Word: indianized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...great golden-studded white screen. Then came the inspection of the air-conditioned offices with their doors of teak, the elaborate servants' quarters, the great aluminum shade through which the sunlight filters into dappled patterns below. "I was enchanted.'' said the Prime Minister, and the Indian newspapers spoke glowingly of "a dreamlike, haunting beauty and an atmosphere of romance.'' With that, the new, $2,400,000 U.S. embassy in New Delhi was finally open to the public and ready for business...
...Stone (TIME Cover, March 31 ), designer of the American Pavilion at the Brussels Fair. The building was dubbed the Taj Maria* for Stone's wife ("Mr. Stone is the finest architect in the world," says she), and the embassy does capture much of the magnificence of an ancient Indian taj. As in the temples and palaces of old, most of the work was done by hand, each finished piece transported by Indian artisans from makeshift workshops on the grounds. Stone himself was awe-struck by the result. "Breathtaking," he would say to visitors. "Simply beautiful, simply beautiful...
...were its chief occupants, Ambassador and Mrs. Ellsworth Bunker. Bunker, a man of conservative tastes, complained about the lacy grille that covered the great expanse of glass, plaintively said. "I want to see the blue sky." Mrs. Bunker, who not long ago began promoting long-handled brooms for Indian sweepers-and thus closely resembled the character in The Ugly American called "the woman who unbent the backs of our people"-had even more serious things to grumble about...
...believe it?" said she. "They weren't even going to have chimneys for their stoves." Harriet Bunker's crusade cost an extra $250,000, probably delayed the completion of the building 200 days. But it was worth it. "This is a real landmark," said one Indian last week. He was talking not about the jewel-like chancery itself, but the motel-like adjoining servants' quarters, the like of which New Delhi has never seen...
...came Indian troops, and a dewan or Prime Minister furnished by India. When the Reds seized neighboring Tibet, India made Sikkim a protectorate, posted troops on the Tibetan border to prevent the smuggling of Communist propaganda in mule trains, required all visitors to Sikkim to give two weeks' notice before getting clearance to enter the country...