I could not agree more with what Mr. Jagannathan has stated in this article.  What he said is all facts known to the Indian leaders and to the whole world.  We know what India and China want in that part of the world.  However, it is also a fact that it is not going to be easy to derail China from its long range objective and that is to establish its hegemony in Asia.  This is the reason China has been encircling India by using its proxies and contacts with the neighboring countries - Pakistan in particular.  China wants to be an Asian superpower to start with and eventually to replace the USA in the eyes of the whole world as the superpower.  Mr. Jagannathan's recommendations as to how to go around this issue are worthy to be followed, even though they are long range objectives.  Since India is not going to give in easily and accede to Chinese guidelines and marching orders, India needs a long term security treaty to baffle Chinese short term military aggression, if any.  There are two ways to achieve that objective; one being to use India's Russian contacts to put pressure on the Chinese to vacate the Indian occupied territory, which may or may not be feasible in the short run, and secondly; to sign a long term security treaty with the United States or Russia which will make China think twice before invading India.