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...Strong disruptive forces are at work," Jawaharlal Nehru told admiring throngs as he toured South India last week. "But India, from the Himalayas to Cape Comorin, is going to remain one solid, united entity in spite of everything and everybody." Among the forces Nehru had in mind were the forces of Babel, for India is a nation of 14 major tongues and hundreds of dialects. He hoped, by recognizing India's diversity, to unify...
Purpose of Nehru's speechmaking was to ask for calm and reasonable response to the implications of a report of his States Reorganization Commission, which has toiled for two years at redrawing India's map. The 29 states which now make up India are an administrative jumble whose boundaries bear little relation to the languages of their people or administrative needs of government. Some states have strong local governments, others are virtually run from New Delhi; some were shaped by the British, others by old princely fiefs and tribal conflicts...
Fissiparous Trend. Two years ago Nehru created the first language-based state, Andhra, under pressure from Telegu-speaking people of Madras, whose rioting was sparked by Communist agitators. The example of Andhra inspired language groups all over India to cultivate what Nehru branded as "fissiparous tendencies" and to demand their own states. The Babel-like hue and cry would have seemed ominous, indeed, but for a happy outcome in Andhra. There, in the first state election, with language no longer an issue, the Communists could no longer whip up hatreds, and were themselves soundly whipped. Thus encouraged, Nehru saw advantages...
...took months to analyze them. Last week, on orders from Nehru himself, a squad of policemen swept up to Dalmia's white-pillared house in New Delhi. Dalmia, clutching two small gold idols, was carted off to jail while the house resounded to the piercing wails of his wives. The charge against one of the world's richest men: embezzlement of $4,200,000-worth of government bonds from his own Bharat Insurance Co., keystone of his empire...
...quantity." But even he was staggered when the magistrate demanded $4,000,000 cash and $4,000,000 in sureties. Dalmia was released next day after putting up $3,000,000 himself, plus an other $1,000,000 in sureties offered by two relatives. As Dalmia went home, Premier Nehru held a press conference to discuss the progress of India's socialism. "The rich tend to fade out - a good thing," he remarked cheerily...