Search

This article offers observations on the political views of authors Salman Rushdie and V.S. Naipaul on the conflict between Hindus and Muslims in India. Rushdie claimed in a paper published in the periodical "The Washington Post" that Hindu fundamentalism is out to destroy that country's secular democracy. He further says that Naipaul had denounced Muslims of the country en masse and praised the nationalist movement. So he feels that Naipaul makes himself a fellow traveler of fascism and disgraces the Nobel award. Whereas Naipaul in his book about India and the Muslim world said that the British were able to conquer and rule India so easily only because the country and its Hindu religion and culture had been so thoroughly destroyed by the historic Muslim invaders.

Focuses on the conflict between India and Pakistan. Discussion on the possible consequences of Beijing's control of the Indian subcontinent and the Himalayas; Information that the Chinese Communists are certainly aware that contingency plans for these operations exist, and for that reason they will restrict their maneuvers to the controlled provocations, troop deployments, demands and threats that they have lately been using.

Presents news briefs on political and social issues from around the world as of October 1957. Support for a bill in the U.S. for gradual and automatic reduction of individual and corporate taxes over a five year period; Capacity of steel plants started by India; Attack of the local press against the Swiss paper company Papyrus for its announcement that it will not renew its contract to supply newsprint to Switzerland's two Communist papers.

Presents an account of the work of the Indian Society for the Defense of Freedom in Asia and the persecution which led to its dissolution. Publication of anti-Communist books and pamphlets; Participation in elections against Communist candidates; Launch of an attack by the Communist press against the society.

The article focuses on the current political developments around the world. Former U.S. President Gerald R. Ford has criticized the Administration of President Jimmy Carter for its economic policy and arms talks. Republicans in the U.S. House Budget Committee have unanimousiy accepted the proposal of Republican Jack Kemp for a 22 percent reduction in personal tax rates. A Czechoslovak lieutenant general has been demoted to the rank of private, forbidden to wear his military decorations because he complained about government policies. India would follow its foreign policy of non-alignment, said Prime Minister Morarji Desai.

The article comments on international, political developments as of August 1976. There will be opposition to proposals in several U.S. cities, which seek to make it illegal for city employees to live outside the city. It claims that the Soviet Union continues to strengthen its military presence in the Middle East. It contends that the people of Switzerland rejected a proposed interest-free loan to underdeveloped nations because the money would have been channeled through the United Nations. It implies that India would not use its planned second, nuclear processing plant for peaceful purposes. It criticizes the U.S. for neglecting to offer asylum and public assistance to Laotian refugees.

Covers a range of issues related to politics as of December 31, 1971. Breakdown of votes on the nomination of William Rehnquist as an Associate Justice in the U.S.; Russian bloc in UN General Assembly that voted against a resolution for ceasefire between India and Pakistan; Plan of China to build a port in Nouakchott, Mauritania.

The article presents information on the current political conditions around the world. The "National Law Journal," has reported that the legal bills of U.S. President Bill Clinton now exceed $8 million. It has been observed that social conservative leader Gary Bauer is running advertisements against partial-birth abortion in Santa Barbara, California where the issue divides the candidates in a special election for a House seat. The strongest-ever showing of the Bharatia Janata Party in the Indian elections demonstrated the power of Hindu nationalism in the country. A Johannesburg zoo held a barbecue to create an awareness of the importance of insects.

This article discusses the impact of multiculturalism on the identity of U.S. citizens. Multiculturalism in the U.S. means people celebrate their own cultures, values, world views and ways of life. When educators define culture and multiculturalism, then we can see the difference between a multiethnic and a multicultural society. The U.S. is compared to other multicultural states as the former Yugoslavia, the former Soviet Union or India. INSET: As others see us? by Joseph E. Fallon.

