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Alamadi's untouchables are treated first, caste Hindus second. Last Sunday, a 35-year-old mason named Sriramulu showed a foul-looking ulcer on his ankle, explained: "First there was an abscess. When it became very painful, I cut it with a penknife. This did not cure it. The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Village Clinic | 8/6/1951 | See Source »

While visiting in Toronto, Sir Shane Leslie, cousin of Winston Churchill, dropped a genealogical footnote: "Six generations ago one of our ancestors, a Captain Wilcox, while riding home from the American Revolutionary War, met and later married a beautiful Indian half-caste. I believe that should make Mr. Churchill and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 4, 1951 | 6/4/1951 | See Source »

Caste System. Near San Antonio, junior officers of Brooks Air Force Base revolted against extensive ceremonies accorded to Very Important Persons, set up their own Non Important People Club.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jun. 4, 1951 | 6/4/1951 | See Source »

He shares all the Socialist's emotional tenets about the capitalist order. In consequence, he has the Socialist's undisguised contempt for capitalism, reinforced by the aristocratic Brahman's contempt for the bania (shopkeeper) caste. He speaks of the "bania civilization of the capitalist West," of the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IDEAS: Pandit's Mind | 5/7/1951 | See Source »

On the other side of the discussion, Dr. Vincent A. McCrossen, professor of philology at Boston College, said that such an argument against federal aid was totalitarian, and that state support of public schools alone violates the Catholic's individual rights and would set up an "oriental caste system."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Oxnam Opposes Public Aid For Parochial Institutions | 3/17/1951 | See Source »

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