Himalayan Times (1954)

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April 4, 1954

Himalatriit (finus

Kalimpoyig, Apiil 1954

SAHITYA AKADAMY

Great work in art arc invariably matters of
inspiration. They arc born through the.-creative
force of imagination. They emerge out of a
"pressure of passion"; as the'artist is unable to
hold himself back. If this is accepted as the.essen-
tial characteristic for the birth of great literature
<;i any part of the world, one has to be careful
in welcoming the formation of the • Sajytya Aka-
damy. If the usual official red tape tries to choke
out all initiative from those who would aspire
16 be its "fellows", the tragedy would be great.
The plea of Maulana Abul Kafam Azad 'to edu-
cate, public taste and advance the cause of lite-
rature'' might be so construed as to attempt the
canalisation of the thought-processes of great
minds in the country. In his presidential speecji
.Sir Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan lias urged for the
creation for a new "climate of ideas". His warn-
ing must be borne in mind thai the Akadamy
must femain completely autonomous in the inte-
rest of having creative and not "managed" lite-
rature. The country Hias produced gr'-at men of
literature in the past 'which include Mahatma
(»andhi, Rahindranath Tagore. Shri Aurobindo and
Pandit Jawaharlal X'eJiru. Tlie Prime Minister's,
Discovery of India has given him world readership
and is likely to put his name among eminent
thinkers of the world. He is a man of letters
who values democracy. Hisfliterary and democratic
spirit can help the Akadamy ti» steer clear of a
totalitarian bent of attitude for sometime to come.
The danger of its later becoming ■ a powerful
body with authority to confer fellowship's to 21
persons and thus giving them the highest literary
recognition in the country, patterned bn-the.mode]
of French Academy of Paris should not be lightly
taken if the intention, is ^to develop great crea-
tive literature in the country.

35 TIBETANS HELD BY CHINESE

Kalimpong, April 2
:.. The Chinese authorities in Tibet
have put under arrest nearly 35 Tibetans
following the death of eight Chinese
soldiers in a forest fire in the Chima hills.

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The fire which started on the after-
noon of March 18 was brought under
control by the Chinese troops the following
morning.

The authrities suspect this incident
to be a case of sabotage.

The matter has been referred to
the Chinese High Command Id Lhasa.
Meanwhile ^Chinese troops are patrolling
the valley at night-

3 KILLED IN BHUTAN

Siliguri, March 24
Three persons were believed to have
been killed and several others injured
when police opened fire on a batch of
about a hundred satyagrahis at Sarbha-
gra in Bhutan on March 23 according
to a report received here from the Pre-
sident of the Bhutan State Congress.

The report adds that the satyagraha
:was organised by the State Congress,
a banned political party, following, a
decision taken by the central committee
of the party to demonstrate for the
demand of civil liberties in the state.

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