India should raise Tibet issue

Apropos of ‘A lesson in foresight from China’; the eastern neighbour keeps pinpricking India by raising border issues every now and then. Its latest joint statement with Pakistan on Kashmir is a case in point. Why can’t India raise a Tibet issue in the UN or any other global platform? Tibet was forcibly occupied by China; India gave refuge to Tibetan people sharing the nation’s already scarce resources with them. If China feels free to comment on matters that India considers internal, it is reasonable to ask why India should refrain from drawing attention to concerns relating to Tibet, particularly…