Stand-off hurts Chinese national, who is wife of a Nalanda professor

PATNA: Yeen Ha, a Chinese national residing in Nalanda, has virtually been robbed of her sleep ever since she came to know about the death of 20 Indian soldiers, including five from Bihar, in the violent face-off with Chinese troops in Galwan Valley on June 15.
Yeen is pursuing her PhD in Pali language from Nava Nalanda Mahavihara, a deemed university under Union Ministry of Culture.Married to Dr Arun Kumar Yadav, an assistant professor of Pali at the same university, she says, “I am deeply hurt by the Galwan Valley incident. It’s India which spread the teachings of Buddha about peace and non-violence across the world. I will be happy if the conflict is resolved at the earliest and bond between the citizens of the two countries is strengthened.”
Referring to the recent conflict along the LAC, Yeen said, “It is like an altercation between parents and my in-laws.” Her husband, a native of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, said his wife wept inconsolably on the day the Indian Army personnel were killed along the LAC.
Yadav said he met Yeen while studying in North Eastern University, Shenyang, in 2011-12. Yeen was then pursuing business administration course in the same university. “We were in constant touch with each other even after I returned to India after completing my course,” he said over the phone.
As luck would have it, the two tied the nuptial knot in 2016 and were blessed with a son named ‘Maitreya’ (friendship). “In fact, my father was initially not ready for the marriage with any Indian national. But he relented when he came to know about our love. Thank God, since then I am happily living with the family,” she added.
Yeen hopes things would be set right with the passage of time. “The two nations often advocated peace and friendship. Both are powerful nations in Asian continent. Chinese give immense respect to Indians and vice versa,” she said, recalling profound love and blessing showered on her when she shifted to India from China.