The Dalai Lama tells China to stop lying!

It seems that the whole world is watching with baited breath as to what China plans to do next vis-a-vis Tibet. China had accused the Dalai Lama of fomenting trouble in Tibet ahead of the Beijing Olympics so as to cause troubles for the communist government. But with the recent statements emanating from France it is quite obvious that there are no takers to the 'Dalai lama is behind the Tibet violence' story.
The Dalai Lama had come to Delhi to hold a prayer meeting and had asked for all of his friends to unite over the Tibet issue. The Dalai Lama had also told Beijing in no uncertain terms that no one is ready to toe the line that Beijing would like them to toe and that it is high time that Beijing accepted the ground realities of the situation in Tibet. As much as China would like to have the Dalai Lama disappear into thin air, that is not going to happen ever and China must have realized by now that to talk with the Dalai Lama is a much better option than not talking at all. With that in mind, the Chinese government has proposed to talk with the Dalai Lama but under precondition that the Dalai Lama and his followers forsake all violence in Tibet ahead of the Olympics. The next move is all up to the Dalai Lama, let the games begin!

China - say no to Olympics!

The recent Tibet violence is slowly spreading to other districts and towns in China and should give the Communists there some off for thought to see the countless thousands who are not very happy with the governance so say the least. That said,it would be a mockery to write off the current Tibet violence as a public relations disaster. It shows at the very least the amount of discord that is prevalent in this Buddhist capital, one that no matter how much the communists may try to whitewash it as something else. It is quite evident that the communist rule has been very harsh on the Tibetans living there and then to say that the Dalai Lama, his holiness, was behind all this is just typical of the kind of behaviour that one may expect from the current Chinese government.
The fact of the matter is that the current government and the style of governance is not exactly loved in China or out side of China either. The neighbouring countries like those of Japan,Taiwan and India well know the risk and the danger that China poses to the whole world. China must understand that in order to develop further and to be considered developed, it must get rid of its dependence on the age old policy of fear and intimidation and must start embracing the concepts of free speech and religious tolerance. Until and unless this happens, the other countries would soon become developed long before China has. Take a look at Japan,in spite of its connection to the war time atrocities, today Japan is accepted as a widely developed country and one that is also highlighted as a model of development. Take a look at India, with so much baggage and so much poverty, India is growing much faster than all the other developed countries put together and is already three quarters of the way to getting that label 'developed'. China,on the other hand,if it keeps on suppressing its own people, would soon find itself in very hot waters, not the kind that one would find at a spa, but one that preempts a revolution. All I can say to any Chinese reading this is to batter down, because a storm is indeed coming and it is heading for the Chinese mainland!

Bombs blast Baghdad once again!

This time around the bomb blasts took place in a pet market and at a central police checkpoint in Mosul. These blasts have only made it clear that the militancy in Iraq is far from over and the recent warnings by the U.S commanders not to take things easy and and not to be complacent as far as the militants are concerned seem only too true.
My query is 'What on earth is the Baghdad government doing about this?" .Today's bombings have already taken 26 lives and unless and until all the leaders in Iraq come together there will be no peace in Iraq, a militant will either be blowing himself up or there will always be some sort of sectarianism taking place. The Baghdad government needs to realise that in order to lead one should be prepared to make sacrifice!

Bush pushing for glory, Israel and Palestine under the scanner!

Bush is doing all that he can to make sure that his administration ends with a legacy of some kind other than the Iraq war. Of course, the real kitty that he wants in the bag deaparately is the India nuclear deal which as a result of domestic policies in India, seems to be far from becoming a reality under the current administration's term in office. That said, Bush and Condi have started pusing all out for a Mideast deal of peace of sorts, but I am sure that any such deal that is realised will not stand for long, as the state fo Palestine itself is a dived state right now. With both Fatah and Hamas on opposite sides, any deal that is borkered by the United states with one of them is bound to aggravate the status quo between the camps of the Fatah and the Hamas.

The middle east question has always been a trickly one since time immemorial as history stands witness to that. But ever since the dissolution of Palestine and the creation of Israel, this has become alarmingly a threshold point that seems to go off not rarely but all too often.

All it needs is for one small event to throw the entire Middle east in turmoil, like the accidental shooting of a young palestinian by the Israeli forces or the suicide bombing like the one at Nahariya train station in northern Israel. Getting a concrete result from the Middle east is easier said than done, many better people than Bush and Condi had tried and they all have failed. I wish the best for Bush and hope that he does manage to secure peace in the Middle east but one should always carry a ton of salt with one whenever it comes to the Middle east!

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The Supreme court may say 'No' to guns!

In a case that will have a very large impact on the American society at large, the Supreme court is to decide whether D.C can ban handguns. American has one of the largest number of gun fatalities every single year and in my opinion it is because the guns are so easily available that teenagers can walk in to a gun shop with fake id and purchase guns and ammunition's.
It is one thing to say that the right to bear arms is enshrined in the constitution but when that very right allows young teenagers to blow off steam by shooting other innocent students and teachers to death, questions on its necessity are raised, Do we need this law at all? The right to bear arms is all fine but what about the innocent students who have lost their lives because of this asinine law? What can you tell the moms of the shot school children, that it is okay to use guns and shoot others? how will you feel if your child was shot and all because the government failed to ban guns? These are the questions that we should ask ourselves and amongst the most important of them all is this one,' do we need guns'?

The good government!

It is rare for any government in any country t be called good because like so many good intentions they all go awry sooner or latter.i guess it is true that absolute power does corrupt absolutely.after all that is what the great mahatma Gandhi was rumored to have said when he was offered the position of prime minister of India.it is a rarity to find anyone of such stature today amongst us,even if we all search high and low i guess the closest that we can come to such a person would in all probability be the Dalai lama.who is at the moment living in exile in India,today.it is really sad that we have to be governed by people who do not practise the principle of non violence and as such violence in all forms has literally taken over our lives.i guess that violence appeals to our primal instinct.will there come a day when we can fore go such activities altogether?lets hope so!