tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13437119.post7705786944035567624..comments2024-03-01T13:51:47.721+05:30Comments on Reality, one bite at a time: Triumph of the new mainstream in NepalSiddharth Varadarajanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07721228307097170092noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13437119.post-11025868666784878422008-04-19T20:45:00.000+05:302008-04-19T20:45:00.000+05:30The torch episode seemed completely like a private...<I>The torch episode seemed completely like a private Chinese party. It was a torch of tyranny and a flame of shame," claimed Tensin Choeyingo, president of Students for Free Tibet.<BR/><BR/>Guarded by as many as 17,000 security personnel, the Beijing Olympic torch was taken through a 2.3 km stretch in Delhi on Thursday. For over five hours, the majestic Rajpath was turned into a security fortress with the Prime Minister's Office and Ministries of Defence, External Affairs and Finance lining the torch route from Rashtrapati Bhavan, shut down.</I><BR/><BR/>What a matter of shame. I thought India was a free country. Since when did it become a colony of China? You know Siddharth, if India is a "strategic partner" of the US, it is simply an appendage of China, a pet puppy that lies at its master's beck and call, content with a few scraps thrown its way. I hope Nepal remains a keenly contested territory until the Maoists are thrown out of power once and for all. The Flame of Shame, India's craven supplication before China re Tibet and now the Maoist takeover of Nepal, mark a new low for India, and a portent of worse things to come.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com