'The Fractured Himalaya': Ex-Diplomat Nirupama Rao On India-China Conflict

So much of the present crisis with China is seeped in differences which are decades old. Why is the Line of Actual Control contested? How realistic have various Indian leaders been in assessing China and its true intentions? Is there a pattern in China's actions along the contested boundary? Are there not incredible similarities between what we saw in the late fifties and what we are seeing now? Nirupama Rao, the former Indian Foreign Secretary who also served as Ambassador to Beijing explains it all.