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For there once was a Freshman, and he was blessed among Harvard Freshmen. He was descended from a Rebel General of the Revolution; he placed three initials before his surname, and Roman numerals behind it; money was no real thing to him, for it came he knew not whence, and...
In London last year at the Indian Round Table Conference, Dr. Ambdekar scornfully denied the Mahatma's claim that he (Gandhi) represented the Untouchables as well as the rest of India. When Mr. Gandhi announced his fast Dr. Ambdekar, addressing the advisory Indian Legislative Assembly, called it "a political stunt...
What agreement was reached in final frantic haste, His Majesty's Government and censors, left unclear last week, stressing instead the great fact that the agreement had satisfied Mahatma Gandhi. It was said that to the agreement proper His Majesty's Government appended "certain reservations"?and the Kingdom of...
The caste system has for centuries been a guarantee of the wisdom and culture of Hindu India of which the Brahmins are the inheritors and the teachers. Should castes be abolished the Brahmins would lose their economic and social protection and their traditions would be lost in the general pressure...
Probably Gandhi is right in fighting for the inclusion of India's sixty million "untouchables" in a general Hindu electorate, both provincial and central, but there seems to be danger in his policy as well. Although Gandhi wishes merely to resolve the intricate Hindu caste system into four basic castes...