The 21st century is witnessing a monumental ‘clash of civilisations’ on the high Himalayas between Bharat (the new India) and China, two of the oldest continuous civilisations the world has known, together representing over one third of all humanity. The outcome of this clash shall not only determine the future of a third civilisation, which is Tibetan, but shall also set the geostrategic discourse for the world at large, truly making it the ‘Asian Cent