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...PRAJA SOCIALIST PARTY, with 18 seats in the Lok Sabha, represents the non-Communist left and is the political home for most of India's intellectuals. It has provided most of the debating muscle against the government in Parliament, but Congress has lifted most of the P.S.P.'s ideas, sharply reducing its influence...
...treaty with Nepal, is offering economic aid to the Himalayan kingdoms of Sikkim and Bhutan. The significance of the Chinese pincers movement finally occurred even to Menon. "A stab in the back," he com plained last month. "When did you realize this?" gibed Election Rival J. B. Kripalani in Parliament. "The day before yesterday?" But Menon still urged caution against "adventurism," said that the Chinese Communists should withdraw from Indian territory "in the interests of peace and socialism...
...curious stance for a vain Defense Minister. But Menon's critics counter that defending Indian territory against further Red conquests need not lead to war. Trouble is that Menon has neglected to build up India's border defenses. While he and Nehru refuse to give details to Parliament, on the ground that such information would be useful to the Chinese, one fact is clear: north India's population centers are far closer to the frontier than Red China's big cities, but the Chinese have built more roads to the Himalayan passes than the Indians. Most...
Nevertheless, Verwoerd last week announced "self-government" next year for the biggest Bantustan, the sprawling (16,500 sq. mi.), isolated Transkei, on the southeast coast, traditional homeland of the 2,000,000 Xhosa people. "The Transkei," Verwoerd declared, "will have a wholly black Parliament and Cabinet. The white inhabitants will have no political rights there." But the government would still retain control over the Transkei's foreign affairs, defense, and justice. Many of the Xhosa themselves seemed happy enough; being largely illiterate, they were hardly aware of what the plan was all about. The protests will come from...
...drive to bring back Quadros centers in the Popular Movement for Jânio Quadros. a Citizens-for-Eisenhower-type outfit now tuning up for the October congressional elections. The movement is working to get Quadros nominated for Parliament in every one of Brazil's 21 states, and to push a full slate of pro-Quadros candidates. The hope is to win a parliamentary majority and thus sweep their hero into the prime ministership (which, in the hands of a strong-willed man with a fresh mandate, could be a powerful office...