Say "No" to China's Oppression Policy

There have been lots of hue & cry over Baichung Bhutia’s decision of not running with Olympic Torch in India. Baichung has clarified that it is a personal decision and being a sportsman he has chosen not to take part in the sport which can’t be termed as playing politics with the game. Truly speaking, I do not endorse the idea of boycotting Olympics or any other game. However, in the wake of incidents happening in Tibet, one as a believer of democracy has no other way to express his grief, anguish and discontent over the repression policy followed by Red Dragon. The Tibetan community has said time and again that they are not against Olympic Games, but they are using this opportunity to make the world aware of the dire strait inside the Tibet. They want to highlight the plight of the Tibetan people who are victims of aggressive Chinese rule.

Sports are meant to show the solidarity between different cultures and spread the message of love and peace across the globe, but the very objective of Olympics has been diluted by awarding this prestigious event to a country which has no belief on human rights and freedom of expression.

It is sad to see that India along with rest of the world has become a silent spectator in front of China’s economic and strategic power. China’s counterparts (of course the Marxists here) have succeeded influencing the Indian foreign Policy deep down which is evident from the Government’s mute stand on Tibet issue. One thing must not be forgotten here that Tibet Govt. in exile is only asking to resume the dialogue process between two of them to move forward towards the gradual solution of the problem and India, being the largest democracy of the world, should extend all possible support for this great cause without any reservations and stop manhandling Tibetan protestors.