Word: rustomji
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Watch Against Evil. Ironically, it is the dewan sent in from India who leads the battle against "evil outside influences." The present dewan, buoyant N. K. Rustomji, spent 18 years in Britain, but has become so attached to his work that he walks around Sikkimese style in a gleaming, embroidered bakkhu with a Great Dane said by the Sikkimese to be a reincarnation of Albert Einstein. The dewan considers his main task to be "the Sikkimization" of Sikkim-the attempt to preserve Sikkim's culture and identity from too much Tibetan or Chinese influence. The Indians are also pushing...
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