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...Premier Zhou Enlai in New Delhi. He was very suspicious. One of his entourage came to Hyderabad House where I was staying in Delhi and told me, "If a lion remains in the mountain, he is a lion. If a lion goes down into the plains, he is a dog." He was warning me. Zhou promised that China's reforms in Tibet would be postponed for six years. And even after that, if people were not happy, they could be postponed further. I consulted the state oracles. Finally I decided. In an atmosphere full of suspicion, full of mistrust...
Troops manned sandbagged bunkers and cruised the streets in armored personnel carriers in the southern cities of Hyderabad and Karachi, where nearly 300 people died in ethnic strife in September. Elsewhere, police patrolled streets to keep order...
...murder spree seemed well planned. At 7:30 p.m. last Friday, bands of local Sindhis sped through the Pakistani city of Hyderabad and opened fire on crowded street markets, movie houses and bus stops. They even attacked a wedding party. The massacre claimed the lives of at least 160 Mohajirs, a people who immigrated to Pakistan after India was partitioned in 1947. Then came the revenge. In Karachi, 100 miles away, gangs of Mohajirs sprayed Sindhi neighborhoods with gunfire, killing about 50 people...
Pakistani troops quickly quelled the violence after moving into both cities, but the long-standing tensions between the groups remained high. The latest troubles began in July, when Sindhi terrorists demanding autonomy for the Sind province staged an unsuccessful assassination attempt against the Mohajir mayor of Hyderabad...
Cheering supporters lined the streets of Hyderabad, the state capital, as the popular star greeted his fans from the roof of a van that he has dubbed his "Chariot of Divine Enlightenment." Later he thanked Mrs. Gandhi "for seeing the light." Many of his admirers would like to see him run for Prime Minister against Mrs. Gandhi. After starring in more than 300 feature films during his 31-year career, he would have one important attribute: instant nationwide recognition...