Founding father of the hippies Bill Aitken dies in India
Bill Aitken, 90, Scottish born writer and traveler who hitchhiked from England to India in 1959 and became a literary mentor for wanderers, died April 16 in Dehradun India after a fall. His books on India's rivers railways and spiritual quests shaped Western and Indian literary circles and he lived much of his life in Mussoorie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Aitken
England
India
Subcontinent
Dehradun
Aitken
Himalayas
Karan Madhok
The
Chakkar
Devi
Nanda
Mussoorie
Scotland
Malcolm Tillis
Ronald Nixon
Prithwi Bir Kaur
Jind
Mark Tully
BBC
Delh
Steam Railway Society
Anuradha Roy
Hind
Roy
Firstpost
Birmingham
University of Leeds
Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Tibet
China
Nanda Devi
Hindustan Times
Soft power architect Joseph Nye Jr dies at 88
Harvard scholar Joseph S. Nye Jr, who coined the term soft power and helped shape neoliberal internationalism, died Tuesday at a Cambridge hospital at age 88. He chaired the National Intelligence Council under Clinton and led Harvard Kennedy School from 1995 to 2004, leaving a legacy of influential books and global diplomacy ideas. Survivors include three sons and nine grandchildren. his wife Molly Harding, 63 years, died in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph S. Nye Jr
Harvard
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Daniel Nye
Nye
Washington
England
Harvard University
Kennedy School of Government
National Intelligence Council
Bill Clinton
Robert Keohane
U.S
China
Britain
Independent
Hans Morgenthau
Harvard Gazette
United States
Voice of America
Peace Corps
Charles A. Stevenson
Johns Hopkins University
State Department
University of Oxford
Africa
John Kenneth Galbraith
Kennedy School
Carter
Belfer Center For Science and International Affairs
Soviet Union
Clinton
Japan
Lexington
New Hampshire
Trilateral Commission
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Molly Harding
John
Benjamin
Ramaswamy Earns Ohio Party Endorsement Ahead of 2026 Race
Ramaswamy 39, a 2024 presidential hopeful, pitched a campaign in Ohio after Trump endorsed him as part of a February launch. He hailed the Central Committee endorsement as boosting his bid to appeal to Republicans and all voters, outlining a policy-rich phase tackling population growth energy shortages and education gaps. Ohio officials including DeWine and Yost attended the meeting, while Heather Hill criticized the move for breaking neutrality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramaswamy
Trump
Ohio
Cincinnati
U.S. Senate
JD Vance
DeWine
Jon Husted
Vance
Central Committee
Husted
Senate
Remov
Yost
Hamilton County
Associated Press
Frank LaRose
Robert Sprague
Keith Faber
Heather Hill
Also Mentioned on This Page
English Channel
Doverin Akilt
Jack Kerouac
Iran
Afghanistan
Istanbul
Kolkata
Calcutta
Bay of Bengal
Malaysia
Asiatic Society Library
Eric Shipton
Shipton
Sarla Behn
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Krishna Prem
William McKay Aitken
Tullibody
Edinburgh
Radio Free Europe
America
Donald Trump
Jim Mattis
Soviet Bloc
Berlin Wall
Foreign Policy Association
Joseph Samuel Nye Jr
South Orange
New Jersey
Wall Street
New Vernon
Princeton University
North America
Alaska
British Columbia
Joseph Nye
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!