The Dalai Lama turns a youthful 88 on 6 July. He has spent three-fourths of that storied life in India—arriving in exile here as a 23-year-old monk in March 1959. India has consistently treated him as a revered religious leader and an honoured guest. It also supported the large Tibetan community that followed him into exile, including the creation of self-contained Tibetan settlements across 12 Indian states