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...Pope John XXIII. Thence via Turkey, Pakistan and Soviet-influenced Afghanistan (see map) the President will fly into New Delhi for five days of talks with Nehru and his advisers, for the opening of the U.S. exhibit, and a "very major" foreign policy speech (also for some sightseeing, including Agra's matchless Taj Mahal...
...Foreign Minister Roberto Agra-monte: "You are not a revolutionary minister...
India, where U.S. tourists will find one of the world's oldest cultures and some of its most awesomely rugged scenery. Within reach of the big cities are such sights as the magnificent, white marble Taj Mahal at Agra, the ancient Holy City of Benares, Mt. Everest looming over the green tea gardens of Darjeeling. Off the beaten track are trips to the village of Molar Bund, 16 miles from New Delhi, which is entirely inhabited by snake charmers, and to the famed cave temples of Elephanta and Ajanta. For $1,500 per person, two-week tiger hunts...
Home to Home. From Agra to Zululand, guides and greeters are braced for the greatest overseas migration of Americans in peacetime history. Not counting the millions who will pour into Canada. Latin America and the Caribbean, more than 1,250,000 U.S. tourists will go abroad this year, spend a record $2 billion. By last week most ships and well-known overseas hotels were just about sold out for June, July and August; airline passengers had to take what they could...
...birth of Man Singh, a son of the proud Thakore clan in India's northern Agra district, a Brahman priest predicted that he would one day grow up to "become a terror to kings." But as a boy Man Singh was remarkable only for his mild and conscientious disposition. He took no part or interest in the traditional blood feuds between Brahman and Thakore that raged constantly in the Rajput countryside west of the Taj Mahal. He clothed himself in the handspun cloth of humility known as Khadi to show his allegiance to Gandhi, and in hawk-nosed, dignified...