Word: garibi
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...cost of feeding and attempting to house the refugees is currently $1,330,000 a day-an expense that Mrs. Gandhi's government can ill afford if it is going to fulfill the campaign promise of garibi hatao (eradicate poverty) made last March. The food required by the refugees is rapidly depleting existing food stockpiles, and threatens to create a famine for the Indians themselves. The refugees are also taking work away from the Indians; in West Bengal, refugee peasants are hiring out as agricultural labor for a quarter of the wages local labor is paid...
Courage. For setting these fires in the land, Evangelistas do not blame all Catholics. They regard Mexico City's Archbishop Luis Maria Martinez as a peaceful man with respect for the rights of minorities. But Archbishop José Garibi Rivera of Guadalajara makes no secret of his militant anti-Protestantism, and many a parish priest follows his lead. Said Evangelista Ruesga last week: "It has always taken courage to be an Evangelista in Mexico; right now, for the first time, I am scared...