* Gandhi’s old sandals to be resold
The Times: “Perhaps the only item of footwear to become a metaphor for life as well as a drinker’s lament is to be sold at auction later this month. Mahatma Gandhi’s sandals were given to a friend in...
View ArticleUncertain Times in India, but Not for a Deity
NY Times: “As this year’s monsoon season receded, onions were selling for an eye-popping 58 cents a pound, and inflation had accelerated to a six-month high. It has been a period of belt-tightening in...
View ArticleMahatma Gandhi gets London statue near nemesis Churchill | Reuters
Britain will unveil a statue of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi on Saturday in London’s prestigious Parliament Square, a space packed with monuments to men who defended the British Empire...
View ArticleModi Uses Independence Day Speech to Hit Out at ‘Termite-Like’ Graft – India...
At the end of a week in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi failed to push broad measures aimed at boosting the economy through Parliament, the Indian leader sought in an Independence Day address to...
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