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Nothing fascinates an Indian politician like trying to guess who will succeed Pandit Nehru, now 71, and the only Premier the country ever had. The name most mentioned lately has been Morarji Desai, 64, who is India's able Finance Minister, leading prohibitionist and all-round ascetic (he eats no meat, fasts 36 hours a week, once gave up sex for 20 years). Last week Nehru clipped Desai's career back so far that the guessing game was wide open again...
...moderates (he dismisses Marxism as "a bunch of misguided theories"), and as deputy leader he would have been clearly in line for the top job. But Defense Minister Krishna Menon rallied the leftists behind gregarious Railway Minister Jagjivan Ram, 53, the only Untouchable in the Cabinet and a longtime Nehru disciple...
After dithering for a month, Nehru decided last week to call off the contest. He demanded and got a resolution from the party leaving the appointment up to him. Then he revealed that he would create two deputy leaderships-and probably fill them with unambitious men. "I am in good sound health," Nehru reportedly told a party meeting. "Let's be decent about it. I do not want to think of the day when I am no more on the scene. The idea is embarrassing...
...Kashmir and cut the electric supply to Srinagar palace. Sir Hari promptly fled to Jammu, taking with him an 85-vehicle convoy loaded with his possessions, including polo ponies, and necklaces from the temple gods. He also took along most of his own army, while unabashedly appealing to Nehru to come to the aid of the Kashmiri people. In return he offered to sign an instrument of accession by which Jammu and Kashmir became part of India. Nehru, who nourishes a sentimental attachment for Kashmir because his forbears come from there, called it a deal, sent in the Indian army...
...Woman Palace. In foreign relations. Ayub has striven earnestly to improve relations with India, talking a suspicious Nehru into meeting him at the bargaining table. If they could not get around to settling their difficulties in Kashmir, they agreed to divide the waters of the Indus River equitably. Some border tensions have eased, and trade between the two bad neighbors has increased. But despite its huge population (with 93.8 million people, it is the biggest Moslem nation in the world), Pakistan has had surprisingly little impact on world councils. Setting out to make Pakistan's influence felt more. Ayub...