Gaurav Saigal
gaurav.saigal@hindustantimes.
Chinese premier Wen Jiabao's visit to India is seen by the Tibetan community as a part of China's 'threat-n-appease' policy which is unlikely to improve bilateral relations in near future.
Even the Tibetan prime minister Prof Samdongh Rinpoche, who hailed the development feels so.
In his views "It is due to India's tough opposition to China on all fronts in past few years that Wen is coming. The fact is China needs India more than India does, but I do not foresee much change in the relationship."
The Tibetan prime minister (Kalon Tripa) doesn't find the trip, happening in the 60th year of China-India diplomatic relationship, advantageous for the Tibet issue too.
This in the backdrop of several inconvenient happenings such as issuing of stapled visa by Chinese embassy to applicants from Jammu and Kashmir, denial of visa to Lieutenant General B S Jaswal and media reports about Chinese intervention in huge infrastructure development in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir to name a few.
While India plans to put forth for discussion strategic issued such as China's policy on Kashmir and nuclear relationship Prof Rinpoche who came to Lucknow en route from Bodhgaya to Dharamshala feels, "Trade might get some impetus since China needs trade with India."
Asked whether India will be able to raise the issue of Human Rights with its neighbouring country particularly when India rejected the call by China to abstain from Nobel peace prize ceremony for the Chinese dissident leader Liu Xiaobo in Oslo, Prof Rinpoche was apprehensive.
"I don't think China's Human Right policy could be changed for now as many countries have failed in the past on this issue. However China continues with its threat-n-appease policy where it first threatens countries to fall in line but if they strongly oppose then China appeases them. Several European countries have already faced this policy of China," Prof Rinpoche said.
Myanmar, he said, is another country in India's neighbourhood where the call for democratization has not been given heed by India due to its strategic needs. "Human rights are not internal but international issues to be addressed by all. Myanmar is under a greater influence of piercing policy but change is not apparent in near future," he said.
Recently India was criticized by the US President Barack Obama for not speaking against human rights violation in Myanmar.
Commenting on the expected outcome of the Chinese Premier's visit Prof Rinpoche said, "I don't se a dramatic change in the total scenario. But if understanding is built upon certain issued it should not be on the cost of suppression on one side, specially India."
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Lightest Indian baby
Gaurav Saigal
gaurav.saigal@hindustantimes.
LUCKNOW: Manoj and Alka Rastogi call it god's grace.
Their daughter Raashi who is apparently lightest baby born in India was declared healthy and normal by the doctors. Her birth weight was 620-grams!
"Raashi became severely ill a week after the birth and for over three months she remained at hospital. God helped us save her," said Alka as she cuddles Raashi in her lap.
"The baby with lowest birth weight in India has been reported from Jaipur in July 2009 where Suryansh was born 682-gms. Raashi was born 620-gms that makes her lightest baby born in India," says Dr MU Hasan, the neonetologist who gave treatment to Raashi.
The world record for lowest birth weight is with Rumaisa Rahman, born 563-gms in Chicago in 2004 to a couple of Indian origin. Rumaisa's weight went to as low as 244-gms after birth making her the world's lightest baby.
During treatment doctors told us Raashi was one of the lightest born babies in the world. Though this was a record of sorts but we were worried for her, said Manoj who spent sleepless nights in hospital.
Raashi was incidentally third of the triplet born with 28-week prematurity on April 30 at Sahara hospital but on fifth day of life, her weight reduced to 596-gms. She was then kept under incubator care with ventilator support and even blood transfusion had to be given.
"Being premature the challenge before us was to give her environment that was similar to the mother's womb. This was required to help her attain the natural weight and height children have at the time of birth," said Dr Hasan.
"Triplets were a surprise for us since the first ultrasound showed only one child. The number increased to two in the third ultrasound and then gradually to three in the fifth ultrasound," said Alka, who feels her family is complete with Raashi and a son Aru (8) who goes to study in first standard.
Alka's case was considered special and doctors allowed Manoj to be inside the operating theatre for a few minutes during the delivery. "I was very much worried. For Alka and all my three children and wanted they remain safe," said Manoj who runs a jewelers business.
I still have a picture of Raashi while she was put on ventilator. Her size was that of a little bird then, said Alka.
Raashi is 4 months old and weighs 3-kilogram. Now the family is waiting for Raashi's first birthday.
gaurav.saigal@hindustantimes.
LUCKNOW: Manoj and Alka Rastogi call it god's grace.
Their daughter Raashi who is apparently lightest baby born in India was declared healthy and normal by the doctors. Her birth weight was 620-grams!
"Raashi became severely ill a week after the birth and for over three months she remained at hospital. God helped us save her," said Alka as she cuddles Raashi in her lap.
"The baby with lowest birth weight in India has been reported from Jaipur in July 2009 where Suryansh was born 682-gms. Raashi was born 620-gms that makes her lightest baby born in India," says Dr MU Hasan, the neonetologist who gave treatment to Raashi.
The world record for lowest birth weight is with Rumaisa Rahman, born 563-gms in Chicago in 2004 to a couple of Indian origin. Rumaisa's weight went to as low as 244-gms after birth making her the world's lightest baby.
During treatment doctors told us Raashi was one of the lightest born babies in the world. Though this was a record of sorts but we were worried for her, said Manoj who spent sleepless nights in hospital.
Raashi was incidentally third of the triplet born with 28-week prematurity on April 30 at Sahara hospital but on fifth day of life, her weight reduced to 596-gms. She was then kept under incubator care with ventilator support and even blood transfusion had to be given.
"Being premature the challenge before us was to give her environment that was similar to the mother's womb. This was required to help her attain the natural weight and height children have at the time of birth," said Dr Hasan.
"Triplets were a surprise for us since the first ultrasound showed only one child. The number increased to two in the third ultrasound and then gradually to three in the fifth ultrasound," said Alka, who feels her family is complete with Raashi and a son Aru (8) who goes to study in first standard.
Alka's case was considered special and doctors allowed Manoj to be inside the operating theatre for a few minutes during the delivery. "I was very much worried. For Alka and all my three children and wanted they remain safe," said Manoj who runs a jewelers business.
I still have a picture of Raashi while she was put on ventilator. Her size was that of a little bird then, said Alka.
Raashi is 4 months old and weighs 3-kilogram. Now the family is waiting for Raashi's first birthday.
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