Word: lakshmi
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...Indian Parliament last week, Mrs. Lakshmi Menon, Deputy Minister for External Affairs, explained that though the Nehru government "continues to be of the opinion that China should be properly represented in the U.N.," it "has not taken any initiative in this matter this year." Translation: after Red China's seizure of Tibet and persistent violations of India's northern borders, Peking can just go find some other sponsor...
...presidential Columbine. He was Nepal's King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva. 39, a sensitive poet by inclination, a statesman by necessity. He is absolute ruler of a tiny kingdom in the high Himalayas, wedged between populous India and Chinese-controlled Tibet. Accompanied by handsome Queen Ratna Rajya Lakshmi Devi Shah, in blue sari and mink coat. King Mahendra moved stiffly through welcoming pomp, kept silent (though he speaks fluent English) during the limousine drive downtown with President Eisenhower...