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Monthly Archives: July, 2003

Dharamsala Diary: A nation in exile

Some events are really hard to forget throughout life. Imagine a place where you are being surrounded by tall and big mountains with dense forests. Seeing from your room the whole panorama of the beauty that nature has been kind enough to create with utmost care and caution

Chinese intrusion ”insulting and shameful,” says Mulayam

Samajwadi Party President and former defence minister Mulayam Singh Yadav today reacted sharply to the alleged infiltration by People's Liberation Army soldiers into Arunachal Pradesh and said that the situation was ''insulting and shameful'' for India.

Tibetan official upbeat on ties with India

A senior Tibetan official has welcomed Indian tourists and businessmen to visit the Himalayan region amid rejuvenation of Sino-Indian relations. This was stated by the Deputy Secretary of the Tibet Autonomous Regional

US Hopes Dharamsala-Beijing Contact Will Lead to Negotiated Settlement on Tibet

A senior State Department official has said that they are encouraged by the visits of the envoys of the Dalai Lama to China and hopes that such contacts will lead to a negotiated settlement on the Tibetan issue.

China releases some repatriated Tibetans

Chinese authorities have released eight of 18 Tibetan asylum-seekers forcibly repatriated from Nepal in May, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reports. Sources who spoke on condition of anonymity said the remaining 10 would-be refugees are expected to be released soon.

“Laogai” Recognized, Included in English Dictionary

"Laogai," which means "reform through labor" in Chinese and is used to describe a system of labor camps in China that largely house political dissidents, has been included in the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), according to the Laogai Research Foundation.

Acharya discusses garment bill with US

Foreign secretary Madhu Raman Acharya was closeted with Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas and Congressman James Walsh of New York on Wednesday discussing possible quota and duty-free status for Nepali garment export to the United States.

India accuses China of border intrusion

India on Thursday accused China of cross-border intrusion by troops and said the incident last month ran counter to the spirit of a landmark accord to maintain peace on the disputed frontiers.

CPI-M becomes first Indian political party to visit Tibet

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) today became the first Indian political party to visit Tibet when a three-member delegation was allowed in by the Chinese government to tour the sensitive remote Himalayan region.

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