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]
- ^ Sudha Ramachandran, China toys with India's border, 27 June 2008, "Claude Arpi, a French Tibetologist living in India"
- ^ Claude Arpi Archived 27 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Quotation: "Journaliste et historien, Claude Arpi vit en Inde depuis plus de 30 ans dans la cité internationale d'Auroville où il est directeur du Pavillon Tibétain."
- ^ India. "Claude Arpi". Blogger.com. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
- ^ The Fate of Tibet: When Big Insects Eat Small Insects Archived 7 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Book Review
- ^ Jaia Bharati (29 April 1954). "Claude Arpi". Jaia-bharati.org. Archived from the original on 27 June 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
- ^ Dalai Lama Blesses Auroville Tibetan Pavilion Archived 15 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Phayul.com, 20 January 2009.