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...equally stressed in Ananda Marga. Thus it is able to attract a diverse group of people. For instance, Dadaji, the first Avadhuta to visit Boston, was a spiritual person from childhood-he began meditating at the age of six. But two other teachers who are now in the U.S., Acharya Raghaw Prasad and Acharya Yatiishvaranda Avadhuta, were much more socially oriented...
Indian Astrologer Acharya Keshav Dev predicts that Feb. 3 will be the beginning of an East-West nuclear test competition that should lead to war by 1970. The astrologers of Nepal foresee more immediate consequences. Mani Prasad Ti-wari predicts political changes in China, possibly a revolt in Nepal, natural disasters in Russia, and "civil disturbances" somewhere southwest of Washington, D.C. Nepalese Field Marshal Kaiser Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, an amateur astrologer, expects at least an earthquake near by, and foresees another disturbing possibility: "I would not be surprised if this heralds the coming of a new age in which...
...left-wing Indian intellectuals who might harass (and bore) Nehru far more if it were not for Menon's position close to the Prime Minister. Involved in a close race in the last general election in 1957, Menon expects another tight contest against the widely respected coalition candidate, Acharya J. B. Kripalani next February. The "conquest" of Goa probably gives Menon the edge he needs to carry his North Bombay constituency handily...
Recalling that Menon had described the latest border violations as a "stab in the back," Mehta demanded: "When did you realize this? Did you realize it only the day before yesterday? If you realized it earlier, why didn't you make it known to the country?" Socialist Acharya Kripalani joined the broadside, charged that India's border forces were under "absolute orders" from Menon not to attempt to stop any Red Chinese border incursions...
...awash with books, fierce Indian masks, and a bicycle parked in the bathtub, an exuberant American professor-journalist had not yet finished with the day before. At the University of Delhi he had needled his Indian students ("Press me hard!"). At dinner he had depth-probed uncomfortable Socialist Leader Acharya Kripalani. Now, stabbing an ancient Hermes portable, he batted out another column for 15 newspapers from Bombay to Boston. Burbled he: "It's sheer expressionism. Sheer...