Comments on: “My Kind of Exile”: The Silencing of Tenzin Tsundue

By: Tushar

Tushar — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 13:34:27 +0000

It is shameful that India muzzled the Tibetans rights to protest and express dissent. After all, the constitution guarantees the right to free speech.

By: shiva

shiva — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 02:22:30 +0000

ashvin,

good. expect roy and friends to do more than mere signature petitions.

By: ashvin

ashvin — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:17:10 +0000

And, yeah, not a squeak from the sultana of sanctimony Arundati Roy! Must be busy praising the dictator next door!

I probably shouldn't even be responding to this trollery but this is what I get when i google "arundhati tibet" : Arundhati Roy and Medha Patkar support Dharna for the cause of Tibet .

By: Quizman

Quizman — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:08:09 +0000

Way to go, Amardeep. Nice post on a topic that must be talked about more frequently.

By: shiva

shiva — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 16:59:04 +0000

And, yeah, not a squeak from the sultana of sanctimony Arundati Roy! Must be busy praising the dictator next door!

By: No von Mises

No von Mises — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 10:23:49 +0000

b. rabid anarchists (jaggi singh) restricted at the G8 conference in Quebec.

I remember Jaggi Singh from Commanding Heights. No von Hayek!

By: tashi

tashi — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 09:58:02 +0000

India anyday is thousand times better than communist China.i have lived in both nations and india is way ahead in almost everything.China is not what u see in Tv.the commie shitheads control the media and only good things are shown.they dont talk about the urban poor which lives in desperate conditions and so on.their corruption level is as bad as pakistan .minorities are crushed.no one has any voice except the commie bastards.China is a just a bully who is really a coward inside.

chinese people though are normal jut like indians.they have the same aspirations as the rest of the world.if not for the commies and their pathetic ideology china would be a nice country with great food and beautiful women...:)

so let us all wish the fucking moron hu jintao a happy welcome by burning pig maos poster.:)

Tashi.

By: Aqua

Aqua — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 07:17:50 +0000

I really appreciate all the positive comments and outrage against the suppressing of the fundamental rights of Tenzin Tsundue.

Sriram - yes Amardeep is right. As per the Indian National Law, Tenzin is a citizen of India by birth. Moreover the Dalai lama has always said that India is our spiritual home, so our links with India are very strong. so this move by the Indian police in dharamsala can also been seen as an act of moral betrayal.

By: Kush Tandon

Kush Tandon — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:44:22 +0000

Not clear exactly what you mean. Can you explain?

All the major rivers in India, Indus, Brahmaputra etc. originate from Tibet and Himalayas. The head waters are in Tibet. Here more info, and here.

By: Seeker

Seeker — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:13:52 +0000

Risible, Not clear exactly what you mean. Can you explain?

Shiva, Press and media in India are pathetic. Sensationalism about sex and celebs is IT! I'm sure I don't have to convince too many people about it but check out samachar.com/top25 to see a sampling of news that apparantly makes it to the top (of whatever). I routinely see not just misleading, but flat out wrong sensational headlines for crap news. With the proliferation of these news channels that are all creating the same static (tahalka!, dhamaka!) to a public that's becoming immune to calls for their attention. Hence the media competes at ever lower levels to grab their attention. We await the emergence of a BBC like desi channel.

All of this adds up to lukewarm interest in the Tibet issue. With free-er markets, news-reporting is extraordinarily sensitive to consumer tastes. Hence you have 'fast-food news' - daily adventures of brangelina et all, never mind some tibetans wanting something in a nation where there's already a LONG list of wants. Market-supported media will run infotainment not pure news and tough analysis. In Indian society, philanthropy to institutions (ala NPR or PBS) is largely non-existant, so there isn't a media source that doesn't have 1. an eye on sales when selecting news, or 2. freedom from govt. when not worried about sales ('cos govt is the source of funding in this case).