Word: singhs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Decision to Defect. Twice married and twice divorced during the days when she was the apple of her father's eye, Svetlana applied in the early 1960s to marry Brajesh Singh, an Indian Communist living in Moscow. She was refused permission, an act that she found "disgustful." Trained as a writer and English translator, Svetlana was also aware that she could never publish her autobiography-a Life-With-Father memoir that the Kremlin would not allow to be printed. When Singh fell seriously ill last year with a respiratory ailment, he and Svetlana were not allowed to return...
Only after Singh's death was Svetlana permitted to bring his ashes to his birthplace. There she made her decision to defect. "My husband has died in Moscow, and his death exactly made me absolutely intolerant to the things to which I was rather tolerant before," said Svetlana. "I can mention also the courts, the trial of [Underground Writers] Sinyavsky and Daniel, which produced a horrible impression on all the intellectuals in Russia and on me also, and I can say that I lost the hopes which I had before that we are going to become liberal somehow...
PREMINDRA SINGH London...
...along with the leaders of the Kremlin, who have taken a special interest in her since her father's death. They provided her with a flat in Moscow, a car and a dacha in the country. Then a year ago, Svetlana married her third husband, Indian Communist Brajesh Singh, whom she had met in Moscow. For unknown reasons, the Kremlin opposed the marriage but reluctantly allowed it to take place. After that, the Soviet government took away many of Svetlana's special privileges and had her closely watched. When Singh died last year at 59, the embittered Svetlana...
...year's crops fall below expectations-as they well may. -1ndia could go a long way toward closing its $1 billion a year trade gap if only it attracted more tourists. Indira selected an interesting man from an interesting state for the job. New Tourism Minister Karan Singh, 36, is the Maharajah of Kashmir and, as such, is the first Indian prince ever to serve in a Cabinet. His talents as a Sanskrit scholar, poet and pianist attracted Indira's attention. The question now is whether he can help India project an image that lures nore tourists...