Word: biharis
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...diplomatic conquests, Bangladesh was still coping with internal turmoil. In two Dacca suburbs bitter fighting broke out between Bengalis and members of the hated pro-Pakistan Bihari minority. The incident apparently began when some Pakistani soldiers, who had escaped capture by hiding among Bihari sympathizers since the surrender in December, began firing at refugees returning to claim their homes. Troops of the Bangladesh army were sent in to flush them out. In the fighting, at least 100 Bengali troops were reported killed or wounded, as well as an undisclosed number of civilians...
...Bihari continued in the practice assigned him, feeling confident in the stature of his teacher. Later, at the suggestion of an Avadhuta, he saw Baha, the Guru, while on a vacation journey. The sight of Baba mystified him at first-here was this apparently ordinary man, clad in simple white clothes, with short-cropped hair and eyeglasses, but dignified adults were breaking into tears and near-hysterics in his presence. But later Bihari began to feel the Guru's presence himself, and after receiving personal contact became devoted to him and Ananda Marga...
...Bihari has taken a week off from his official government work to speak with Americans about Ananda Marga and the solutions it offers tothe problems of the world. He is in Cambridge now, helping members of the local unit make contact with interested adults...
...Boston-Cambridge unit is one of the most active groups on the East Coast. Mr. Bihari's efforts to reach local adults bear witness to one of this unit's main weaknesses: its limited base of membership. Because it is composed almost entirely of students, the local group of Margiis has so far had a difficult time growing and establishing itself...
...Toronto, and, after long moments of suspense, he informed them that they ought to be married-as soon as possible. He married them yesterday, with the assistance of Ravenel's father, an Episcopal minister, in the Currier House courtyard in the presence of their families, Acharya Raghaw Prasad, Mr. Bihari, and Margiis from many units in this part of the country...