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This is last piece of the three-part essay.
It is difficult for anyone to predict how much religious virtues or political mileage Dharamsala can hope, if at all, from Dalai Lama’s visit to China. But we have a long history of Tibet-China relations to believe that Tibet or Dalai Lama have never...

Part 2 of the three-part essay.
Having realized the impact and grip of Buddhism, Buddhist institutions and senior Buddhist religious leaders over the Tibetan mind, Beijing leaders have been revising their policies since nineties. Freedom of limited religious practice and opening of...

Part 1 of the three-part essay.
Observers of Beijing-Dharamsala relations are these days keenly focused on the chances of Dalai Lama visiting China for a Buddhist pilgrimage to Wutai Shan. The issue might look casual or insignificant to the uninitiated who will see nothing special...

In the 17 April edition of The Hindu, a sarcastically penned  article, printed prominently at the top of the page in the Opinion-Comment section, titled “Searching for Saraswati”, was written by the renowned historian, Professor Irfan Habib.
The attached cartoon reminded me of an article I wrote in 2003, titled “Ostriches and Archaeologists”, which discussed the long-standing disputes between a vocal group of Indian historians (formally self-identified as Marxist historians, but since the...