From: "Valmiki Faleiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<And those who still entertain doubts about the *motherland* need to take a
second -- perhaps closer -- look at the geographical map of India, for that
matter of South East Asia.>
==== jc's response:
I agree with Mr. Valmiki Faleiro.....
We surely will do well to take a closer look at that map..
Then explain to ourselves (futile and academic as that might be ;
discussions of ALL armed actions remain futile, as power lies where power
lies) ...yes, Explain to ourselves IF the *Motherland* concept is a
Geographical or a Political one.
Whichever one we chose to apply ... to that very same map of South East
Asia, using the above Goa (and Tibet) formula, determine...... How the
Andamans remain a part of the *motherland*.
Having said that, today is the 47th anniversary of the fleeing (from Tibet)
of the Dalai Lama
Attached is how the BBC reported it - March 31, 1959:
jc
The Xacuti Bozo Singh Harder Talk Interview ! XBS & TGF on the events of
December 1961 - 1
http://www.colaco.net/1/HarderTalk1961a.htm
====
1959: Dalai Lama escapes to India
The spiritual leader of Tibet, the Dalai Lama, has crossed the border into
India after an epic 15-day journey on foot from the Tibetan capital, Lhasa,
over the Himalayan mountains.
There had been no news of his safety or whereabouts since he left Lhasa on
17 March with an entourage of 20 men, including six Cabinet ministers.
Many thought he had been killed in the fierce Chinese crackdown that
followed the Tibetan uprising earlier this month.
Travelling at night
The Dalai Lama had to cross the 500-yard wide Brahmaputra river, and endure
the harsh climate and extreme heights of the Himalayas, travelling at night
to avoid the Chinese sentry guards.
He finally crossed the Indian border at the Khenzimana Pass, and is now
resting at the Towang Monastery, 50 miles inside the Indian border.
It is not known whether the Indian Government will offer him asylum. The
government of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru has been heavily criticised
internationally for failing to condemn the Chinese crackdown.
Dusk-to-dawn curfew
The Chinese repression of the rebellion in Lhasa is now complete. A
dusk-to-dawn curfew has been imposed, and a military commission is now
ruling the city.
It is estimated that 2,000 people died during the three days of fighting
between the Tibetans and the Chinese army.
In the worst single incident, four days ago, the Chinese army fired about
800 artillery shells into the Dalai Lama's Summer Palace, razing the ancient
building to the ground.
The area contained over 300 houses, and thousands of civilians died and were
injured in the inferno.
Mass deportations
The tragedy marked the end of the uprising in Lhasa. All fighting-age men
who had survived the revolt were deported, and those fleeing the scene
reported that Chinese troops burned corpses in the city for 12 hours.
A day later, China announced in an order signed by leader Chou En-lai that a
large-scale rebellion had been crushed in Lhasa, although it said the revolt
was still continuing outside the capital.
It announced that the Tibetan governing body had been dissolved under
martial law, and said the Dalai Lama had been replaced by the Panchen Lama,
his pro-Chinese rival, as the nominal head of a committee to set up a
Tibetan Autonomous Region within the Chinese People's Republic.
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