Tibetan notes - 2

 (TIBETAN YOUTH CONGRESS. ORG)

TIBETAN YOUTH CONGRESS — Central Executive Committee. — McLeodganj, Dharamshala, HP tyc@vsnl.com

They publish pamphlets for the cause of Tibet.

In pre-communist Tibet, there was almost no border trooping [crossed out: units] along the India-Tibet border.

Indians find it difficult to go to Kailash. Tibetans find it impossible to come to Bodh Gaya, Sanchi.

The world's most peaceful roof is a military base now.

Nehru's mistake of accepting Tibet as 'part of China' was a blunder.

George Ginsberg & Michael Matthews (tentative spell): "Whoever controls the Himalayas, will dominate the Indian Subcontinent. And whoever can imperil the Indian subcontinent will be capable of becoming a danger for S.E. Asia and East Asia."

There are 3–5 lac Chinese troops in Tibet.

17 secret radar stations; 14 military air bases; 8 missile centres having intercontinental and intermediate missiles.

They are also dumping nuclear wastes imported from other countries in its pristine wilderness.

Plans of diverting river Brahmaputra to irrigate its water-deficient provinces. Other rivers originating in Tibet, such as Indus and Satluj, face the same risk.

Nuclear waste is dumped in rivers,

The railway network linking Tibet to China is underway. To milk the resources.

Tibetan independence — India's defense.

Communist Attack on Tibet in 1949. Before that Tibet was an independent state for 2000 years. Acted as a buffer between India and China

Central mighty rivers flowing from the plateau.

BHARAT JAGRAN YATRA 2017

organised by Tibetan Youth Congress, Awareness campaign to highlight the cultural and historical bond between India and Tibet.

Tibetan independence and the security of India.

Month-long campaign from McLeodganj (Dharamshala), Salugara (West Bengal) and Chennai on December 10, World Human Rights Day.

Public rallies, press conferences, pamphlets, petition signing, advocacy work.

Tibet holds a strategic vantage point looking over South Asia.

"India should officially recognise that Tibet is an illegally occupied territory"

"Boycott Chinese products"

"Review Indian policy to accept that Tibet was historically culturally and geographically an independent country"

"Every time you buy a Made in China product, you finance the the most rapid military build-up of a totalitarian regime."

One Belt Road initiative: A neo-colonial system in the name of building trade alliances across Eurasia.

Well the pamphlets implore us to boycott 'Made in China' products. They elucidate the multi-dimensional threats posed to India. Beyond the harmless ripples created by these pamphlets, China is bulldozing through miles upon miles of seclusion sown over the centuries, cutting down the timeless harvest of peace prevailing over distances.

What's the future of this struggle?

China is too strong now to allow any real effects on the ground. Only hope lies in democracy in China. How long it will take for democracy to conquer this last bastion is to be seen. As Tibetans in exile say, we just want religious and cultural freedom. Only a democratic govt. can ensure it. So let's wait for democracy in China.