Born in Angoul me (France), Claude Arpi has been an enthusiastic student of the history of Tibet, China and the Indian subcontinent for the past thirty five years.After graduating from Bordeaux University in 1974, he decided to settle in India where he continues to stay with his wife Abha and daughter Smiti.He is the author of Tibet, le pays sacrifi (2000), La politique fran aise de Nehru: 1947-1954 (2001), Cachemire, le paradis perdu (2004) and Born in Sin: the Panchsheel Agreement (2004) and India and Her Neighbourhood (2005) and Tibet: The Lost Frontier (2008) and Dharamsala and Beijing: th...