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...feathers and silver ankle bangles, listened to a dapper, cigar-smoking orator clad in a natty green bush jacket and gabardine trousers. "Adibasis I" he addressed them. "The most ancient aristocracy of India, the original settlers of this country, the most democratic element in the land are everywhere shouting Jai Jarkhand [Victory to Jungle land]." As the crowd heard their fellow tribesman, Oxford-educated Jaipal Singh, 46, mention Jarkhand, the province they wanted carved out for themselves in east central India, they roared in approval, "Jarkhand sadari [Separate Jarkhand]." A tribeswoman who works as a steel-mill laborer cried: "They...
...last week's annual get-together Jaipal Singh stayed two days watching his tribesmen dance and cheer for Jarkhand, then flew back to Delhi. As his private plane buzzed over the crowded conference site, the hopeful adibasis greeted it with a shout, "Jaipal Singh, Jai Jarkhand...
...would reach, the government signed a contract with the All India Railwaymen's Federation. It included a cost-of-living allowance pegged to rising prices. The government argued later that it could not keep the contract without contributing to the disastrous price spiral. The railway federation, dominated by Jai Prakash Narain's Socialist Party, screamed that it had been betrayed. In December its 350,000 members voted to strike on March...
...chairman announced that Article 11 was passed without opposition. The chamber came alive resounding with handclapping and shouts of "Mahatma Gandhi Ki Jai! (Victory to Mahatma Gandhi)." In 1931, Gandhi had said: "I would far rather that Hinduism died than that untouchability lived." Now, ten months after his death, Gandhi had won a victory he would have cherished as much as India's freedom...
...Madras City, Premier Ramaswami Reddiar gave him a garland of roses that almost smothered him. Half a million enthusiasts turned out to greet him. As their idol passed, standing in an open grey Buick touring car (hired from a local millionaire), Madrasis clapped wildly and yelled: "Jawaharlal Nehru ki jai!"-Victory to Jawaharlal Nehru. In response Nehru closed palms in front of his chest. This traditional Hindu namasthe (greeting) is as much a part of his public manner as was the V sign for Churchill...