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and obeisance to His Holiness ter Kishan Kapoor later clari-
the Dalai Lama, the protector fied that their relations with the
and Symbol of the people of Ti- Dalai Lama are not political but
bet and all other eminent hold- cultural.
ers of the Dharma”. Apart from politics, the Ti-
The 14th Dalai Lama had betan struggle for independence
assumed power as ruler of Tibet has also been a subject of fasci-
at the tender age of 15 in 1950 nation and interest the world
but had to flee Tibet following over for decades. Many of the
Chinese invasion in 1959. Later, heavyweights of American mov-
he gave up his political author- ie and music industry have been
ity in 2011 to implement dem- banned from entering China by
ocratic setup among Tibetan the ruling party for highlighting
community in exile. Tibetan issues.
Dalai Lama still is an un- A few of them are Brad Pitt
challenged leader whose bless- for movie ‘Seven Years in Tibet,
ings are necessary to cultivate Martin Scorsese for ‘Kundun’,
international relations and sus- Harrison Ford for testifying in
tain Tibetan freedom struggle US congress, Sharon Stone for
in a volatile global scenario. It stating harsh treatment of Ti-
is crucial for Tibetan politicians betans, Bjork for supporting Ti-
to have global advocates and betan independence movement
friends in higher places. The im- and Richard Gere for being the
portance is illustrated by the fact most prominent follower of Da-
that when former US president lai Lama and advocate for Ti-
Donald Trump had stopped the betan cause.
aid to CTA, it was the followers In 2021, the world has to
or sympathizers of Dalai Lama contend with assertive and con-
including the sitting House of fident China. China is increas-
Representatives speaker Nancy ingly being accepted globally as
Pelosi, a top democrat, in the The Dalai Lama is now 86 years old the de-facto second superpower
US who had played a crucial poised to surpass the USA as
role in restoring this aid. the biggest economy. Financial
Recently, speaking against and economic heft is China is
China on the 62nd Tibetan up- supplemented by military might.
rising day, Pelosi said: “We con- China is the global manufac-
tinue to take inspiration from turing hub and was the largest
the Dalai Lama’s powerful mes- exporter and third largest im-
sage of peace, faith and love. porter in the world in 2019-20.
Guided by His Holiness’s spir- China overtook the US as Eu-
it of hope, we will never rest in rope’s biggest trading partner in
our efforts to advance freedom Feb 2021.
and opportunity in Tibet and International boundary con-
throughout China – because if flicts with neighboring countries
we do not stand up for human including India and belligerence
rights in China due to commer- in the South China Sea is only
cial interests, then we lose all going to make it harder for Ti-
moral authority to talk about betan leadership to have a con-
human rights in any other place Only 2% of Tibetans live in exile structive dialogue with China
in the world. We will not be de- on equal footing.
terred in this vital mission”. had almost scrapped a ‘Thank ticipate in these events. Not the political leadership
All major countries have You India’ event planned by Following this, the event - of exiled Tibetans, but only the
to accommodate Chinese con- the former president Lobsang Thank You India which was to influential image of the Dalai
cerns mostly owing to trade re- Sangay and his cabinet. It was be attended by the Dalai Lama Lama that has kept the Tibet-
lations. China has a trade defi- on February 22, 2018, foreign in Delhi was shifted to Dharam- an struggle against China for
cit of 181 billion Euros with the secretary of the Indian govt. shala. Noted faces of Prime so many years. The 14th Dalai

EU, 74 billion dollars with the had written a note referring to Minister Modi’s party former Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (86) is
US and 50 billion dollars with Tibetan events in Delhi, that union minister and sitting MP among the foremost and top
India. it was a crucial time for India - Mahesh Sharma, Former union influential spiritual leaders of
Therefore, it was not sur- China relations and, govt. func- minister Shanta Kumar, BJP’s the world whose opinions are
prising that, two years back, the tionaries and along with senior top leader Ram Madhav and valued for moral and ethical di-
Government of India (GOI) leaders were asked to not par- Himachal state cabinet minis- mensions if not political.

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