New Delhi, July 7 -- Discerning observers around the world are increasingly alarmed by the growing tendency to equate might with right in shaping global relations. There is a broad consensus that expansionist nations, using oppressive and aggressive tactics to subdue others, must not be allowed to have the last laugh.

Dalai Lama's Assertion

In this context, millions of people who value justice and freedom have welcomed His Holiness the Dalai Lama's recent assertion that the matter of his reincarnation must be decided according to Tibetan tradition - and not by the Chinese government.

Rejecting Beijing's claim that it must approve the next Dalai Lama's selection, His Holiness has made it unequivocally clear that the Gaden Phodrang Trust...