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Ir, Desai intervened fa sty Hi. it the *rpny of tl^i*lttta|^ Wi^� | it the question of defection Itaj* > n pointed out W a ^itiei; i lector.'' iMr.  Stephen ; turf) ( nself defected  form  fn^ i ngress to the Coitfcrett<J) only *w months ago)}, i   �       v \' Ir, Desai said tfctat in M4h�>, ; |htra it was. defection ti&# the �'; ngre^, party mm the 'Cental) >^ ernmeht was tioi concerned j .ides, the matter i>as not of an [cm public impaf|ance that it- � ;� tid be raised at|an /idt^r^ �nt:motion,        j � ' � \-   ' ;*'-ie Speaker lattjr dts*Ubw*d ! motion He explained that fth tfed breach of ftlth by th .ernmenf   had  hot' �� |abH*hed and the I ent re bad istitutiohat respon libility in th �clopment slii. Maharashtra, -j-j^
ie- Prime >MH|i^�hr; V"Aj|m^^ taj, rejected <hd demand t\m correspondent^  with   tht >er Home Minister be placed 1 fore the Parliament,        j   i Ir. l}csai satd th#t the letters; hanged  betwetrii  him  and iran Singh were?'privileged nmunicatIqM betweep-flsters" which !fere ma lecref"   and   wehce:, stents could not W. disclosed. He. said that *nen Charan fch told a Culc^ttiweellly *M was Xurrotftwiefl by corrupt sons" in the, Government; N giving his  'assessment of tuption in ,gjc'h#fiwv'' and theje-|s no difference] of optnion i>ut  the  need fo rdOt  out Tuption.''       ' j � '' :-;vj' �. As i'�r as comjftion charge* iti*4 h�*    and ot it* Minister * ��re concerned, tby member ul<l take the chariel to the jUk Ii when that. fiiflraohlfy� -w�v (pointed* 'I
besa.-Charan Wuef*( which liminated in the Pfimc Minister imanding the lttier*s jreiignal^ n as Home M)n *ter ebntlnU* isly came up bpfpTif the"..both the �uses for a numb r: of. days in ime form or (�heir disrupting Jhe �oceeding^. " .-,;|:^' ; �:      . '
Meanwhile, Mrs.; \ Ihiira indhi. Congress, <1) Prvjudcnt.: is asked her partM members in irliament to fofcc the Govern* \v\n to place in tne House the saiv Charan ^ofTespandehoc tee it whs not a pity matter hut .oncefned the wbjue nilion,
Antral Industrial tecortty JPotee me to. more thfin JRi,
The expenditdrb on central (/lice roie from m. 3 etoref in >SQSl to Ks, 223.71 crores In WfhlT- and that bn th* tntettl-snce Bureau fromi Hi 4A erbfis 1%9-70 to R�.l 12 crons;�
[The amount sjp#nt on HAW ich was solely fbnctUfiing to Jserve Mrs. Gandhi In power--N * *v 15 etpres in 1^76^7. The Oauhatl leiabn pf the ingress party the st�t^ wernment ftsi SJ3 crores <H iv Rs. 57 crores 4s per Jahat� [rty estrmatc) tha fluent use built thore tor ^ indhi's; 4day aloine Cost I- 25.61 laUs. " ^
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Mr. BOsu said t)i$t otA of Ity, 5 crores reallam as cujtofiti ivenue in 1972.73] Mri� Gandhi tamed exempttoitHto t^o famk nounting to R�. 232,19 crorea id added that ifapteen atieh ^ses of wasted expeiiditufe m public funds cbuld >e chdd^
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W*w Delhi ^ Even $e mos pivUticallyntinjed Indiah IWini a srokd must b e perplextfd by th< fdst- changing icene in t(ie intra) in; � politics c tthe Janata Party] c tan be for |lven. because th< Itidiin at homit is faring no better \\c it equally >erplexed�      : Morarji Dies ii1 s tough stand os
tie question Chatan Singh
of Home. Mniste possible return t< <ne Centrai Cabinet has made th Mttcjr fed only temporaril: dpsnondenti it would be < naive t ekpdct a chai ^ of heirt or U stihg chastening eftecti;.   . .
t esai hinu elf must be aWai ha he has w oh a battle, but nit >eate. The te *mt of the truce a e h his favou ; but th&e is, io jui rantee th it'; war, will not 1 e es imed.v .' :. k'kp k!:J')\
1 he two ni at ih the fhiddle �f luly �r at D< sai*s house and c n us lerms. Th�wprld hat hot bet n pic what th :y discussed^ for -'i n hodr: � �        fk    :.v:;..
