Word: jaipal
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...There will be trouble in the party if V.P. Singh is not elected prime minister," said Jaipal Reddy of Janata Dal, or People's Party, largest of the five parties in the National Front...
...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 are the people of the plains, and we are kings of the jungle...
...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...