By LAKSHY DREAM FOUNDATION GLOBAL NEWS Web Desk: The Dalai Lama said on Monday that there is no point in returning to China and he prefers living in India, calling it his “permanent home”.
“There is no point to return to China. I prefer India. Best place,” the Dalai Lama during a brief interaction with mediapersons.
“Kangra -- Pandit Nehru's choice, this place is my permanent residence,” he added with a smile.
The Dalai Lama, 86, is the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists and a Nobel laureate. Born as Lhamo Thondup on June 6, 1935, he was identified as the 14th incarnation of the Dalai Lama two years later and was moved to the holy city of Lhasa, the capital of Tibet.
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In October 1950, thousands of Chinese soldiers marched into Tibet and declared it to be part of China. Over the next few years, China tightened its grip over Tibet, and resistance to its rule began to spread.
As the situation became increasingly volatile, the Dalai Lama, fearing for his life at the hands of Chinese soldiers, fled his land of birth to neighbouring India in 1959.
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru granted him political asylum and he has been living in McLeodganj in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district ever since. He was just shy of his 25th birthday when he began his life in exile.
At present, the Dalai Lama leads the Tibetan government-in-exile and remains hopeful of dialogue with Chinese authorities to secure Tibet's freedom.
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