Let's face it, a successful protest by Tibetans in India could have inspired the people of Kashmir or some parts of North East to come out against the Indian government. Thankfully that didn't happen.
I don't want to see a 'Free Kashmir' movement before CWG '10....organised by people inspired by a successful Tibetan movement. Thankfully the 15,000 security personnel deployed at the tax-payers' expense did the trick.
( Posted: Friday , April 18, 2008 at 02:22 )
sesha
Please do not claim a pride to hold the torch by your person. Think of Tibetians who are suffering. It is a shame for you to hold it in your hand.
( Posted: Thursday , April 17, 2008 at 18:11 )
Biswajit
I could never understand why the hell are filmstars invited to run with the torch? Shouldn't this be just for sportspersons?
( Posted: Thursday , April 17, 2008 at 18:10 )
thetrick
Today i am ashamed to call myself an Indian.
( Posted: Thursday , April 17, 2008 at 18:05 )
Ganesh
U guys have posted a photo where Saif ali khan is taking over the torch from an "Athlete" u guys dont even know who is that man, and that shows how much respect u give to other sports ppl when compared to cricket and bollywood. Yesterday also there was a big news with 44 children being dead and ur front coverage was "Sachin is not carrying torch"... pity on u
( Posted: Thursday , April 17, 2008 at 18:04 )
Sandeep Menezes
Dear Sir/Madam, The arrival of the `torch of shame` in India saddens me. The largest democracy, has today lost its morality. The Government is very keen on appeasing Red China, but our muted silence makes us party to this crime.
I am not against the Chinese people or the Olympics, but I am against the violence being unleashed on the unarmed peace loving Tibetan people. Our government should have atleast lent its symbolic support to the Tibetan people.
This is still the land of Gandhi, the country that spearheaded support for anti apartheid movements in South Africa. The nation is the same, but we no longer have leaders or politicians with that same high degree of morality.
The Indian Government has forgotten that the genocide is happening just across its borders.
I would like to remind the Indian Government of a very important quote:
“First they came for the Jews. I was silent. I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists. I was silent. I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists. I was silent. I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for me. There was no one left to speak for me.”
( Posted: Thursday , April 17, 2008 at 17:53 )
Siddarth
Flame at one end, a hand holding the other The hand holding it is surrounded by an armed brother
The flame in the torch burns, giving new hope to the souls battered They smelt the fire too well, that is what mattered.
The lama, smart and wise Chose the right time to rise
The torch runs in every major city, burning on and off The motherland tries to suppress them, only to see their bloody red cough
People one after the other pull out of the run After a long period of darkness, rises the sun
Leaders realise the crimes committed, the lives lost The games are a result of history's human cost
The reds go red with anger Sadly,the issue is not too big to park it in their newly constructed airport hangar
The games will go on, medals will be won, emotions on the field like the seasons Only time will tell if the games were for the right reasons
( Posted: Thursday , April 17, 2008 at 16:45 )
Tarun Balraj
Tibetan protesters are a bunch of hypocrites. On one hand they hold such protests, damage property, demand a 'free Tibet' when their 'leader' goes around asking the international community for a more 'autonomous' Tibet and NOT a free Tibet. In the process, Tibetans alone have wasted the Indian tax-payers' money for beefing up 15,000 security personnel, they are power-starved hypocrites who blatantly seek attention in the name of protesting against 'oppression', they are supported by everyone who is jealous of India and China's progress. Had their people cooperated properly with the Chinese, Tibet would have been made a high-land paradise.
( Posted: Thursday , April 17, 2008 at 15:47 )
dear tarun
you sound like a pure communist , well the chinese progress in no way justifies killing and execution of tibeteans , the bristishers told us indians cannt govern themselves , we did it .
Pls once progress has no way to occupy and vanish other nations , china must and will have to leave tibet very soon , will beat them to there chinese wall very soon .
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Suresh
Hope the governement would have shown the same aggressiveness in securing the country during the india-china was and pakistan wars...government seems to have bowed down to china...i am sorry for being an indian right now...
( Posted: Thursday , April 17, 2008 at 22:29 )
Ashish Gupta
The fact that all freedom surrounding the olympic flame has been curtailed with an iron curtain, is the biggest slap in China's face.
It is a shame that governments around the world have to resort to draconian measures to protect a light symbolizing freedom. The tibet movement has become center stage of the world at the cost of Olympics.
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