Himalayan Times (1958)

July 13, IMS

nr.

LONDON NEWS LETTER

BY B. B. RAY CHAUDHURI

( Oar London Correspondent) .
London July 3, 58

The exhibition of the
new Steelwork! being built
at Durgapur, opened in
Loudon to day, for the
whole month. The story
of (book (Indian Steel-
works Construction Com-
pany, Ltd )—the Consor-
tium of 13 Companies
responsible for the eons-
truction of these Steel-
works—is on show in a
window display at India
House, Aldwych. This
miniature exhibition vivid-
ly deplete the part played
by iscok and its member
Companies in India's . se-
oond Five-Year Plan, ma-
terial and equipment flow
tag outward from Britain
to India. E^ibita from
individual Companiee are
displayed in weekly rota-
tion against a continuous
background of iscon and
its aotivities up to date.

We have been very
busy this week with Press
Conferences and inter-
views with the Tunisian
Ambassador, the Indian
Ambassador in Pari*. Sir-
dar Pannikar. who is at
present in London, a re-
ception by the High Com-
missioner for India, inter-
viewing Dr. Chedie Jagan,

lunching with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer
who gave us a background
story about 'the forth-
coming Commonwealth
Economic Conference in
Montreal. From next week
there' will be a general
exodus from this country
for Summer holidays Most
of the Indian students,
Doctors, Journalists and
officials of India House
are flying to the Conti-
nent for a fortnight's holi-
day. Your Correspondent
is leaving, for Rome' at
the invitation, of the
^eoretery. General Sigmr
Riceardo of the- Istituto
Italiano per il Medio ed
Estremo Orient?, where
preliminary arrangements
will be made for the Poet
Tagore's birthday cente-
nary eelebrations in con-
junction with the Oriental
Neotion of the University
of Rome.

The enterprising Heb-
rew Booksellers, Messrs.
J. Lehmann of Gateshead,
have sent ue a oopy of
the first volume of "Mid-
bash Haooadol on the
Pentatkuch, numbers."
This is indeed a unique
publication, edited for the

first time from six Yeme-
nite manuscripts, with „
alternative readings, Com-
mentary and extensive
Introduction. The volume
is published in Hebrew,
and the learned author, -
Rabbi Dr. Solomen Fisoh
deserves encomium. His
helpful philosophical and
OUltural notes with his
illuminating commentary
make this publication
worthy of the highest
praise. This volume will
be welcomed by all at d
should be widely revieved
by learned Jewish scholars.

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Ltd. have just brought
.out. the 6th 1968 edition
of ." International year

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Thie authoritative single,
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with speeial artioles of
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This edition is "the world
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