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The Night I was thrown out

We went out to Greater NOIDA for a drive. Then came back and bought 4 more beers + 2 Kg Chicken; went over to my place and cooked and drank and ate till 2 in the night. Then Sandeep and Gaurav started going back and I went down with them to see them off. To my utter dismay, When I came back, I realized that Soma had locked the door from inside and gone off to sleep (she was too tired yesterday). I kept banging the door for 30 mins, but she was dead asleep. Those were the moments of my helplessness. Anyway, I went off to my car to sleep, but mosquitoes were hell bent to suck by blood out dry. So I drove back to office (in my pajamas and Hawaii chappal)! Spent 2 hrs in here all sleepy, exhausted and disgusted… At 5:30 am I reached back home and started banging the door again. This time she woke up and was kind enough to open the door for me. I was absolutely furious. But before I could yell at her, she said “I’m sorry Anu”, and went off to sleep again… It’s mid-day and I’m still half as...

Dalai Lama's Dilemma

Dalai Lama says: "Tibet is an integral part of China but Tibetans want autonomy". Why Dalai Lama does accepts Tibet as an integral part of China? Tibet has a geographical and social environment very different from China. Moreover, Tibet was never a part of China until 50s when China took over. It was a hostile takeover.Dalai Lama should have made a huge hue and cry through out the last 50 years for freedom. But he didn't do it for some reason. Now Tibetan Primer accepts Tibet an integral part of China gives away all hopes of making Tibet a free nation. For me, it's like giving away without the doomsday fight. For a non-resident Tibetan it's a total failure. Had I been a part of Tibetan community, I would have felt cheated by Dalai Lama; giving away my land to the Chinese. But hey, hang-on. Dalai Lama is not supposed to fight!!! He's Dalai Lama. Now this is exactly what happens when religion and politics gets mixed-up. Had Dalai Lama just remained a religious p...