.
IIIe) I would like to hear from a Tibetan Buddhist to see their view point on the issue. They might give some insight on possibly how willing they and others like them are to fight and press the issue. They also can openly express their reasons for wanting to leave China as individuals and not as leaders who want it for power.
IIIf) I truly feel sorry for India and what this puts them through. They never caused any tensions for threats, they just happened to be in between them by housing one enemy and being heavily dependent (economically) on the other. I think if they were smart, both the Dalai Lama and China would try to keep India’s government, non-Buddhists and others who aren’t part of the dilemma away from it so it won’t grow any larger, which is important on a global scale, and it would keep a country who here is the victim instead of problem out. The two should lead to a cooling compromise that suffices both ends as well as agrees to Indian standards.