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China attacks India (1962)

Understanding the Chinese invasion of India in 1962. A lesson on how to dismember a nation by, arrogance, incompetence, idiocy, dereliction and sycophancy. In late 1940s two sleeping giants began to stir awake, India and China. In 1947 India' leadership lay in the hands of a wealthy, suave, sophisticated, anglophile called Jawaharlal Nehru.  Raised in the lap of luxury,  Nehru was India's first Prime Minister. Eloquent and idealistic in thought and manner, Nehru was an arrogant and vain man. Nehru, believed power came from diplomacy, trust and friendliness. Leadership of Communist China (PRC) on the other hand was firmly in the hands of Mao Tse-tung. Rising from a humble background, Mao a cunning man become the leader after many violent struggles. Mao believed that **'All power comes from the barrel of a gun'** and was completely ruthless to attain and retain power. The two leaders with their different but overpowering personalities went about ...

Why Tibetan freedom is crucial?

When a nation has been led by an incompetent, weak or fractured political leadership then other nations are bound to take advantage. As has China taken advantage of India. Since independence and until recently, Indian leadership seriously lacked strategic thinking and understanding of international affairs. It considered international diplomacy to mean as strutting around, delivering moralistic lectures to others, and being extremely timid on all matters. China invaded and occupied Tibet in 1950 and India timidly accepted this immoral and illegal brazen act. India's refusal to see the writing on the wall and arm itself cost it very heavy. Then in 1962 an emboldened China invaded India and illegally occupied 38,000 sq. kms of Indian territory and has extracted from Pakistan a further 5180 sq. kms of Indian territory in Jammu and Kashmir, which it had illegally occupied. China under veiled threats of use of force, has been consistently demanding  a further 90...

Awesome Bharat

        On this Republic day of 26th January, let us all step back for a moment and  admire some  awesome facts about a magnificient land. We the people have  to listen to own hearts and  rediscover our greatness to build a better India  and a better world The challenges we face our immense and probably more than anywhere  else in the world.  We are surrounded by an unruly, violent and dangerous  Pakistan, a  beligerent and  aggressive China and a ravaged Myanmar.  Yet it is even more astounding that the most diverse nation on Earth, with  hundreds of  languages, all religions and cultures, is not only surviving, but  thriving. Bharat the nation we know as India. Land of spirituality, tolerance, compassion, diversity, wisdom and wealth, where  Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism were born, which is the sec...