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Son of India (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). Ramon Novarro, dressed in a turban and sitting on top of an elephant, does not look in the least like Mahatma Gandhi nor any other East Indian. He does, however, look enough like the late Rudolph Valentino to inspire audience reactions of the Valentino...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Aug. 3, 1931 | 8/3/1931 | See Source »

Suspecting a religious feud between Sikhs (dissenters from Brahmanic Hinduism) and Hindus (Sant Ram Pande was of the Brahman caste), police combed East Indian colonies up and down the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys. The day following the discovery of the body, three Sikhs were found hiding in a barn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Near Rio Vista | 3/23/1931 | See Source »

Theosophy theoretically has no dogmas, is defined by Mrs. Besant as "the body of truths which form the basis of all religions and which can not be claimed as the exclusive possession of any." It has three Objects: "1) To form a nucleus of the universal brotherhood of humanity without...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Atheism to Theosophy* | 2/9/1931 | See Source »

"Do not be surprised," smiled Brahman Moonje at flabbergasted correspondents who know that Brahmans have been for centuries to Untouchables as white men to black, only more so. "The caste system is now rapidly breaking down. In the last three months there have been in Bombay more than 1,000...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Indian Conference: Act II | 12/1/1930 | See Source »

At London, the probated will of a Mr. Doherty, Irishman who lived and died in Lagos, West Africa, revealed that he had made his 16 Negro wives, his 50 half-caste children beneficiaries of a $3,000,000 estate. Besides a money legacy, each wife received a house of her...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Irishman | 10/27/1930 | See Source »

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