Illegal occupation

Brahma Chellaney in India’s muddle path (March 19) rightly stated that India’s stand on Tibet remains unclear despite the fact that it is the right time to pin down the regime for the release of Tibet from Chinese occupation.

Brahma Chellaney in India’s muddle path (March 19) rightly stated that India’s stand on Tibet remains unclear despite the fact that it is the right time to pin down the regime for the release of Tibet from Chinese occupation. It is sad that the world community and the UN are mute spectators to the repression of Tibetans. India should seize this opportunity and advise the Chinese authority to negotiate with the Dalai Lama for the freedom of Tibet that had been an independent State until it was illegally occupied by China in 1959. India can keep the Chinese at bay by fighting for an independent Tibet.
JN Mahanty
Puri

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The Chinese have been guilty of trampling on the religious and cultural traditions of Tibetans. Western democrats have no sympathy for the Tibetans, except as a pretext to embarrass China. The Indian government has been timid in its response to the latest violence in Lhasa. India must urge China to address the resentment of the Tibetan people through dialogue.
Bijay Singh
Jamshedpur

Call their bluff
Nilova Roy Chaudhury’s article It’s about options, not co-option (March 20) should be an eye-opener for the opponents of the nuclear deal with the US. Its chief opponents like Prakash Karat, Sitaram Yechury and Co. are the same persons who forced Jyoti Basu to decline the post of the PM when it was offered to him in the Nineties. Now the same leaders want the UPA government to commit another historical blunder by not signing the deal. It is time Manmohan Singh called their bluff and signed the deal.
PC Sinha
Patna