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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...
...Hossain protested against the idea that British control is needed in India, either for the good of the people, or to preserve law and order. "Law and order"--he exclaimed, "that is merely a cloak for exploitation! Why should a country which has existed independently for thirty-eight centuries be unable to do without foreign interference...
...control of public opinion by England through propaganda and censorship, coupled with Western ignorance and indifference, has resulted in the common misconceptions about India, and usual failure to appreciate true values in Indian affairs, according to Mr. Hossain. "The average American's idea of India is a place where elephants roam about and fortune-tellers line the streets; just as his idea of a Turk is a person who is constantly either wallowing in polygamy, or cutting the throats of Christians...
...Separatist movement in India will go on; it may ebb or flow as the heavy hand of oppression comes down, but a movement of 300,000,000 people can never be extinguished." Mr. Hossain pointed to what has happened in Ireland. "There was a time when England might have quieted Ireland easily," he continued, "when a rational settlement would have been accepted. But a nation, irritated and embittered by centuries of misery and oppression, is not in a frame of mind to agree to a compromise, whether rational...
...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...