UPSC Mains 2021 GS4 Q3b — Philosophical quotes

"In 1958, there was armed uprising in Tibet against China's occupation. This was suppressed by the Chinese forces. Sensing that the situation had become worse, in 1959, the Dalai Lama crossed over into the Indian border and sought asylum which was granted. The Chinese government strongly protested against this. Over the last half century, a large number of Tibetans have also sought refuge in India and many other countries of the world. In India, particularly in Delhi, there are large settlements of Tibetan refugees. Dharmashala in Himachal Pradesh is perhaps the largest refuge settlement of Tib…"

"• 1. Mutual respect for each other's territorial integrity and sovereignty • 2. Mutual non-aggression • 3. Mutual non-interference in each other's internal affairs • 4. Equality and cooperation for mutual benefit • 5. Peaceful co-existence Meanwhile, Nehru took special efforts to project China and Chou En-lai at the Bandung Conference, held in April 1955. In 1959, the Dalai Lama fled Tibet along with thousands of refugees after a revolt by the Buddhists was crushed by the Chinese government. The Dalai Lama was given asylum in India, which made the Chinese unhappy. Soon after, in October 1959, …"

"Five principles of peaceful coexistence• (d) Dalai Lama iv. Led to the establishment of NAM• 3. Why did Nehru regard conduct of foreign relations as an essential indicator of independence? State any two reasons with examples to support your reading.• 4. "The conduct of foreign affairs is an outcome of a two-way interaction between domestic compulsions and prevailing international climate". Take one example from India's external relations in the 1960s to substantiate your answer.• 5. Identify any two aspects of India's foreign policy that you would like to retain and two that you would like to …"

"We use words like pen, rain or love Merry: But then why do we need definitions at all? • Lyngdoh Madam: We need a definition only when we come across a difficulty in the use of a word. We need a definition of rain only when we wish to distinguish it from, say, drizzle or cloudburst. The same is true for democracy. We need a clear definition only because people use it for different purposes, because very different kinds of governments call themselves democracy But we don't know if this is the best way of defining unless we think about it ourselves.…"

"2017. Countries including India feared that the "peace clause" would expire by Dec. 2017 and if a permanent solution is not reached by then, then their subsidy programme may be challenged by other WTO members. But India bargained hard in further negotiations and now the temporary peace clause has been replaced with an open-ended statement - "until a permanent solution to the issue of public stockholding and agricultural subsidies is arrived at, no member country can challenge other members for crossing the 10% subsidy cap". So now, there is no time limit within which we have to restrict our su…"