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Gouged Earth. Desai leaves behind him an India exhaustedly beginning its twelfth year of independence. For all of its troubles-poverty, illiteracy, disease, violence -much has been accomplished. Considering the handicaps of 14 major languages and some 800 dialects, and the world's second largest supply of people (387...
Westerners who have observed him in action admire his gift, so useful in party matters, for being able to make speeches that no one can quite remember. But when he speaks for the academy, the Kremlin itself finds it imperative to listen. To be the president of the academy-or...
"Actually, our choices balance each other quite well," said Sue. "Rajastan is part of the old prince-ruled India, and Madras was 'British India' and is more modern. In Rajastan, we lived with the Thakur of Bissau, a nobleman of old Jaipur state and a member of the Rajput warrior...
Double-Edged Sword. The "government sadhus," as old-line holy men already contemptuously call them, are expected to return to their own parts of the country equipped to combat such evils as the caste system, official corruption, adulteration of foodstuffs and the disuniting influence of local dialects. They will also...
No Buffalo. Some Indians of lesser status also disagree with the great architect. A public-opinion poll published by Punjab's leading English-language newspaper, the Tribune, favored postponement of the legislative building as an economy measure. (Retorted Le Corbusier: "What do grocers and peasants know of the work...