Claude Arpi Explained

Claude Arpi is French-born author, journalist, and tibetologist^{[1] [2]} born in 1949 in Angoulême^[3] who lives in Auroville, India. He is the author of several books including The Fate of Tibet: When Big Insects Eat Small Insects,^[4] and several articles on Tibet, China, India and Indo-French relations.

Claude Arpi is the director of the Pavilion of Tibetan Culture at Auroville.^[5] The 14th Dalai Lama inaugurated the Pavilion, with Claude Arpi in attendance, on 20 January 2009.^[6]

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^[7]
• 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.

External links

• Website
• Homepage

Notes and References

1. Sudha Ramachandran, China toys with India's border, 27 June 2008, "Claude Arpi, a French Tibetologist living in India"
2. http://www.jaia-bharati.org/livres/claude-arpi.htm Claude Arpi
3. Web site: India . Claude Arpi . Blogger.com . 12 May 2011.
4. http://www.claudearpi.net/maintenance/uploaded_pics/FateofTibetSamphel.pdf The Fate of Tibet: When Big Insects Eat Small Insects
5. Web site: Jaia Bharati . Claude Arpi . Jaia-bharati.org . 29 April 1954 . 12 May 2011 . 27 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110627235958/http://www.jaia-bharati.org/livres/claude-arpi.htm . dead .
6. http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=23651&article=Dalai+Lama+Blesses+Auroville+Tibetan+Pavilion Dalai Lama Blesses Auroville Tibetan Pavilion
7. Web site: La politique française de Nehru . Jaia-bharati.org . 12 May 2011 . 20 August 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080820095828/http://www.jaia-bharati.org/livres/nehru-france/politiq-france.htm . dead .