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Sikhism is the world's newest great religion; is, in many respects, the world's purest. Its locale is Northwestern India (Punjab, etc.) and its personnel, about 2,000,000-a sturdy, rugged, effectual type not found elsewhere in the Indian Empire...
Another observer, Mr. W. G. Tinckam Fernandez emphasizes the importance of the social upheaval. From Punjab to Ceylon, Gandhi has stirred up the Parlabs against the Brahmans. The traditional casts system, which has so long divided India into myriad factions, now seems on the point of breaking up. Out of a new unity may spring a new national feeling to threaten English political dominance as it has never been threatened by the combined attacks of native princes and the external pressure of France and Russia...
...Majestic (White Star) -Charles E. Mitchell, President of the National City Bank (Manhattan) ; Gen. Tasker H. Bliss; Prof. James T. Shotwell of Columbia; the Maharajah and Maharanee of Jind (Punjab, India) with H. H. the Lita Sahib, Princess Diamond and Princess Ruby...
...these new cotton territories face serious difficulties. In the upper African districts, irrigation is the problem. In Brazil, the cotton area is in the interior valleys where transportation is poor. In Argentina, the chief drawbacks are labor shortage, insect pests and high freight rates. Extensive areas in Sind and Punjab (India) will require irrigation before cotton can be grown there sucessfully...
Malhotra DesRaj '23, of Punjab, India, President of the Hindu Students Association, as the result of a recent lecture given before that body on Hindu Art, has collected from all parts of India specimens which he has placed on exhibition at a store at 1288 Massachusetts Avenue. Admission to the exhibition, which started last week and will continue all through the week, is free to the public...