Focuses on political and social issues around the world. Proclamation against admission of Red China to the United Nations by the Committee of One Million; Request made by educator and psychologist Kenneth Clark to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to quit emphasizing school integration and concentrate instead on quality education for African American pupils; Reason behind the vindication of six sturdy citizens of Mamaroneck, New York; Illustration of the general difficulty of maintaining the guise of diplomatic relations with semi-civilized people in Ghana and Guinea; Reference to the meeting of India's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi with Prime Minister of Yugoslavia Marshal Tito and Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of United Arab Emirates.

In this article the authors comment on the visit to India by U.S. President George W. Bush in 2006. The trip is hailed as a diplomatic triumph. Bush agreed to a deal with Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh that would allow India to purchase nuclear reactor components from the United States. The writers are critical of detractors of the deal, who claimed that the United States cannot deny nuclear development to Iran and North Korea while allowing it in India.

The article relates the author's experience of traveling to Mount Everest in Katmandu, Nepal. The author mentions his experience of serving in India during World War II. He describes the hotels in Katmandu. He also describes the weather in Katmandu. He mentions his stay in the Everest View Hotel. He shares an alternative way of getting a view of Mount Everest. He describes the mountain as soon as he had a good view of it. He also shares his fascination of the first Mount Everest expedition that occurred in 1953.

The article presents the author's account of traveling to India. At the holy city of Pushkar in Rajasthan, India, the author met a Brahman on the banks of the river Pushkar, who asked him for some money in favor of his blessing with some holy prayers. Foreign tourists in India knows of charlatans like the Maharishi and the Bhagwan Rajneesh who made fortunes fleecing gullible Western devotees. The author sees the society as full of greed, pollution and racism.

Expresses opinion on the 1971 India-Pakistan conflict and its impact on the global equilibrium. Impact of the India-Pakistan war on China; Presence of Soviet operation in the war and its implication for the Soviet Indian Ocean strategy; Effect on the petroleum market.

Presents information on socio-political developments around the world. Willingness of U.S. politician Nelson A. Rockefeller to make public comment on the country's national and international affairs; Defeat of the Communists in elections held in Kerala, India, last week; Information on three new directives regulating the relations between French generals and the press; Arrest of twenty-seven Nigerians for the pursuit of sustenance, on charges of cannibalism, last week.

Presents news related to political developments around the world with an emphasis on political issues in the U.S. Remarks of Michigan Governor George Romney during his visit to seventeen cities to cover up his comments on the Vietnam War; Conflict between India and China over the Sikkim, India-Tibet, China border; Discussions among various National Associations in the U.S. including Students, University Professors, Student Personnel Administrators and Women Deans and Counselors to draw up a Students Bill of Rights.

Presents news briefs related to political development in the U.S. and around the world. Information that a nationwide poll conducted by Opinion Research Corp. shows the negative attitude of U.S. public towards compulsory union membership; Attitude of American Vietniks towards secretary-general of the United Nations U Thant's performance on the Vietnam war; Report that the helicopter served in Korea, served mostly in rescue work, and Korea was still the war of fixed-wing aviation; Comment on the election of a woman to the post of Prime Minister of India; Information that Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's level in Indian society sexual prejudice tend to disappear; Opinion that the Tricontinental Congress in Havana was one more Communist propaganda.

Focuses on various socio-political developments from the world. Reference to apartheid in South Africa as the worst situation in the world; Information on a week-long demonstration in New York City by Strike for Peace; Aid to India by Western nations against Chinese attack; Appeal by the Anti-Communist Feminine Movement of Venezuela to all Venezuelans to support the United States in its blockade against Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro; Decision of the United Nations General Assembly to close their ports to South African ships, boycott all South African goods and refuse landing facilities to South African aircraft to protest against her internal racial policies.

Focuses on the significance of propaganda policy of the U.S. Role of the U.S. Information Agency (USIS) in the propaganda; Statement that the job of USIA's job is to inform people about Communism; Discrepancy in views of the organization towards the U.S. and India; Statement that USIS does not even mention about communism in India; Analysis of the "American Reporter," the USIS's premier publication in India over the past three years; Revelation that the newspaper didn't print a single line about the Chinese communes, the mainland food shortages, or the failure of the "Great Leap Forward" program of communists; Claim that stories which hampered the Communist image were not published in the journal; Stories related to the Communist world that got prominent display in the journal during several years; Justification of USIS officers that they can not report on Tibet or famine conditions in Red China because of India's restrictions on propaganda against friendly countries; Comparison of Soviet propaganda publications with that of American propaganda publications.

