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Plush-plump, moon-placid Her Highness the Maharani of Dhrangadhra granted recently her first interview to the Occidental press. As chief of the Maharajah's six wives, she received a female U. S. newsgatherer in seclusion,* behind the curtains or purdah of the royal harem. The Maharani said: "The women of Dhrangadhra are opposed to polygamy. It makes us unhappy and our husbands cannot be happy either because they are mixed up in our quarrels. Neither do we like to have our men go to England to the universities. It makes them dissatisfied with us. They...
...first two of these plays, "The Farewell Curse" and "The Maharani of Arakan", were written by Rabindranath Tagore, while "Savitri" or "Love Conquers Death", the third playlet, is a lyrical drama by K. N. Das Gupta and adapted from the Hindu epic "The Mahabharata". These three plays combine into one program, the tragedy, comedy, epic, and idealism...
...King of Madra. Philip Wardner '24 Sheela. Queen of Madra. Miss Gertude Hoffman Savitri. Princess of Madra. Miss Agnes James Meira. Her Friend. Miss Gardner Sabjavan, Prince of Salva. F. DeW. Pingree '24 Narad. the Hermit. R. Des. Childs '24 Vams, King of Death. W. C. Jackson 1G. "The Maharani of Arakan" Amina, Miss Dorothy Rohoneium, Miss Agues James Dalia, J.J. Collier '24 Tung Loo, W.C. Jackson IG. Rahmat Sheikh, r. DeS. Childa...
...plays were written by Sir Rabindranath Tagore, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1918, an award made but twice to English speaking men. "The Farewell Curse" is a poetic playlet of love and duty, which endeavors to develop the idea that learning without love is incomplete. "The Maharani of Arakan" is a romantic comedy, and to those who see below the surface of the allegory there is the lesson of the endeavor of Englishmen and Hindus toward reconciliation...