Word: lakshmi
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...attacks the "socialism" of Nehru's Congress Party and calls for the kind of individualism sought in the U.S. by Dwight Eisenhower. The party's venerable founder is Chakravatri Rajagopalachari, first native-born Governor General of India, who lyrically describes the maharani as "a combination of Sita, Lakshmi and the Rani of Jhansi...
...Sita, wife of Rama, was kidnaped by Ravana, but later proved by a trial by fire that she was still virtuous. Lakshmi was the consort of Vishnu and the goddess of wealth and luck. The Rani of Jhansi fought the British in the 1857 Indian mutiny, was killed in battle...
...Indian Parliament last week, Mrs. Lakshmi Menon, Deputy Minister for External Affairs, explained that though the Nehru government "continues to be of the opinion that China should be properly represented in the U.N.," it "has not taken any initiative in this matter this year." Translation: after Red China's seizure of Tibet and persistent violations of India's northern borders, Peking can just go find some other sponsor...
...presidential Columbine. He was Nepal's King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva. 39, a sensitive poet by inclination, a statesman by necessity. He is absolute ruler of a tiny kingdom in the high Himalayas, wedged between populous India and Chinese-controlled Tibet. Accompanied by handsome Queen Ratna Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah, in blue sari and mink coat. King Mahendra moved stiffly through welcoming pomp, kept silent (though he speaks fluent English) during the limousine drive downtown with President Eisenhower...
After 40 hours of bitter debate, the new bill passed the House unanimously. "What we now have." said Nehru's own parliamentary secretary, Mrs. Lakshmi N. Menon, speaking as a woman, "is a possibility of freedom...