Word: nehru
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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WHEN an Indian artist, full of patriotic feelings after China's attack on India, decided to help raise money for his country's National Defense Fund, he thought of painting a picture of Nehru. And to enhance its value, he resolved to paint it in his own blood...
Hiro Hingorani, who lives in Nehru's home town of Allahabad, sifted through hundreds of pictures of his hero, finally drew his inspiration from Boris Chaliapin's TIME cover (Dec. 14, 1959). Having first sketched an outline, Hingorani pricked a finger of his left hand and dipped his brush. After drawing out 30 cc. of his own blood, he decided that this method was too slow, went to his local blood bank, which obligingly drew off another 20 cc. of his blood. It was enough to finish the job, though he decided not to sap his strength further...
...queasy minutes getting used to the pachyderm pace. Though a certain tension had developed between Galbraith and his colleagues back home in Foggy Bottom, he declared himself "pleased, extremely pleased" with his tour of duty. India apparently was pleased too. In a rare break with protocol, Prime Minister Nehru publicly lauded Galbraith. "I am sorry he is going. He is a brilliant man and has helped India in many ways. We are thankful to him for all that he has done...
India already gets the largest single slice of U.S. aid-$775,100,000 in 1962 v. $403,900,000 for second-place Pakistan-and Nehru's socialist government has not been notably grateful. The Bokaro plan calls for a $512 million first loan and another $379 million later; if granted, it would become the biggest single U.S. foreign aid project ever undertaken anywhere...
Though the election results left the Congress still with a solid majority of 369 of the Lok Sabha's 509 seats, Nehru was plainly concerned. The Congress ordered a complete party investigation into why its candidates had fared so badly at the polls...