《INDIA AND HER NEIGHBOURHOOD A FRENCH OBSERVER'S VIEWS》

Introduction13

1.Shangrila No More21

2.When Red Clashes with Blue27

3.By Foisting its own Panchen Lama on Tibet,China Commits Sacrilege34

4.On the Footsteps of the Precious Ocean of Pure Melody43

5.The Fate of China47

6.India must Take Advantage of Beijing Sweet Amiability74

7.The Graded Path to Rumtek79

8.Bamiyan Buddha Fell Prey84

9.I would Like to Perform a Kalachakra in Tiananmen Square89

10.From Mao to Bin Laden98

11.How Many Ladens?104

12.A Train to Lhasa110

13.Indo-China Relations: The Great Leap Forward116

14.Friendship Begins by Getting at the Bottom of Yesterday's Problems123

15.Homelands in Pakistan130

16.What the Hell were They Doing in this Galley?136

17.Mr. Straw, Do You Know Who Created The Kashmir Mess?143

18.The Land of the Passes150

19. While the Wise Men of India Talk and Sleep158

20. Fear Over Tibet!164

21. Envoy in Tibet170

22. Lhasa, A Chinese Town in Tibet176

23. American Dichotomy179

24. The Confiscation of History185

25. Chairman Mao Goes to War192

26. From Top of the Party to Top of the World199

27. Exit Kashmir, Enter Iraq206

28. The Looming Crises in China and Tibet209

29. The Phantoms of Chittagong215

30. The Third Axis221

31. China and the National River Network227

32. The Old Nations Axis230

33. China, A Colossus with Clay Feet233

34. Reassessing the Chinese Threat239

35. Old Pragmatism in New China245

36. Big, Small and Nasty Insects248

37. Words to the Wise251

38. The Five Principles257

39. Aksai Chin for Arunachal?261

40. Beijing's Arunachal Card267

41. Impolitic Policies273

42. The Festive Season277

43. Ladakh Revisited281

44. Clash of Civilizations and Spiritual Revival285

45. Secularism or Laociti291

46. Rediscovering the Lost Track295

47. The Axis that Bemuses India298

48. Panchsheel, 50 Years After303

49. Can the India-China Border Issue ever be Solved?308

50. Seek the Truth from the Facts313

51. Panchsheel: Born in Sin316

62. The Blunder of the Pandit319

53. Grasshopper and the Ant326

54. Lake Consequence330

55. The Domino Effect of 1954334

56. The Mysterious Tibetan Lake339

57. Terrorism Beyond the Spectacle344

58. Is China Encircling India?348

59. Gilgit: The Forgotten Land354

Index359