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Claude Arpi
About the AuthorClaude Arpi
The writer is based in South India for the past 40 years. He writes on India, China, Tibet and Indo-French relations.
    French President Francois Hollande. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    A malaise' for next French Prez

    The unemployment rate has risen above 10 per cent and growth is alarmingly slow.

    9 Dec 2016 1:06 AM IST

    Chinese and Indian troops are locked in a stand-off at the icy heights of Ladakh division since Wednesday after Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) personnel entered an area where an irrigation canal was being built under the MNREGA scheme and stopped the civilian work. (Photo: Representational Image)Opinion
    It pays to be tough with China

    The change in Chinese maps began with the objective to protect a new road linking Tibet to Xinjiang in Aksai Chin area...

    16 Nov 2016 12:38 AM IST

    Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    The future of Ladakh

    The government is also planning to connect Leh with Srinagar.

    11 Oct 2016 1:29 AM IST

    Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    China's border tactics unchanged

    Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi's visit to New Delhi on Saturday will not change anything in the mindset of the...

    12 Aug 2016 12:36 AM IST

    Representational imageOpinion
    A worrying scenario at Ladakh border

    The problem is that the People's Liberation Army is “advancing†in the region.

    20 Jun 2016 1:04 AM IST

    It should also be mentioned that Taksing was the last Indian village on the Tsari Pilgrimage. (Photo: Google Earth)Opinion
    A road to the border

    Can we dream that one day the Tsari pilgrimage will again be possible?

    19 April 2016 12:53 AM IST

    Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Election in exile

    The fact that the Dalai Lama has “imposedâ€a democratic system is important for India.

    11 March 2016 12:25 AM IST

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