Rajiv Sikri

Bio: Rajiv Sikri is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: China & Territorial integrity. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 13 citations.

The Tibet Factor in India-China Relations

Abstract: Tibet is a key factor in India-China relations. It is only after the 1950 Chinese occupation of Tibet that India and China came to share the now disputed common border. In recent years, China's military buildup and infrastructure development in Tibet, as well as reported plans to divert or dam rivers that rise in Tibet and flow into India, have raised India's anxieties. Conversely, China's insecurity about Tibet is an important driver of its approach toward India. India has been unable to assuage China's fears about its possible use of the presence of the Dalai Lama in India and its large Tibetan refugee population of about 120,000 to create trouble for China in Tibet. The presence of the Dalai Lama and a large community of Tibetan refugees in India has kept the "Tibetan question" alive. Given India's open democratic system and long tradition of giving refuge to persecuted peoples, India will find it politically impossible to meet China's expectations on the Tibet question without a significant quid pro quo. The breakdown of talks between the Chinese government and representatives of the Dalai Lama does not augur well for the future, and a post-Dalai Lama situation could become much more complicated. Of late, China's aggressive territorial claims on India, the deepening of the China-Pakistan alliance and a shift in China's position on Kashmir has led to a hardening of India's position on Tibet. India is now seeking satisfaction on what it considers to be the core issues relating to India's sovereignty and territorial integrity. India-China relations are unlikely to be on an even keel until this tangled knot is unraveled. ********** For thousands of years, Tibet was the buffer that kept India and China geographically apart and therefore at peace. It has only been for the last six decades or so, after China invaded and occupied Tibet in 1950, that India and China have come to share a common border, and with it the inherent issues of border security, such as the delineation and demarcation of the border and the movement of people and flow of trade across it. However, in the absence of any extensive historical experience of relations with each other, each country has a poor understanding of the psyche and system of the other. This was a critical lacuna when the two countries began to interact after India's independence in 1947 and the Communist Revolution in China in 1949. Both were then governed by proud nationalist leaders who were imbued with an exalted sense of the greatness, destiny and mission of their respective nations, but who also had deeply ingrained grievances arising out of the humiliations they suffered under colonial rule. Given the vanities, egos and different ways of thinking of the leaders of India and China, the likelihood of misperceptions and misunderstandings was built into the situation. (1) SINO-INDIAN RELATIONS AND TIBET PRE-1950 Before the mid-20th century, India-China relations were minimal. There was some overland and seaborne trade, as well as occasional exchanges of pilgrims and scholars. (2) The experience of the Indians and the Chinese of the outside world was completely different. India did not--indeed could not--keep out foreign influences and ideas. Macedonians, Turks, Afghans, Persians, Mongols and assorted tribes from the Eurasian heartland who invaded India over the centuries made a profound and lasting impact on the country. The old order was not swept away. Rather, a new composite culture and society emerged as, over time, the invaders settled down in the hospitable climes of the plains of India. Here they lived in peace and prospered, eventually becoming indistinguishable from, indeed a part of, the local population. (3) That was not the experience of the Chinese, who remained self-assured that they were the "Middle Kingdom" and all others barbarians. This patronizing approach persisted when India and China became independent in the mid-20th century. …

Complex conformities: Tibetan women's life writing and the en-gendering of national history in Exile

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Gender Stories: Negotiating Identity in a Binary World

Abstract: Gender Stories Negotiating Identity In A Binary World *FREE* gender stories negotiating identity in a binary world Gender identity is the personal sense of one's own gender. Gender identity can correlate with assigned sex at birth or can differ from it. All societies have a set of gender categories that can serve as the basis of the formation of a person's social identity in relation to other members of society.. In most societies, there is a basic division between gender attributes assigned to males and ...Gender identity Wikipedia Gender identity is the personal sense of one s own gender Gender identity can correlate with assigned sex at birth or can differ from it All societies have a set of gender categories that can serve as the basis of the formation of a person s social identity in relation to other members of society In most societies there is a basic division between gender attributes assigned to males and Gender Wikipedia Gender is the range of characteristics pertaining to and differentiating between masculinity and femininity Depending on the context these characteristics may include biological sex i e the state of being male female or an intersex variation sex based social structures i e gender roles or gender identity Most cultures use a gender binary having two genders boys men and girls From Inquiry to Academic Writing PDF Free Download This page intentionally left blank FROM INQUIRY TO ACADEMIC WRITING A Text and Reader ARONSON11E FM ARONSON11E FM 4 21 11 10 19 AM Page xiv This page was intentionally left blank IIP Publications Anti Corruption The Global Fight is a new handbook from IIP Publications that outlines the kinds of corruption their effects and the ways that people and governments combat corruption through legislative and civil society actions Social Science History Bibliography Andrew Roberts Academy of Social Sciences ASS The United Kingdom Association of Learned Societies in the Social Sciences formed in 1982 gave rise to the Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences incorporated 24 9 1999 which became the Academy of Social Sciences on 5 7 2007 ASS 15 12 2000 Commission on the Social Sciences Notes from the meeting on 15 12 2000 by Ron Johnston You Said What Becoming a Better Supervisor by Carol Most supervisors would find 2 and 3 to be problematic and requiring additional steps In 2 immediate attention should be given to the possibility that this client should be transferred to another therapist as a cardinal rule of every profession is “do no harm” and the highest duty of the supervisor is to protect the client Towards a Critical Assessment Practice – In the Library “We worry about disclosing data but often do not consider the implications of creating data ” Jeffrey Alan Johnson 2018 p vi “A critical assessment practice starts with mindfulness ” Sonia DeLuca Fernández 2015 p 5 Conceptualizing ‘sense of place’ in cultural ecosystem In this paper we aim to establish a conceptual and practical framework for investigating sense of place as a category of cultural ecosystem services drawing upon transdisciplinary research on assessing cultural value and ecosystem change in the Irish Sea Open mike 14 07 2016 « The Standard Have you played any representative sport Maui Sports played by brown people doesn’t get much funding The elite sports gets all the money and sport played by brown people like Rugby league gets a bad rap and Rugby get much of the pokies money even when they don’t meet the criteria Management lt MIT Undergraduate Study Bachelor of Science in Management Course 15 1 The Bachelor of Science in Management provides students with an innovative business education that is comprehensive and flexible Students begin with coursework that builds a strong foundation in probability and statistics managerial communication managerial psychology microeconomics and accounting Daily Crow – Seasons and Synchronicity IDF 2

It Takes Two to Tango: Autocratic underbalancing, regime legitimacy and China’s responses to India’s rise

Abstract: What factors do autocracies evaluate when responding to perceived threats and why might they fail to balance appropriately? I posit that autocratic leaders may choose greater exposure to an externa...

Doklam and beyond: revisiting the India-China territorial disputes: an international law perspective

Abstract: Sovereignty over territory is the founding principle of international legal order and essential for the implementation of the sovereign rights of a State. Territorial disputes become commonplace am...

Wading Tiger Swimming Dragon: A Study on Comparative Indo-Sino Naval Development

Abstract: In this article, I study the newly commissioned ships and ships in development in the Chinese and Indian navies to analyze how the Chinese People’s Liberation Army–Navy (PLA-N) and the Indi...