Himalayan Times (1959)

Tw, $inuyla«a» April 12. 196'j

SOME 'AUTHENTIC REPORTS FROM KALIMPONG 5m

Greece whose very pre-

BY B. B. RAY CHAUDHUR1 sence on Indian soil Lai

been denounced time and

(Our Loudon Correspondent ) timo again, is no* the

epokesman of the L'ibetan

London, April 2 rebels. The most amazing

thing: is that these popu-

Kalimpong has sud- emanate from the bazaar ]ar ye!low rtgs are at
denly become the headline gossip. Tu give another tacking Pandit Nehru's
of the world Press. For example of the "reliable' neutralism more than
the last fprTnight, oorrea- reporting in the British Chinrse aggressions in Ti-
pondeats of Western news- Press, the Polala Palaoe Det_ There, is nauoh talk
papers have been sending \and Norbuliuka have jn the British Press about
despatches from Kalim- been looted; burned; raising the matter at the
poug. Darjeelingand Kath- bombed; razed to the United Nations, which has
mandu informing us of ground; turned into Chine- brought stark realisation
what is happening in the ae military barracks: and 0f toe f0|]y of not ad-
Forbidden Land, claiming what-have-you As re- mittingChina to the UNO.
that the reports are gards the number of Tibe- Meanwhile, not only In-
"autheutio", "first hand tans dead, this is any- dians but every. Asian
information", etc These body's guess. It is a here j, hoping "for the
Correspondents have bea competition beta ten''1 be safety of the Dalai Lama
ten the amusing records Daily Mail' and "'Ihe 4n(j ultimate asylum
of the Riga Correspon- Daily Express" and other on our soil with his family,
dsnts who aohieved noto- Tory sensational papers There Is unanimity here
riety by sending so-called where statements vary »bout the piety and in-
authentic stories about from four-thousand to for■ tegrity of this Pope of
atrooities in Russia after ty-thousand. However, Buddhism, and there is
the Ootober revolution. one must give credit to universal sympahy with
I have been going through the cautious attitude of jjj. Holiness for being
the London newspapers the British Government. driven out from his "Sban-
for the last three days The British Foreign Offioe gri La" on the roof of
and here are some of the did not rush in to make tDB wor]d.
so-oalled "authentic" stor. a statement like the Ame- . . _Mi-#d .no-
ies about the Dalai Lama:- ricans. The British popu- „. 1 h»Te .""'i Martin
Hi. Holme,, is dead; safe; l.r Press never took any 8&JggLi*
arriving ,n India; seriously notice, indeed, I would "^'g;
injured, hiding; Chines. not be at- all surprised .^"^ .Ju .„ Iu^o-
Communist. have o.ptur- if it never knew of the Hr"°-^tv WHlUm Kln-
ed him; rebel, have cap- existence of J»i Praka. u"ok fnd Je»n T ^ilde

. SSlfiSS* form,n8 »nd «™" ^e J.nS.ngh fundanlen.

V, ™,,,™,,; lormmg and even the Jan saogn Heideccer's fundamen-

etc lit^t" h"1 • •Xil': lf'd6ra Wh° haV" BUd^7 Ul id.SV meaning of

e-o eto These brainwave become the most po'puler 1 Th« oroblems ably

l uigtnat.ve cnoootions lpdi.n. championing th. ™"P ° '£ "*

and fabrications seemingly oiuse of oppressed Tibe- (Continued on page 6)