Himalayan Times (1954)

Ten

Juno 27, 1954

.Spain and Turkey managed
.to avoid entanglement in
the last war, and the
U.S.A. itself was in no
particular hurry to join
in Whether India, whose
strategic position is of the
greatest importance to
both blocs, will be ablo
to emulate any of these
example is, of course,
debatable, but there is no
harm in trying. One thing
however, seems to me to
be certain, namely, that
in case of war, neither
bloc will allow the invasion
of India by the other. If
the communist bloc were
to attack the country it
is certain that India- could
rely on outside help and
vice versa. If India wero
to assist the Anglo-Ame-
l-ican bloc, she would have
the mora) pleasure of
knowing that she is help-
ing the cause of demo-
cracy and liberty. On the
other hand, if by any
chance sho were to come
in on the other side, sho
would find a morl stimu-
lant in the theory that
she would be fighting
against Western colonial-
ism. In either case, India's
virtue would be once
more apparent to the. vast
majority of her people.
In the meantime, dynamic
neutralism is in the happy
position of being able to
move horizontally along
the fence according to
circumstances, and can at
one and the same time
abuse the Americans for.

their alleged colonialism
while accepting their eco-
nomic aid, secure in the
fact that the Americans
feel tbet. if aid were to
dry up, India would go
Communist. Simultaneous-
ly, we are able to send cul-
tural mission, to the main
States of the Communist
bloc at regular intervals
in order to prove that,
even if we have to wor-
ship the mammon of mate-
rial ends, we can also
show our neutrality by
worshipping the god of
culture at the same time —
Yours etc ,, DIOGENES,
Hyedrabad. I

NEW FOOTB'LL RUlE
Sir, The Kalimpong Sports
Association for 1954( in
formulating its 'Rules for
Football-Games', lists the
following (Rule 7) among
the 'General Rules': Any
player playing in any team
in the first tournament
run by the Association
shall not be eligible to
play for any other team
in any other tournament.'
Perhaps. I am too stupid
to comprehend its signi-
ficance, but. in my hum-
ble opinion, such a rule
is impracticable and wi-
thout any justification
whatsoever. So, I am
requesting the worthy
association to enlighten
mo, by publishing its ex-
planation as to why such
a rule is necessary. My
_pwn points of contention
against the said rule are.-

1. That, if a team
enters for the first tour-
nament and is unable to
join for the others due
to lack of sufficient funds
or for sundry other rea-
sons, all players of that
team are automatically
barred from participating
in the remaining tourna-
ments.

2. This rule might
bring about a Trophy
Monopoly'. A very strong
team, if formed, will likely
walk off with all the
trophies.

3 That, those boys,
who are -vaiting for the
Matriculation results, will
not b<> able to play' for
any other team before
joining college or rejoi-
ning their schools. If they
do, they will not be allowed
to represent their college
or school later.

4. Lastly, there is my
own cape. 1 work in the
Cinchona Plantation Mun-
song, who aie not ablo
to bring in a 'Raman
team for all the tourna-
ments. We usually join
only for the Independence
Day Shield. This new rule
prevents my ploying for
any .other team in the
other two tournaments.
This will also be the plight
of mofussil players, who
generally manage to enter
their own local team for
any one of the tourna-
ments.

Professional players.

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