Posts by Aritra Banerjee
06
Oct
The Chinese Invasion of Tibet That Changed Asia’s Map
On 7 October 1950, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) crossed the upper reaches of the Jinsha River and entered Tibet’s eastern provinc...
05
Oct
The 17 Points of Betrayal: How China Legalised an Occupation
When the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) entered Tibet in October 1950, China justified its invasion as a “liberation from feudalism.” Y...
05
Oct
The Uprising and the Exodus: How the Dalai Lama’s Flight Redefined Asia
By early 1959, the simmering resentment in Tibet had reached a breaking point. Nearly a decade had passed since the signing of the Seve...
04
Oct
How Pakistan’s Navy Converted Coastal Land into a Parallel Real-Estate Economy
Along Pakistan’s coastline, a quiet yet sweeping transformation of public land into elite residential and commercial enclaves has unfol...
04
Oct
Tibet: A Frozen Conflict at the Roof of the World
Seventy-five years after the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) crossed the Jinsha River and occupied Tibet, the region remains one of the ...
03
Oct
75 Years in Exile: Dharamshala and the Global Struggle for Tibet’s Soul
Seventy-five years ago, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) marched into Tibet under Mao Zedong’s orders. In the seven decades since, Ch...
02
Oct
Islamabad’s Colonial Grip on Pakistan-Occupied Jammu & Kashmir Is Fraying
The eruption of mass protests in Pakistan-Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (POJK) has once again laid bare the structural fragility of Isla...
02
Oct
Inside China’s ‘Re-education’ of Tibetan Children: The System That Breaks Families and Identities
Chinese government-run boarding schools in Tibet are systematically eroding the Tibetan identity by forcibly separating nearly one mill...
01
Oct
Three Decades of Disappearance: The Panchen Lama Beijing Doesn’t Want the World to Find
On 25 April 1995, Gedhun Choekyi Nyima turned six years old. Just three days after being recognised as the 11th Panchen Lama by the Dal...