he: ftbjett   withdrawal   1 y
is letter.of Ap [l
Shiran Singh
# resigning from ihp Nattonhl Executive an iJthc Parllamenta y; Joird of th j Party cannot J e akpn as evi<i ence. of a change >f
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k new rhovem^ t fceptember 17 whep ^hoiissnds of Nfiople areiax t o c >mmenceJthe ibngest W <: ruj ade in listbry. Voluntee^ \.ill collect in Perth and wa \ cr< ss ::; Australia   covering c ist ihee of T.MO Km tn 22 wpe \i Highlight the desperite piigHt <f Children iri the Indian sul|-qonftpent an f present all t spfrcts pf a < lsadyanta|ed chikL
scribed la the ^Ctjvsade cf tfonjipassion.' the walk bas bee l c rginized by i vpluntary agenc '/
ustralia :aHcd 4:For Thb Whb Have it ss" a* pjtrf of ti injernationa Year of the Child J> ctij/itics of tl |t country.
ganiser   of   thii1 uniqui roaram  t!    Reid   said prtbay that he march was not i e attempt *t fund1 raising bdt >i as based on much more durabf iiciis. ftU is an actiori^orienv
Jrofcrani wh> h would create wireness inj the indmtriaruti 4oumrie$ about the necrds of tl hud worldu partictijirly l|s
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h ew Delh   � Friace hi a issi ired Indif of its cbntirmiijg ooperation in the nuclear fieldj^ Indo-Frieneh 'ajgreerhei it. iigied in New Delhi recent y unng the Ulsit of the Frcnt h tary of State for Foreii n rs, Oliver Stirn. p^videstfr ation ih science ^d t*cf nojogv which bpverai the ley irtis i f solar eher|y� t�l�cdmmunicak^
onjs.' rnfofCiailon iystemiV >ceknographj and agricultut|ii
;ciences.
e agreefhent alsa . or the exchahge of scieirtists a4d �esearch woraers> exchange icibntific and; tecbltptogicfal hffrmation tad taking up >i it esearch prommtv       "^c-'-V-".
An Indo- French joint Comrh t-fcee: is being set up to prepa lei tiled program of cooperate �n i grid to review the tnimi�mentat|ikn >f these programs. Thf Comn> tccfwiil meet aHeniativ^|y in ln< to ink France.' ; ;;??/>.�.��'� '--X"; '�
r Stirn, ^�.^^M-^^W ^ irtsit to Inda, met the Prii te Minister, Morarji � Besai,  t je fexkerhal M airs Minister, A. v4payee, tl e Industries Mln s-
ter, George Cc: m me tee m aria.
Fernandez and 1ie Minis.ter* Mph m
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\%{it can,be said wit Certainty  that <?haran Singh h accepted for the; present that hi tactfc hawe been maladroit ah have plac ?d himlin % cbrner fro Which he  could only extrjeatfe himielf < ithier Hpy a breakaway fihom the        o* by submission For the present, he has choseiji the latter course1
party T o, be Raptured?
Fprnier Home JMihister and ifpllower| kVl|l now &pare no effoA to strengtti^h thf tr ^sittpn In thf jparty in the forthcoming orgar zatiohal .election^ next October.
And judging b^ recent developments it y�i|l not be surprising j Charan $; ngh b^a nominee of Ti' isacandl     foij presidehtship :'the.;party. �� �    -v^,
.%. If the former Jana.Snagn decides t^i > supp<irt him, he coul 1 win contr ^lof the party: Th|$ ca i lead to a running clash between the tulittjparty 1 and thp gbvern -ment. �;� -V [--k^;:.;.'-P'>i ':, But v ill thie Jan* San$ support- Charan Singh? Thi remains i riddfe. Their leadei s are playi ijg their cards clpse tp their; chej ts^-'' ;:v.':>
They hold the! balance.
children. 'v said Reid. iwhb i is founder; i hehnber and president >f 1. the Agency and is also on tl e. U.N.'s vintemational Year of the Chtd>f Committee.
Planning this crusade for the last thre*: years, Reid said it hi generatep tremendous interest h AiistraHaj and hoped that oth< jr.. I cpuntriesl wonldi soon-follow sui # In India, th^ idea has be� n welled ; -eceiVed ; by  volphtai y-a^encief. Which;   top,   plan ]a s l m il ar U cru s4d e   tent at i ve y schedule I to cpjmmence oh No 14 � bej [inning iti thei south at|d ending- ^m<^h|ere ini the Him layas.
