INDIA: Gandhi Foregoes Independence

INDIA Gandhi Foregoes Independence

India's native leaders present a spectacle not unlike a steeplechase. They are all headed for the same finish line—independence from Great Britain. At the risk of breaking their necks at the various hurdles, fences, hedges and ditches interposed along the course by Britain, they compete for the No. 1 position. Sometimes this competition is so bitter that they lose sight of the finish and run off the course. Most remarkable single fact about this strange race: when the running gets hottest, the leading courser is almost invariably mounted by...

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