Word: delhi
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According to Kerr, a former tour golfer. Rajah has been his livelihood since 1956 when on a tour of New Delhi a boy gave him the bird. And since then, Kerr added. Rajah has been the source of good luck and inspiration for thousands of athletes, students, entertainers and even children in hospitals...
...rainfall began soaking much of the country. As new seeds have been planted, optimism has flowered. But Australian farmers estimate it could take seven years to undo the damage. In drought-ravaged areas around the world, such problems would seem like blessings. -By Pico Iyer. Reported by Dean Brelis/New Delhi and Gavin Scott/Rio de Janeiro, with other bureaus
Such talk does not up set the slender (5 ft. 4 in., 99 lbs.) Maneka. Says she: "In India, women get into politics because of some man. I learned a lot from Sanjay." When TIME New Delhi Bureau Chief Dean Brelis asked her last week what she had learned from her mother-in-law, Maneka shot back, "What not to do." Maneka reports having her telephone tapped, her mail opened and her followers harassed. Says Maneka of the Prime Minister: "She treats India like her personal toy, pulling off its arms and its legs. As her party grows weaker...
...Delhi, a stately capital even under normal circumstances, sparkled for the occasion. Signposts and road markers had been freshly whitewashed, silken banners fluttered along the main thoroughfares, and garlands of spring flowers and marigolds hung from the brick walls leading to the international conference center of Vigyan Bhavan. The elaborate preparations signaled the arrival of delegates from 101 countries, including 60 national leaders ranging from Argentina's President Reynaldo Bignone to Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Robert Mugabe. They had come to India for the first summit meeting since 1979 of nations belonging to the nonaligned movement...
Unlike earlier gatherings, which often resounded with anti-U.S. declarations that made a mockery of the movement's name, the New Delhi summit marked a return to moderation. The main reason was the influence of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi who, as the summit's host, automatically assumed the leadership from Cuban President Fidel Castro. At the last summit meeting, which took place in Havana, Castro tried, but failed, to have the conference formally recognize the Soviet Union as the natural ally of the nonaligned. In contrast, last week's meeting returned to the principle established...