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...interview, Singh smiles as he quotes Gandhi. "I do not hate man for his wrongdoings; I hate the wrongdoings," he says...
...read "A Passage to India" and "The Jewel in the Crown." You've seen the movie "Gandhi" twice. You have Indian tapestries on your walls, and your roommates complain about the pervasive scent of incense. You love samosas, lamb curry, and tandoori chicken. And now, you've finally decided that you'd better take some courses on India...
...president, Harvey Lichtenstein, is the movement's Sol Hurok. When Lichtenstein courageously produced Wilson's The Life and Times of Sigmund Freud in 1969, few thought Wilson's glacially paced musings would be the stuff of box-office success. But when Glass's opera about the early life of Gandhi, Satyagraha, unexpectedly sold out in the fall of 1981, it was time to think again...
WORLD NOTES INDIA THE SNAKE IN THE GARDEN THE GUNMAN IN THE BUSH FIRST FIRED AT 7 A.M., SHORTLY AFTER HIS TARGET, INDIAN PRIME MINISTER RAJIV GANDHI, ENTERED THE CORDONED-OFF GARDENS OF THE RAJ GHAT IN NEW DELHI. THE SHOT WAS BARELY NOTICED BY THOSE ATTENDING OUTDOOR PRAYER SERVICES COMMEMORATING THE BIRTH OF MOHANDAS GANDHI, INDIA'S SPIRITUAL LEADER. INDEED, THE PRIME MINISTER'S ELITE GUARD CONCLUDED THAT THE NOISE HAD MERELY BEEN THE BACKFIRE OF A PASSING MOTOR SCOOTER. BUT AT 8:05, WHEN...
...agitating for independence. While Singh is a Sikh who had shaved his beard and cut his hair to disguise his identity, authorities concluded that the crude assassination try was a lone terrorist act rather than part of an organized Sikh conspiracy. The day after the attempt on Rajiv Gandhi's life, Sikh radicals in Punjab shot and slightly wounded J.F. Ribeiro, director general of the state police force...