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...escape into the forests and mountains around Paphos that he had known as a young shepherd. But then, he recalled later, "I decided I could serve my people better if I went abroad to rally international support against the Greek junta." Through India's General Dewan Prem Chand, commander of the 2,188-man United Nations forces on Cyprus, Makarios arranged for an R.A.F. helicopter to take him out of Paphos to a British base on the island.' Before he left, however, he made a brief broadcast over the Paphos radio station, which had rechristened itself "the Voice...
They argue that India, though mostly Hindu, is officially a secular country. But such secularism is not regarded by the Sikhs as a virtue. About 1500 their founder, Nanak Chand, broke away from Hinduism because of its caste system and its vast pantheon of gods and demigods, and established a monotheistic religion without images or taboos, but with a strong moral code. Sikh men, in order to emphasize their apartness, leave their hair and beards uncut and wear a dagger symbolic of the militancy of their faith. Through better diet and attention to personal cleanliness, the Sikhs in time became...
William Y. Elliott, Summer School Director, announced yesterday that the Indian Ambassador to, Iran, Dr. Tara Chand, has accepted an invitation to take part in two conferences at the 1952 session of Summer School...
Before his appointment as Ambassador, Chand was Secretary and Educational Advisor in India's Ministry of Education...
Included in the list of speakers are Pierre Emmanuel, famed French poet; Sydney Hook, professor of Philosophy at New York University; Albert Marre, director of the Battle Theatre; and Dr. Tara Chand, Indian Ambassador to Iran. Two well-known authors, Michael O'Donovan (Frank O'Connor) and Gilbert Seldes, will also be among the eight other speakers. Elliott, Carl J. Friedrich, professor of Government, and George La Piana. John H. Morison Professor of Church History, will be the Harvard participants...