Focuses on India's aggression against the Portuguese colony of Goa. Comment on the anti-West policies of Indian Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru; Comment that neutralists' professions of pacifism, non-violence, democracy, are merely psychological reflexes of their own defects in power, designed to paralyze the will of the West to employ its own power effectively; Information that Goa confirms the reigning American theory that people promote fruitful relations with the neutralists; Comment on the role of the United Nations in case of Goa; Opinion that many of the neutralist nations, like all the Communist nations, are becoming contemptuous of the U.S. and of the West.

The article mentions the violence resulting from a cartoon, published in a Danish newspaper, that was offensive to Muslims. The author says that Muslims are angry because the Muhammad caricature wounds their pride. How Muhammad can be depicted is mentioned, as well as the political aspects of wounded pride. The example is given of Muhammad Yaqoob Qureshi, a government official in Uttar Pradesh, India who called for the murder of Danish cartoonists.

The article presents news briefs related to world politics, with emphasis on political developments in the U.S. According to Congressional Budget Office, federal deficit this year will easily exceed $100 billion. The U.S. Senate votes to lift ban on abortions at military hospitals after House refused to do the same. Former press secretary Tony Blankley becomes editorial-page editor of the newspaper "Washington Times." India's president, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, on avoiding conflict with Pakistan over Kashmir, said that nuclear deterrents on both sides have helped avert a war.

The article describes the personality of Indira Gandhi which runs counter with his identity as a gentle and mystical Indian hero. It cites several of his activities which contradict his being a foe of violence and racism. It comments on the influence of the Indian government on the production of a film about Gandhi.

The article examines the effects of U.S. President Bill Clinton's scandals on his reception by the international community. The French press' response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rejection of Clinton's Middle East proposals has been analyzed. Netanyahu's rejection has revealed the inability of the U.S. to get itself listened to even by a close ally like France. It is viewed that Clinton's sex scandal has politically weakened him. Clinton's response to India's testing of nuclear weapons has been examined. Former U.S. President George Bush was criticized by President Clinton for being sluggish on the matter of human rights. There is discussion on sanctions against India.

Comments on the results of a survey of India's economy by business editor F. A. Aschinger. Increase in the influence of the Indian government in history since 1950; Level of U.S. foreign aid received by India during the period; Remarks on a political repeal of socialist trend in the country.

Presents news related to socio-political developments around the world with an emphasis on political issues in the U.S. Continuance of lectures by Angela Davis, a Communist psychology instructor at the University of California in Los Angeles, California, who is fired by Regents because of admitted party membership; Change of name of the Harrigan Street to Ho Chi Minh by the Communist-controlled municipal council in Calcutta, India; Announcement by peacenik David Dellinger to take three hundred New Leftists to Cuba to help chop sugar cane; Larger proportion of eligible males in the armed forces in Portugal in comparison with other countries; Initiation of operations of 37 mining companies in Rhodesia.

Presents information on political and economic conditions of various nations. Expectation that twelve former French colonies in Africa will vote against admission of Red China to the United Nations; List of presidential candidates chosen by various Republican delegates to Texas State Convention; Information on political candidate Teddy Kennedy's candidacy in Massachusetts; Decision of Australia to purchase new Soviet MIG fighter aircrafts to fight against Indonesian army; Information on debate in India, to get private-owned gold in the form of heavy gold jewelry.

Presents news briefs relating to various political developments in the world. Information on possible personnel changes in the U.S. State Department; Proposal to replace Republican Party National Chairman Thruston Morton by Republican National Committeeman from Illinois James Kemper; Information on Communists holding important positions in rebel Algerian government; Threat of attack on India by Communist China.