50 Years of a Lost Land (Tibet)

If I were to ask what is the similarity between Barbie Doll and the Dalai Lama, what would you say? And if you say they both wear minimal clothes I will whack you!!!!

Well apparently they both had their 50 years anniversary this week. While Barbie made a grand entry on the shelves of New York, the Dalai Lama made a discreet escape to India from the chinese. 50 years since scores of Tibetans fled and have made India their second home. Barely a decade after the partition refugees were settled another bunch of red and yellow clothed monks flooded in along with their leader while their monastries were shelled and looted by chinese.

Its been 50 years the Tibetans have made India their Fatherland. But what really drove them all of a sudden to leave their Shangrila with the most colourful flag in the world and come to our Country? Suddenly dimaag ki batti lit, wow, Buddha was from India. So Chalo India????

It was since 1911 when Tibet thought to hell with China which by the way just came out of a dynasty rule and started their own self rule policy. Obviously the Dalai Lama was the head of this state. Come 1950 when the communist (?><$#&(&%$ - Sorry but i hate their ideology) finally overtook Mainland china and left the capitalist rowing on rafts to settle in Taiwan, turned their attention to so called Self ruling Tibet. While they first killed scores of soldiers as they entered the east, they released the prisoners doctoring them with communist ideology. Now what they did after that surely makes them marketing Gurus of 1950. they went village on village telling people about communism, giving them money and selling the idea of integrating with China. Now the Chinese had a weird idea of Tibet. They believed they were liberating Tibet from the Serfs (those are like Tibetan zamindaars where instead of dhotis they wore chubas as their fashion statement). But people there had their own land and were their own tillers. But then they also believed that India, a country not gone to war for 10000 years was an expantionist and wanted to build the Great Indian Empire and take over chinese territory. So honestly what the chinese think is best left unsaid. Maybe their silly translations change the whole meaning.


So now after brainwashing rural folk they reach Lhasa with a 17 point plan of Peaceful Liberation. Liberation from whom???? Had those monks machine guns wielded under their robes, they would have told the Chinese to get out and peacefully liberate them. This forceful truce or rather slavery of communism took place in 1951. Over the next few years when the communism was imposed in these sectors the real cry of an enslaved nation was heard.

They started with their land distribution policy in Kham and Ando areas (dont laugh at the names, even we have places called as Thangyachimadam). But as I said they were owners and tillers of the land and no feudal system. People slammed the Chinese so hard they dint know what hit them. So in their attempt to make their classless society they created a lawless society.

But the Chinese always have a secret kung fu weapon when challenged. They hit their opponents with such brutality. Prisoners of the revolt saw their wives being raped in front of them. Priest and nuns forced to have sex with each other and children were made to shoot their own parents. Dont go vomitting, there is still more. The government is Lhasa tried to talk the rebels out of it. But this is interesting. They came back and joined the revolt themselves.

Now come 10th March 1959 and the stage is set for the final showdown. The Chinese suddenly had a crash course in humility and invited the Dalai Lama to a theatrical performance. A day before the event they told the Lama's bodyguards to not have any Band Baja as the Dalai lama stepped out of the palace and no bodyguard escort. The guards smelled a rat. (although the chinese year of rat was the next year) The word spread around and the next day 300,000 Tibetans surrounded the palace to stop their chief from falling into the chinese trap. The senior lama, Pagbalha Soinam Gyamco, (say that name 10 times fast without error) who worked with the Chinese was killed and his body was dragged by a horse in front of the crowd for two kilometers.

Bored of communism and enraged at Chinese barbarism, the Tibetans unilaterally declared independence. Sadly the religious society was not much into raising sophisticated armies. All plans were set for Dalai Lama's escape before he became the Chinese scapegoat. (again forgive me but it wasn't the Chinese year of the goat as well). Two days later when his palace came under chinese firing......VROOOMMMM he came here to India.

The Chinese crushed the uprising like a violent kid breaking Barbie's limbs. Major monastries were looted and shelled beyond repair. The Dalai Lama's bodyguards were publicly executed. The Chinese put the total casualty figure at a marginal 86,000. OKay, DONT scream, its not marginal. But the original figure estimated by a French organisation is taken to be around half a million since the invasion. Yes, you may go ahead and scream now. Don't stare at the weirdly smiling goat.

