http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/kanishk_tharoor/tibet_indias_local_politics Comments for "Tibet: India's local politics, Kanishk Tharoor " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/kanishk_tharoor/tibet_indias_local_politics#comment-440690 <p>It's funny how easliy we forget that we (India) too were once an oppressed nation. In the struggle for independence alot of lives were lost, and many sacrifices were made. And today we can proudly say that we are a free nation.</p> <p>Yet how is it that the very people we put into power to represent us do not have the balls to recognise and condemn the atrocities being enacted on our Tibetan friends ?</p> <p>On the one hand we're quick to tell the US not to interfere in our internal issues. Yet on the other, as Kanishk has pointed out, we are meek against our neighbour. </p> <p>As a nation we must stand up for what we believe in, and be there for our friends at their hour of need.</p> <p>Let's forget about our internal scraps for once and unite as a democracy to make a difference in the world by ensuring that no nation is subjected to tyranny against their will.</p> Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:14:12 +0000 Shainal comment 440690 at http://www.opendemocracy.net http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/kanishk_tharoor/tibet_indias_local_politics <p>All politics are local, according to the cliché. If the saying needed much more in its ballast of truth, one need only look at a recent spat in the Indian parliament. The main opposition parties in the Lok Sabha – the lower house – walked out today in furious protest over the government's refusal to take a firmer line on unrest in Tibet. Violent demonstrations in the capital Lhasa over the weekend had brought the Himalayan region once again beneath the global spotlight. Opposition politicians wanted the government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to clearly condemn China's actions in Tibet and push for United Nations intervention in resolving the demands of Tibetan dissidents. The ruling coalition only managed to "express its concern", prompting the exodus of MPs. It would be a bit too hopeful, however, to read in today's parliamentary histrionics much more than domestic point-scoring.<br /> &nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/kanishk_tharoor/tibet_indias_local_politics" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/kanishk_tharoor/tibet_indias_local_politics">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/kanishk_tharoor/tibet_indias_local_politics#comment China india Kanishk Tharoor oD Today opendemocracy tibet Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:35:39 +0000 KVB Tharoor 36038 at http://www.opendemocracy.net