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...Congress Party's choice of Husain, who is currently India's Vice President, was noteworthy because he would be the first Moslem ever to hold the post in a country that is 84% Hindu. As for the opposition, their aim was to give the government of Indira Gandhi, which is already reeling from a series of defeats, another serious jolt...
Ever since the elections in February, when the Congress Party lost 96 seats in the Lower House of Parliament, the opposition has been maneuvering to overcome the government's tenuous 17 vote majority. It has relentlessly picked at Indira, accused her of using official gifts from visiting heads of state for her own enjoyment and of heartlessly denying permission to Svetlana Stalina to stay in India. If it can show strength in the contest for the presidency, which will be decided by an electoral college of state and national legislators on May 6, the opposition might lure more Congress...
...faces and names of the new ministers told a good deal about the course that Indira's new government would try to steer...
...terrifying task: keeping India's 500 million people from slipping into starvation if this year's crops fall below expectations-as they well may. -1ndia could go a long way toward closing its $1 billion a year trade gap if only it attracted more tourists. Indira selected an interesting man from an interesting state for the job. New Tourism Minister Karan Singh, 36, is the Maharajah of Kashmir and, as such, is the first Indian prince ever to serve in a Cabinet. His talents as a Sanskrit scholar, poet and pianist attracted Indira's attention...
...Phone Call. Soon after Svetlana had performed the Hindu rites for her husband, she met Indira Gandhi at a reception and took the opportunity to ask for asylum. She was rebuffed by Mrs. Gandhi, who told her that she was worried about "international complications." When she came to the U.S. embassy to seek asylum two weeks ago, the Americans had the same concern...