INDIA: Some Sort of King

The U.S. loved to goggle at the late Fiorello La Guardia, a squat fire hydrant of a man who gushed forth sympathy, abuse and ideas on everything under the neon lights. India, without the help of the kind of press that spread the Hat's fame, is learning to pay the same kind of attention to Premier Nehru. He is the nurse and guardian of modern India, orphaned at birth by the death of its father, Gandhi, and the banishment of its mother, the British Raj.

Nurselike, Nehru flitters up & down India, watching, scolding, praising, teaching. His Western-trained mind knows how...

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