Word: hossain
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...With the exception of modern science, India has little to learn from the West," declared Syud Hossain, Indian lecturer, publicist, and diplomat, in a recent interview with a CRIMSON reporter. Mr. Hossain, who is in this country on his second American lecture tour, is one of India's most distinguished authorities on international relations...
...like Lloyd George, Clemencean, and the Kaiser cannot get along without wars any more than a hen can get along without laying eggs," Syud Hossain, Indian journalist and descendant of the prophet Mohammed, told the Liberal Club yesterday in his speech on "Eastern and Western Ideals." "The war-maker cannot make peace...
...Hossain attacked the value of force as a remedy for anything, thus reversing the teachings of his great ancestor. "What good did the slaughter of ten million youths do in the war?" he asked. "Once we admit the validity of force, we must have hatred, international exclusions, and quarrels, and we must be prepared for the perpetuation of these international hatreds...
...Hossain belongs to an aristocratic Indian family whose Persian ancestors settled in India in the reign of the Emperor Jehangu. As a journalist, a member of the British civil service, and an orator of international reputation, he has had a personal contact with the foremost men and movements of his time...
Beginning his career in the British civil service, where his father held a high position for a long time, Mr. Hossain later had several years of journalistic experience in England, where he was a frequent contributor to Foreign Affairs, the Contemporary Review and other magazines. He then went to India and became editor-in-chief of the Bombay Independent...