Indian Journalist Tells Tibet Like It Is
Despite obligatory negative portrayal of Tibet’s governance at the beginning and his penchant to cheer his country’s rowdy democracy etc., this Indian journalist’s account in Rediff.com (with pictures) of his 5-day journey into Tibet from Nepal presents a nuanced perspective with much less bias than most Western reports.
He concludes by saying: “…The impression I get…is bread and butter matters more than any abstract construct like freedom and choice. And China, the Asian superpower, is providing bread and butter in plenty.”
http://www.rediff.com/news/special/inside-the-forbidden-land-of-tibet/20141028.htm
Indeed, providing tangible benefits to the people trumps abstract ideals any day. A former Indian politician put it well after an eye-opening trip to China: “We have freedom…to be poor”.