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Pelosi Visit: Is India Ready To Push The Envelope On Tibet?

Does the direct attack on China and its President Xi Jinping by former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after meeting the Dalai Lama in Dharamshala indicate a major shift in India's position on Tibet?
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Ramananda Sengupta;
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Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, speaks with former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during their meeting at Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India, June 19, 2024. (Tenzin Choejor/Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama/Handout via REUTERS)
‘Playing ‘Dalai card’ is a lousy move by US politicians.’ That was the headline on the front page of the Global Times, a Chinese state-run newspaper and website on Thursday evening. A day earlier, a bipartisan US delegation, including former House speaker Nancy Pelosi, met with the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, in Dharamshala and pledged Washington’s support for his cause....Read More
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Ramananda Sengupta
In a career spanning over three decades and counting, I’ve been the Foreign Editor of The Telegraph, Outlook Magazine and The New Indian Express. I helped set up rediff.com’s editorial operations in San Jose and New York, helmed sify.com, and was the founder editor of India.com.

My work has featured in national and international publications like the Al Jazeera Centre for Studies, Global Times and The Asahi Shimbun. My one constant over all these years, however, has been the attempt to understand rising India’s place in the world.

On demand, I can rustle up a mean salad, my oil-less pepper chicken is to die for, and depending on the time of the day, all it takes to rock my soul is some beer and some jazz or good ole rhythm & blues.

Talk to me about foreign and strategic affairs, media, South Asia, China, and of course India.
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