Claude Arpi is French-born author, journalist, historian and

tibetologist Tibetology () refers to the study of things related to Tibet, including its history, religion, language, culture, politics and the collection of Tibetan articles of historical, cultural and religious significance. The last may mean a collection of ...

born in 1949 in Angoulême who lives in

Auroville Auroville (; City of Dawn) is an experimental township in Viluppuram district, mostly in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, with some parts in the Union Territory of Pondicherry in India. It was founded in 1968 by Mirra Alfassa (known as "the ...

, India. He is the author of several books including ''The Fate of Tibet: When Big Insects Eat Small Insects'', and several articles on

Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa, Taman ...

, China, India and Indo-French relations. Claude Arpi is the director of the Pavilion of Tibetan Culture at

. The

14th Dalai Lama The 14th Dalai Lama (spiritual name Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, known as Tenzin Gyatso (Tibetan: བསྟན་འཛིན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, Wylie: ''bsTan-'dzin rgya-mtsho''); né Lhamo Thondup), known as ...

inaugurated the Pavilion, with Claude Arpi in attendance, on 20 January 2009.

Bibliography

India–Tibet Relations (1947–1962) series: *''Tibet: When the Gods Spoke. India Tibet Relations (1947–1962), Part 3'', Vij Books, 2019. *''Will Tibet Ever Find Her Soul Again? India Tibet Relations (1947–1962), Part 2'', Vij Books, 2018. *''Tibet: The Last Months of a Free Nation. India Tibet Relations (1947–1962), Part 1'', Vij Books, 2017. Other: *''1962 and the McMahon Line Saga'', Lancer Publishers, 2013. *''India and her neighbourhood: a French observer's views'', Har-Anand Publications, 2005. *''Born in Sin : The Panchsheel Agreement, The Sacrifice of Tibet'', Mittal Publications, New Delhi, 2004. *''Cachemire, le paradis perdu'', Éditions Philippe Picquier, 2004 . *''Il y a 50 ans : Pondichéry'', Éditions Auroville Press, Auroville, 2004 *''Long and dark shall be the night : the Karma of Tibet'', Éditions Auroville Press, Auroville, 2002. *''La politique française de Nehru, La fin des comptoirs français en Inde (1947–1954)'', Éditions Auroville Press, Auroville, 2002 *''Tibet, le pays sacrifié'', préfacé par le Dalaï Lama, Calmann-Lévy, 2000. . *''The Fate of Tibet: When Big Insects Eat Small Insects,'' Har-Anand Publications, New Delhi, 1999.

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