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...March 10, the Dalai Lama has found himself confronting a swelling tide of opposition and defiance from within his community. So, on the one hand, he has to contend with Beijing calling him the mastermind of the violent protests in Lhasa, and to walk a diplomatic tightrope with the Indian authorities that host his government-in-exile but value their relationship with China; on the other hand he has to try and rein in the more violent and provocative elements among Tibetans whose actions, he fears, will damage his people's cause...
...growing number of opportunities available to businessmen in India. “India right now resembles the United States right after World War II,” Paul said. “And when you remember the long bull run of the postwar era, you realize that current Indian growth is only in its early innings, despite how much the economy has already grown.” Prasad R. Menon, a managing director at Tata Power who participated in a panel on expanding India’s energy production, described the current situation in India: Energy is in constant shortage...
...Saturday, hundreds of young monks, nuns and ordinary Tibetans, furious at the Chinese crackdown in Lhasa, Tibet's capital, marched to Jwalamukhi, where an earlier group of marchers had been detained for 14 days by Indian authorities. Nearly 700 people had descended on the town by evening. Organizers of the original march feared that passions could get out of hand and had to turn the protestors away, telling them to remain non-violent. On Sunday, hundreds more people gathered at Tsulagkhang Temple. More marches are planned for the coming days...
...buildup to the Olympics. It took dozens of meetings to agree on a strategy, in part because the groups are split over whether to demand autonomy for Tibet within China, or to press for it to become an independent state. Despite the arrest of 100 or so activists by Indian authorities three days ago, a march to the Chinese border is still underway. "This is no time for differences," Tsering says. Activists including Tsering emphasize that while protests outside Tibet were planned, the uprising in Tibet itself was spontaneous. "They have been entirely without coordination," says Tsering. "Though...
...Ministry of External Affairs says India has granted exile to Tibetans on the condition that they not indulge in political activities on Indian soil, so the government is well within its rights to halt the march. But the Tibetan community says the crackdown is about politics, not maintaining social order. "We assume that there is pressure from Beijing," says Tsering. "It's very disappointing and upsetting to us." Tsering and another Tibetan activist said that an Indian journalist had e-mailed them claiming that New Delhi has asked Indian media not to cover the protests or at least to downplay...