Politically In-Dependant

The Political Institution forms the very Government which we have come so far to hate. Politics is what many men can discuss for hours showing off that they know something after watching 20 hours of News channels and debates per day. And they will discuss with such fervor over their Drinks like they are sitting right in the Lok Sabha with the Doordarshan camera on their faces. And also they will so confidently say things like as if the News Anchor has been appointed to only anchor for their TV and the whole world has no Clue what has happened about an issue. Brilliant!!!

For we commoners, the ones who have come to hate the word politics and its bastions, the political parties, have chatted, debated, cursed and even blogged like me, over these issues and the politicians of course in private. We have always been forewarned of talking out in public incase an asshole hears your disgruntled opinion and trashes the **** out of you. (C'mon your not a Kid. You can guess what I said) In simple words we really don't trust the words or even actions of a politicians. We are defunct of a leader where we can all look upto. So in the mid-term, we are still lost in finding any faith in Politics or its carriers, the politicians.

In our Democratic structure we have a Tripartite system, where the Executive, Legislative and Judicial body are the three pillars and the Media is the so called fourth. We tend to have faith in Judiciary as being independent but its so over burdened and slow that my grandmother would reach Delhi on a Padyatra before justice is given. Anyways, the recent scams with judges has made the Supreme Court quote "The rot has set in". It has also lost faith in the lower judiciary where its verdict is not taken seriously and the execution is quite often marred on quasi grounds. The spat between the Judiciary and the Government on several grounds of its jurisdiction has been congratulated by the common people for the Judiciary taking on the incumbent Government but has left the Parliament fuming.

The media is doing a good and bad job with giving justice to burning issues. While one can be lauded for resurrecting the Jessica Lall and other such cases back to the forefront, some others are more interested in displaying Dead pigeons martyrs of terrorist attacks and snakes mating before the world finally ends. While the Government has tried to rein in control over the media the backlash has left the Government burnt and still extinguishing the burning embers.

What the government tries is to spread its influence and control corresponding to Sarkari Raj period. The two lone stand alones are the Election Commission and the Titular President post. Governors are chucked and seated in all opposition states when there is a Power shift in the Centre. After all what work does a Governor really have? (The Maharashtra Governor gets to enjoy one of Bombays most scenic spots for no noteworthy work then signing on papers) So why not grant our plum tax money and status to someone loyal to our own party?


Abdul Kalam was probably the most loved President in India for his simplistic nature and vision. Even a women president now at the helm has not got even the Feminists exited. I mean what calibre does she really have to instill any sense of goodwill to her post. Her credentials are basically
1. A Woman (never had a Indian women president b4 so kudos....novelty hai)
2. Loyal to congress
Besides that I guess she is come to sort out her family troubles namely sheilding her brother of a murder charge, her husband being named for harrassment in a suicide note of a fellow Teacher, funds being siphoned off to her husbands run trust. The list is much longer but point is clear so why i break my head noting down everything.

So her mahaan claims of not being just a rubber stamp president is totally false. She is not just here to stamp Passed ordinances but also simultaneously safegurad her family. She is a woman after all. Its in her instincts to protect the family sham name :|

Well its not just the Post of Governors and President that the Congress has usurped with their puppets. The Election Commission which till date was known to be the strict school teacher for a bunch of terror kids has also not been spared. The congress apppointed Navin Chawla's close proximity to the congress should not be a problem. But the fact that the current Chief Election Commisioner found his actions in favour of a particular party is dangerous. Ofcourse he has the right to throw someone out as per law.

But the file of dismissal will have to pass to apni Shreemati Patil Bai. Ab kaunsi maa apne laadle ko nikal sakti hai. File rejected. Case dismissed. Navin Chawla is Chief Election Commisioner during the 15th Lok Sabha Elections on 20th April. Congress rides to Victory. Bhale fractured victory. Toh kya hua..... Important posts are after all now controlled by the UPA in the flawed democracy. But no matter how much you try things dont really turn out as easy as u plan. If they expect things will become as smooth as Navin Chawla's head, they would be mistaken.