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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...called Communism "unscrupulous" and condemned its violent methods. He has firmly, even ruthlessly suppressed Communism inside India. But he objects more to Communist methods than to Communist ideas. Said he: the Indian Communists were "lunatics or utter idiots if they thought that throwing a bomb here or burning a tramcar there could influence millions of people." He admits a strong emotional attraction toward Communism and the Soviet Union. More in sorrow than in anger, he has spoken of the "excessive use of violence in normal times" in Russia, but he also holds that Soviet Russia's "success or failure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IDEAS: Pandit's Mind | 5/7/1951 | See Source »

...harder on his own Reds. Last week he summoned his countrymen to combat "Communist lawlessness." India's Reds, he said, were "lunatics or utter idiots" if they thought that "throwing a bomb here or burning a tramcar there could influence millions of people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Nowhere | 2/13/1950 | See Source »

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