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...Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, the Columbia-educated Minister for Law in Nehru's cabinet, is an "untouchable," and heads the largest group of India's 60 million untouchables, the sub-basement of the towering Hindu caste system. In New Delhi last week, testy little Dr. Ambedkar strode on to the floor of Parliament, and demanded the privilege of explaining to the House why he was quitting. When he was refused by the Deputy Speaker, he angrily stalked out and gave his statement to the press...
...Products of Peace. Apart from Russia's Propagandist Ilya Ehrenburg, the Class A guests were mostly from the wobbly-neutral Asian states: India sent 14 men, headed by one Pandit Sundarlal and including Nehru's lackluster brother-in-law, Huthi Singh; Indonesia sent three delegates, Burma seven...
...Connecticut. Left-wing Democrats have long argued that U.S.-Indian relations suffer because the U.S. does not show India its liberal face. If there is any merit in this argument, Liberal Bowles should be able to improve matters. The chief obstacle to U.S.-Indian friendship is Prime Minister Nehru's attitude of publicly distrusting the motives of all governments except his own. Neither Bowles nor any other U.S. ambassador could be expected to fix that...
Last week Tandon resigned as party president, explaining lamely that "Nehru is the symbol of our nation . . . I see no other way out." Then the All-India Congress Committee offered Nehru the scepter. At first he demurred, deeming it not proper for the Prime Minister to also wield the power of party president. Eventually, he permitted himself to be persuaded. Said he: "One should not be bashful . . . I cannot be a coward...
Next: 1) an open convention, on Oct. 118, of the entire All-India Congress Party-at Nehru's demand-to ratify his election to party chief; 2) a battle to the finish with Tandon, who still has a grip on the party machine, is no man to quit without a fight...