The Most Beautiful Ambassador
A slight but striking woman in a sari endured three terms in British jails to win through to Washington as the much-loved envoy of 340 million free Indians December 1 1949 EVA-LIS WUORIO
The Most Beautiful Ambassador
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A slight but striking woman in a sari endured three terms in British jails to win through to Washington as the much-loved envoy of 340 million free Indians
EVA-LIS WUORIO
THAT AUGUST 15 reception at the home of Her Excellency the Ambassador of India, Madame Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, at the handsome, park-surrounded 2700 Macombe, N.W., threw the sophisticated Washington diplomatic corps somewhat for a loop. It was at the cocktail hour, but there were no cocktails. Wasn’t this something of a risk for a newly appointed ambassador (May 12, 1949) to take?
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THERE is nothing in the present non-co-operation programme in respect of which there need be any substantial difference of opinion among nationalist leaders. In this respect, Bezwada has completed the work begun at Nagpur. When the non-co-operation resolution was first put before the Congress at Calcutta, not only did a large and powerful minority stand aloof from Mahatma Gandhi and his supporters, but this minority included every nationalist leader of the first rank, with the exception of Pandit Motilal Nehru. The process of re-unification began almost immediately after the Special Congress, when large numbers of prominent nationalists in every Province, who did not believe in the boycott of the Councils, decided to stand aside from the elections, for no other reason except that the Congress had passed the boycott resolutions. It is an open secret that until a few days before the annual session of the Congress some of the most prominent leaders were still not only in a hes
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