Outstanding Speakers Here For India Institute
The India Institute hosts eminent guests led by The Hon. S. K. Roy born in Calcutta and now Consul General of India in New York with ministerial rank. Also featured are J. Wesley Adams and John L. Maddux, senior U.S. diplomats with long foreign service careers and postings across Asia, Europe, and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. K. Roy
Calcutta
High Commission For India
Karachi
India
Bangkok
Ministry of External Affairs
Poland
Warsaw
United States Information Agency
Office of Policy
U.s.sa
Washington, D. C
Europe
Asia
Eminent Men Head Seminars This Week
Eminent men will lead seminars Thursday and Friday mornings and afternoons on Economics Government History Philosophy Non-Alignment Present Crisis Education Gandhi and Red China. Resource leaders include Sunanda Ghosh of the University of Calcutta T V Sathyamurthy of Indiana University Sushil Mukherjee Windsor Mountain School Lenox Massachusetts and Matt Thomson AFSC Dayton Ohio. Thomson served as AFSC field administrator in Barpali India 1955 57.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunanda Ghosh
University of Calcutta
T. V. Sathyamurthy
Indiana University
Sushil Mukherjee
Windsor Mountain School
Lenox
Mass
Matt Thomson
American Friends Service Committee
Dayton
Ohio
Thomson
AFSC
Barpali
India
Indian and American caste systems show striking similarity
The piece argues that the US caste system mirrors India's in rigid social divisions. It parallels restrictions on marriage education and social contact, unequal occupations, and separate facilities. It cites Indiana examples of segregation and quotes Cox on caste hierarchy while noting desegregation challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
United States
Indiana
Cox
Clay Cart Hindu Drama Tops Indian Institute Playbill
The Little Clay Cart, a romance of Charudatta and Vasantasena, debuts over two nights in Parker Auditorium with a note on Eastern versus Western drama. Music by Sushil Mukherjee accompanies the performance detailing theatre conventions unique to Eastern stages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Institute
Parker Auditorium
Vasantasena
Charudatta
Sansthanaka
Sushil Mukherjee
Windsor Mountain School
Lenox
Massachusetts
India Non Alignment Policy Under Domestic Pressures
A Hanover senior analyzes India’s non alignment amid overpopulation illiteracy and food shortages. He argues five year plans rely on foreign aid while avoiding blocs, preserving peace and development, until the 1962 Ladakh invasion forced a defensive shift and defense minister Krishna Menon’s dismissal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Krishna Menon
Nehru
Also Mentioned on This Page
India Institute
Ment
J. Wesley Adams
South Asia
Department of State
Quito
Ecuador
Cairo
Egypt
New Delhi
Adams
U. S
World Bank
Washington
Paris
Kuala Lumpur
Malaya
Northwestern University
John L. Maddux
U.S.S.A
Thessaloniki
Greece
Foreign Service
The
University of
Hon
By Val Nash
Jobs
Hanover
Nancye Moncrief
Ronald L. Hammerle
Phyllis Evans
Monty Siekerman
Lynda Culp
Villian
Betsy Kirk
Denmark
SEATO
CENTO
By Bobby Smith
Ladkha
Great Britain
Beirut University
Lebanon
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