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Diplomatic History Of India and China Relations

India gained its independence in 1947 and India wanted a new decolonized Asia. Three broad events influenced India’s China policy. In 1949, there was a revolution in China against the Nationalist Government led by Chiang Kaishek and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was formed, establishing the People’s Republic of China (PRC) led by Mao Tse Tung. The newly established PRC accepted the Leninist-Stalinist style of state administration and CCP immediately removed the buffer of Tibet which acted as a barrier India and China by forcefully annexing Tibet to China. In the early 1950’s, which was an era of decolonization and new countries emerged, India and China was to play an important role. Three broad  Difference of Opinion: Nehru’s idea was based on cooperation than containment. Vallabhbhai Patel was keen on a cautious approach. He had sensed that China’s moves needed to be carefully dealt with. He advocated for a military build-up for India and creation of roads near the ...

A Brief History of Japanese Manga

The history of Japanese Manga can be traced back to the 12th Century. The reading style of Manga is often right to left. I would however like to tell the story of Manga as we see today. The World War II had just ended and Japan was reeling under the shear burden of lifting a society that was economically, socially and mentally devastated. The insignificance of human life was clearly visible due to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was at this time that Osama Tezuka, who can be called as the Godfather of Modern Japanese Manga and Anime brought about 112 chapters of a powerful android created by the head of the Ministry of Science, Doctor Tenma. Dr. Tenma created Astro to replace his son Tobio, who died in a self-driving car accident. He built and adopted Astro in Tobio's memory and treated Astro as lovingly as if he was the real Tobio. This was the birth of the Anime “ Astro boy ”. This story has a connection with the Japanese people as most of the populatio...