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LONDON NEWS LETTER ai*-**, ibn
Shagdha and other an-
BY B. B. RAY CHAUDHURI cient Arabio soholars. It
isindesdaoolossalaohieve-
(Our Loudon Correspondent) • naent.
Though the Common-
London, January 28 wealth Relations Office
bere is neither confirming
Whilst many foreign- ()er,i including Pandit nor denying officially it
era went to India with Nehru whom be desoribea is strongly believed in
open minds and were -brilliant, Wilfull," but London that the British
received by Indians with ,t the same time he tried Govertment is negotia-
traditionsl hospitality, a to pioture him as unpre- ting to invite the Pre-
few have come out with dictable and wrong-head- .idents of India and Pakis-
a (Kathenne) Mayo men. ed> if ,n(j when this ian for State visits to
tality and one suoh is book appeari j„ India, the U.K. President Prasad
Mr. Alexander Campbell ,D. tbing lbe readers ,nd General Ayub will,
who waB for a time in .hould bear in mind is 0f course, be invited at
the New Delhi Bureau of that it is written for the ..p.rate dales. The possi.
lhe lime and Lite ma- consumption of Americsns bilit* of Ptesident Pra.
gazmes He , has jutt more than Other Western aad'a »iai»: U'Uil>g spe-
7,r^tenr,h *00\ fl*?, «»ders. * oul.t.d in June unless
"The Heart of India."
Reading bet ween the psge. The cheSTBR BeatTY fif" * SSZSfZmSSi
of this book I have to library of Dublin ha. ^LlftH
. -i -T. j i announcement about toe
conolude that Mr. Camp- sent us the third volume D ., ..... • it •
. u . , j- i-r i >. i— President s state visit is
bell viewed Indian life of "a handlist of thb ,„m.i„ „„i;t.i„
with deep rooted preju- Arabic manuscripts" extremely unliltely.
dice I wonder whether dating from 3B01 to 3750, The great receptions
he oontraoted this preju- by Dr. Arthur Arberry, of which are now being given
dice against India during the Cambridge University. to bis Royal Highness
his stay in South Africa. There are thirty-one plates the Duke of Edinburgh
A more apt title to his . in this volume which is in India seem to have
book would, be ' Diary of superbly produced by the greatly and naturally
a Drain Inspector." Quot- famous Irish Publishers, pleased the British public,
ing a few Indians here Messrs, Hodges Figgis & and there is even talk
add there and a few Co. Ltd. These volumes of other Royal visits to
voluable politicians, the should be in every Publio India. The Duke's visit
author has tried to make Library and every Uni- hae done cne great service,
his book an. antbeutio versity , (Library in the . ie. the average Britishers
version of India to-diiy. Orient, 'it is a stupendous who are so ignorant of
I have not found any- task, and Professor Ar- India's technical and
thing clever or witty in berry* has' done a great scientific progress are now
his sarcasm. In vain he service for the students showing more interest in
has penned a few words. of Arabio literature, theo- the industrial snd other
of course, in praise of logy, traditions, eto. development* in' our
the 'country and our lea. There are reproductions country."
_____of lb* autographs of AW
LONDON NEWS LETTER ai*-**, ibn
Shagdha and other an-
BY B. B. RAY CHAUDHURI cient Arabio soholars. It
isindesdaoolossalaohieve-
(Our Loudon Correspondent) • naent.
Though the Common-
London, January 28 wealth Relations Office
bere is neither confirming
Whilst many foreign- ()er,i including Pandit nor denying officially it
era went to India with Nehru whom be desoribea is strongly believed in
open minds and were -brilliant, Wilfull," but London that the British
received by Indians with ,t the same time he tried Govertment is negotia-
traditionsl hospitality, a to pioture him as unpre- ting to invite the Pre-
few have come out with dictable and wrong-head- .idents of India and Pakis-
a (Kathenne) Mayo men. ed> if ,n(j when this ian for State visits to
tality and one suoh is book appeari j„ India, the U.K. President Prasad
Mr. Alexander Campbell ,D. tbing lbe readers ,nd General Ayub will,
who waB for a time in .hould bear in mind is 0f course, be invited at
the New Delhi Bureau of that it is written for the ..p.rate dales. The possi.
lhe lime and Lite ma- consumption of Americsns bilit* of Ptesident Pra.
gazmes He , has jutt more than Other Western aad'a »iai»: U'Uil>g spe-
7,r^tenr,h *00\ fl*?, «»ders. * oul.t.d in June unless
"The Heart of India."
Reading bet ween the psge. The cheSTBR BeatTY fif" * SSZSfZmSSi
of this book I have to library of Dublin ha. ^LlftH
. -i -T. j i announcement about toe
conolude that Mr. Camp- sent us the third volume D ., ..... • it •
. u . , j- i-r i >. i— President s state visit is
bell viewed Indian life of "a handlist of thb ,„m.i„ „„i;t.i„
with deep rooted preju- Arabic manuscripts" extremely unliltely.
dice I wonder whether dating from 3B01 to 3750, The great receptions
he oontraoted this preju- by Dr. Arthur Arberry, of which are now being given
dice against India during the Cambridge University. to bis Royal Highness
his stay in South Africa. There are thirty-one plates the Duke of Edinburgh
A more apt title to his . in this volume which is in India seem to have
book would, be ' Diary of superbly produced by the greatly and naturally
a Drain Inspector." Quot- famous Irish Publishers, pleased the British public,
ing a few Indians here Messrs, Hodges Figgis & and there is even talk
add there and a few Co. Ltd. These volumes of other Royal visits to
voluable politicians, the should be in every Publio India. The Duke's visit
author has tried to make Library and every Uni- hae done cne great service,
his book an. antbeutio versity , (Library in the . ie. the average Britishers
version of India to-diiy. Orient, 'it is a stupendous who are so ignorant of
I have not found any- task, and Professor Ar- India's technical and
thing clever or witty in berry* has' done a great scientific progress are now
his sarcasm. In vain he service for the students showing more interest in
has penned a few words. of Arabio literature, theo- the industrial snd other
of course, in praise of logy, traditions, eto. development* in' our
the 'country and our lea. There are reproductions country."