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...spouted by a pedigreed and ambitious young Hindu politician who shares the surname of the world's foremost apostle of non-violence and who is descended from the Prime Minister who founded modern India as a secular state to serve the country's multiplicity of faiths. Since early March, Varun Gandhi, 29, has been the scandal of India's political class after he called for, among many things, the hands of Muslims to be cut off if they are raised against Hindus, their throats to be slashed, their population to be culled by strict birth control. His words triggered India...
...Varun Gandhi is the great-grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru, the country's first Prime Minister. His grandmother was Nehru's only child, Indira Gandhi, whose two sons, in turn, left legacies at odds with each other. The older son Rajiv, succeeded his mother as prime minister shortly after she was assassinated in 1984. Rajiv was later murdered in a 1994 terrorist bombing and his Italian-born widow, Sonia, now leads the ruling Congress Party. Rajiv's younger brother, Sanjay, however, had been their mother Indira's favorite and had been viewed as her heir apparent until his sudden death...
...Keziel Juneau and Sebastian Vidal, with No. 3 co-captain combination Kalfayan/Clayton beaten by the same score. Harvard secured a lone win, courtesy of the No. 2 duo of sophomore Aba Omodele-Lucien and freshman Davis Mangham; the pairing won 8-5 over counterparts Ilha Orre and Varun Pandit.With everything to play for in the singles, the Crimson rallied to swing the pendulum back in its favor. At No. 4, Mangham secured the equalizer with a 6-3, 6-1 win, while No. 1 Clayton defeated Juneau (6-3, 6-4) to help Harvard take the lead...
...Varun Akula ’08 and Michael J. Arth ’08 masterminded the Grille’s makeover, in the works since last fall. The two will share the profits with about eight employees...
...following morning, I found myself describing the premise for this column in the midst of a typical “I have too much to do” grievance. Varun, one of my ever-supportive roommates, tried to defuse my angst, commenting: “It’s okay man, no one’s going to read or care about blues anyway.” Ah, sweet relief...