Dividing Lines: Contours of India-China Conflict (English, Paperback, K. N. Raghavan)
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Dividing Lines: Contours of India-China Conflict (English, Paperback, K. N. Raghavan)
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- Language: English
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Platinum Press
- ISBN: 9789381576106, 9381576106
- Pages: 386
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India and China the inheritors of two ancient civilizations and aeons of neighbourly bonds cemented by Buddhism and the bridge-building missions of Fa-Hien, Huen Tsang, Tagore and Kotnis never witnessed strife between themselves till the fateful autumn of 1962, when they fought a short but bitter border war on the desolate heights of the Himalayas. Mutual suspicion and sporadic face-offs have ever since bedevilled relations between the two Asian giants, based on their still-unsettled borders. What caused the tragic estrangement of Asias leading lights? In this cogent and comprehensive analysis, the author traces the origins of the discord to a legacy flawed by the flip-flops of imperial Britains unilateral border delineation, and the ebbs and flows of Chinese activism in Tibet. The gripping narrative carries us from the post-1947 scenario of initial Panchsheel bonhomie, yielding place to mutual distrust, aggravated, among other causes, by Chinese paranoia over Tibet and the unrelenting pressure of Indian public opinion. Indias cataclysmic defeat in the war, which remains a young nations humiliation, is attributed to the ill-advised forward policy and failure of the politico-military leadership of the time, revalidating Clemenceaus adage, that war is too important a matter to be left to generals.
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K.N. RAGHAVAN was born in Kochi, Kerala, and had his schooling there. Thereafter, he completed his MBBS from Calicut Medical College and went on to do post graduate studies in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Trivandrum Medical College. In 1989, he sat for the Civil Service exam and joined the Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Excise). In the course of his career, he has been based at places as varied as Hosur, Coimbatore, Calicut, Kochi, Mumbai and Singapore, before taking up his present position as Additional Commissioner of Customs, Excise and Service Tax, in Kochi. Like most Indians, Raghavan is passionate about cricket. He is also an umpire accredited with BCCI and has umpired One Day International matches. He has authored the book, World Cup Chronicle. Raghavan lives in Kochi with his wife, Dr. Ranjini and they have one daughter, Aiswarya.
About the Author
K.N. RAGHAVAN was born in Kochi, Kerala, and had his schooling there. Thereafter, he completed his MBBS from Calicut Medical College and went on to do post graduate studies in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Trivandrum Medical College. In 1989, he sat for the Civil Service exam and joined the Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Excise). In the course of his career, he has been based at places as varied as Hosur, Coimbatore, Calicut, Kochi, Mumbai and Singapore, before taking up his present position as Additional Commissioner of Customs, Excise and Service Tax, in Kochi. Like most Indians, Raghavan is passionate about cricket. He is also an umpire accredited with BCCI and has umpired One Day International matches. He has authored the book, World Cup Chronicle. Raghavan lives in Kochi with his wife, Dr. Ranjini and they have one daughter, Aiswarya.
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A Unique Attempt to create Awareness
Dr.Raghavan has created history by giving an excellent,unbiased account of the cultural links and current political tensions between two ancient civilizations. His book removes several misapprehensions about the intentions of the "Neighbourhood-Dragon" and I hope it gets wide-readership to create a conducive atmosphere that can take both countries forward.A mutually beneficial partnership between China and India will usher in a new era of economic revival even for for other countries reeling ...
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Orderly, Unbiased Book about India China Border Issues
The book has lots of facts at the start, but after a few pages the narration gets so good that I found it hard to put the book down. Very well written without any biased opinions providing both sides of the event. Also really liked the way the book was written. It is not chronologically written but written in such a manner that I found it very easy to understand the flow of events.
In short- A well crafted book on the border issues between the two Asian giants, taking into considerations the...
READ MOREIn short- A well crafted book on the border issues between the two Asian giants, taking into considerations the...
Lakshman Srikanth
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very nice read
First of all I would really like to thank Mr. Raghavan for writing this wonderful book. It is really insightful.
I have had great interest in the topic but never actually got to study it in any depth. Whatever little I read on this topic seemed to be written from a biased standpoint from the Indian authors. This book presents a fairly balanced and unbiased account of the events as they happened.
I would recommend this book to anyone interested in this topic.
READ MOREI have had great interest in the topic but never actually got to study it in any depth. Whatever little I read on this topic seemed to be written from a biased standpoint from the Indian authors. This book presents a fairly balanced and unbiased account of the events as they happened.
I would recommend this book to anyone interested in this topic.
Rishi Agarwal
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The Himalayan Odyssey: who's to blame?
A lucidly written book on a turbulent period in young Independent India's history, when the two Asian giants , India and China clashed over a boundary dispute. Ending in a debacle for India, The author goes beyond the boundary issue and puts a lot of things in perspective. The tinted glasses are off and it is an honest account of what led to the war and its far reaching consequences on the subsequent relations between the powerful neighbors on the sub continent. As a nation remembers the w...
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The importance of unbiased facts.
I do not know of a better teacher than history, nor do I know of anything more deceiving than it.
History is the syrup of accumulated experience of society by which a civilization's personality is shaped. It's fair narration gives us details about the character of soil on which we stand and grow. The India-Sino conflict of 1962 is one of the most lesser known war that our soldiers have confronted. Their deserved fame I feel has fallen victim to leadership which was too eager to save face. S...
READ MOREHistory is the syrup of accumulated experience of society by which a civilization's personality is shaped. It's fair narration gives us details about the character of soil on which we stand and grow. The India-Sino conflict of 1962 is one of the most lesser known war that our soldiers have confronted. Their deserved fame I feel has fallen victim to leadership which was too eager to save face. S...
Himanshu Chauhan
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Absorbing read, at a timely juncture...
This absorbing book comes at an eerily prescient time, when tensions are again rising with China. Exactly fifty years have elapsed since the conflict took place, and the generations who have come since then scarcely know or remember the time when a fledgeling Indian democracy was under threat from a zealously totalitarian China, ruled by an iron despot, Mao. Written in a simple narrative style that is immediately accessible, the author has put together a compelling story of hubris, colonial a...
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Dividing lines- contour of India China conflict by KN Raghavan
The legacy of the Britsh rule of India also left the burden of settling boundary disputes at some places. India and China the two Asian powers are learning to share a common border in Himalayas in spite of current political tensions. At a time when the fiftieth anniversary of first ever Sino Indian war erupted, is approaching; it is pertinent to see what went wrong in the formative years of the nascent Indian nation to be dragged into a border war.
Raghavan’s book on this topic go along way i...
READ MORERaghavan’s book on this topic go along way i...
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