Word: indianized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...claims." Among them is Margaret Harbottle, one of the ubiquitous breed of freeloaders who roam the world as travel writers, and a toadish old sultan called Buffles, who keeps the past alive with elaborate polo parties. The village itself is a cultural stockpot of Chinese secret societies, Communist cells, Indian sports clubs and groups calling themselves the South Malaysian Pineapple Growers' Association, the Muslim League, the Legion of Mary and the Methodist Ramblers...
...kind of Sikhism preached by Bhajan, 48, an Indian born in what is now Pakistan, is far different from that practiced by 10 million Indians. Sikhism, a blend of reformed Hinduism and Islam, is practical-minded, allows democratic election of its priests, and abhors personality cults. Bhajan's powerful personality is central to his sect, and ambition has driven him far since his days as an unknown customs officer at the Delhi airport...
...Durrell is an endlessly inventive entertainer to bring along on a trip. Among his companions: Deeds, a former Indian army officer and Desert Rat, who speaks a jargon of 1940 Cairo; and the Anglican bishop, who has developed Doubts-"an evident Pauline-type neurosis which is almost endemic in the Church of England, and usually comes from reading Lady Chatterley's Lover in paperback." There is also the insufferable Bed-does, a cashiered prep school teacher obscurely on the lam, who mutters cracks about Alcibiades being a queer. A French couple reminds Durrell of "very cheap microscopes...
Coke officials have no objection to turning majority ownership of their Indian subsidiary over to Indians. But they insist that Coke must retain firm control of the quality of drink produced and, above all, the syrup-making secrets. The original Coke formula, so goes company gossip, is kept in a vault in a Georgia bank and is known to no more than ten people in the world. The formula contains an ingredient called 7X, which no one has managed to duplicate. The Indian government's view is that the 1973 law obliges all foreign-owned companies-European as well...
Coke does not stand to lose a lot even if it is kicked out of India. Coke production in India has almost stopped anyway because the government has held up renewal of the company's license to import ingredients for the drink. Indian sales accounted for only one-fifth of 1% of the company's $3.1 billion worldwide revenues last year. Just in case Coke does leave, Indian researchers have come up with a substitute that they hope will be commercially exploited, keep bottling plants running and employment up. But the copied Coke may not work. India...