India has always been welcoming any people in distress and seeking a home away from home. Starting thousands of years. Be it the Jews , the Persians who had to run away from Islamic atrocities , the Tibetans from Chinese atrocities . Anyone and everyone gets an asylum in India .
The Persians arrived in 936AD or in 716AD .
The Cochin Jews arrived in India 2,500 years ago and settled down in Cochin, Kerala as traders. The Bene Israel arrived in the state of Maharashtra 2,100 years ago. The Baghdadi Jews arrived in the city Mumbai from Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan, and Arab countries about 250 years ago. The Bnei Menashe are Mizo and Kuki tribesmen in Manipur and Mizoram who claim descent from the tribe of Manasseh.
The Bene Ephraim (also called "Telugu Jews") are a small group who speak Telugu..
there are Sri Lankans, Nepalis, Burmese, Bangladeshis everyone finding shelter in India.
Destroying live and livelihood is easy but providing shelter to people who has no place to go or fear of getting killed is another thing. India will benefit from every community it welcomes. The next generation Persian Indians are contributing in business and entrepreneurship (TATA, Godrej, Wadia etc) , Tibetans are great artists and craftsman, Nepalis are known for their honesty and bravery etc.
Dalai lama is more than politics to ordinary Indian people. He is an avatar of god and India is lucky to have him for so long.
God give him a long life.
Military power and domination is a temporary thing. It runs in a cycle. Power comes and goes. Non of the great empires like the Romans, Napoleon, etc ever existed more than a few centuries. What stays are the spiritual empires. They stay for thousands of years. India understands its importance specially being the birthplace of several religions and beliefs.