The Indian government makes a colossal effort at population control. Everywhere one sees billboards showing a happy Indian family of four- two parents, two children - even in the most remote villages....

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Right in the middle of Calcutta, Indians have left standing a gigantic memorial to Queen Victoria. It's the city's most important monument. Calcutta didn't exist before the...
A new political force celebrates its victory in local elections: Sena, an extreme right-wing movement serving purely local interests. It expresses native Bombay residents' desire to defend...
INTRO---- HI I’M CATIE WAYNE AND THIS IS ANIMALIST NEWS! CHILD OBESITY HAS FALLEN NEARLY FOURTEEN PERCENT IN THE PAST DECADE, BUT ARE CALICO CATS THE KEY TO A CURE? ONE OF THE MOST NOTORIOUSLY LAZY...
The muezzin's call, broadcast over a loudspeaker, summons the faithful to prayer. The Haji Ali mosque, on an island 500 yards from the shore, is cut off from land at high tide. This...
India is socialist in that the government tries to structure the economy, and capitalist in that businesses are allowed to develop freely within the government's framework. Are we badly...

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On this split, which occurred in 1966, I questioned Namboodiripad, prime minister of Kerala, and a Left Communist. "The split was caused by the issue of our internal policies. Some wanted to...

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Monday, April 9. We arrive in Trivandrum, capital of Kerala. We came back to mail, newspapers and problems. Our short spell in the world beyond time is over, and yet, in the middle of the city,...

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<BLAIR> YA SEE THIS LOVELY BLOODY BAIT WE GOT HERE FOR THE SNAPPERS HOPEFULLY SOME A BIG YELLA TAILS AND SOME BIG OLE MANGIES AS CHRIS CALLS THEM . . . YA GOT SOMETHIN' ON THE...