India, July 5 -- Even as the 14th Dalai Lama enters into 90th year on planet earth tomorrow, his decision to reincarnate is a serious set-back to the rapidly expanding Han imprint over Tibet and consolidation of military might of Beijing in the highest plateau of the world.

By choosing to reincarnate, Tenzin Gyatso has revived the historic institution of the Dalai Lama and given hope to the six million Tibetan Buddhists living under Chinese occupation for the past 75 years. He has also strengthened Tibetan Buddhism globally by refusing to bow before the cultural imperialism of Han China and continue with the tradition of temporal as well as religious head of Tibet in exile. All the four schools of Tibetan Buddhism-Nyingma, Sakya, Kagyu a...