Although thousands of volunteers atej expected to panicipate in the imicB. Only a hard cpfe comprising a band of 15 will walk the ehtlrfe distance.i�,idto.i�:��Vw|il:, join the leave at different stag of the walk, J En route* the crusaders will h^lt for a coupleh )t days iti,[ all: ntajpr towns at d educate me people ^bout the ai n of the pidjet^axtd how they, cou help in midtihK It a success.
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Mr. Mini extended an invito km to w Oestii on behalf of Fipehch ^ fiMtt jMSnister to vi FranceV.'.':^ �"�'V- :&:;^j$�k Durinf his tafks with the Minister M*. [Stirn expre?
on of India's^adh� tp hon-alionmcnt. India appi ated thi Frenchv^and Ph dh mament  Both $ide$ want Indian i )cean to be a zone peace; tliough France was fii about 111 nava| presence in
area.; r;/f.:::-   :*.'' -A- :;     � � Indiak is presently neaotiati
prance,: the  U.K.  a m Sweedeh fyt bqying deep pene y-. ation sttfke aircraft.
his talks with the d M AviatiojnTMlnister, P. Kausik. t te questibh �; pfj cooperation in modemiking airports and supply of flight stlmuttttors Wei* ^<sHa^ scd; t^fee A
been WepUed |ind two are on the
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New Wlhf The Government on Fridays July |2i ^ announced t lie setting MP of |i commission i or Scheduied Castes and Schedtil pd Tribes,;:jiWth?'^|B^ilji Paswan, a Congres i 0ed by Swaran Sinj h) member of the (Rajya Sabha.
will soon hold
The Lok Sabha full-dress debate On  the  lahgbage  contm which  has^a
attention -as'T a result t>f the conference i?f I)htef; Ministers Of five southern i rates held oii July 16 at Madras, -p/p - y
Whpn a dew and for discussion was made by some members, Prime Minist< t Morarji Desai readily agreed saying: ''Let there be a discussion. I want to set at restall fears ii this connectionv';
Chief Ministers of southern states have alk ged that the Prime Minister's assi ranees about non-, imp)sitipn ; of Hindi were :hot being horioure i and that certain Central Ministers were' covertly imposing Hindi on non-Hindi speaking people contrary to the provisions of Official Languages-Act of 1%3 as amended in 19o7; t � The Central Government's position is that the assurances;
fiven by form< r Prime Ministers awaharial Ne iru ahd Lai Baha<-dur Shastri we e fulfilled thrPugh the Official L nguages Act and there is point mtion to amend it further. y.        -./^
/ -.1-t- :/ts;;... point �d out that the Government w is fully committed io honour the a ^surapces given by Nehru: and Sha >tri and these have already been given statutory shape. There 1 as been hp change in the 4 aha ta Government s orBcial language policy.
The Cehtrar Government also emphasises that it does hot intend to impose Hindi on the non-Hindi $peaJting states and denies the ajleigatipn tha^^^a steps,
taken   in   this
issues
New Delhi - External Affairs Minister Ata   Behari Vajpayee { told the Raj; a Sabha that the; Indian Govei nment- was fully alive to the ra cial sltuatioain thrr" United Kingd jnt and haid drawn the British G< verhthent's attention to incidii ;htjsi/:t.�fattack:-r.oh-;;; immlgfants, pk'k-P-PPPkk^k%P.
The Briti sh Gbveiirment^s stand on rac al disturbances, he said^ wa i constructive, tjhdoubtedl %;';'.;ther^:v:;''Were �� elements wh ch were interested in creating rabiaj disharmony and activtely engaged in; preaching racial discrina ination. But fortunately, the Brit sh people and their feaders were more interested in promoting gopd relations whh the immifirant
are oeing Connection.
Vajpayee s aid that latest statements of the Conservative Party leader Marg uef Thatcher were V4goOd- bu he declined to divulge what transpired between her and Mot ai}i j^sai ^vhen the latter met her in London in June<
Vajpayee teiiected suggestion that the IndUn immgrants should be granted dual citizenship because sndi a step had not' Pakistanis from racial attacks.
^'.'New Delhi � Seventeen Indira Cohgressme] nbers of Parliament urged   Pres dent   N.   Sahjiva
Reddy tbliice K the Prime Minister to institut ^ a judicial inquiry into alleged c larges Of corruption involving M nisters and their relatives level led by former Home Minister Cha an "   v
Jn a meihOrandam to the President, the y said that ^public issues areatt< mpted to be sorted out privately. We feel neither the culprits nor t ie abettors should gO unpunishedl.M ^
CAN.41H^ INDIA U
the edlfaalMiratiiMi of ^   1&A.R.   Roger�v aond M.* BMoB. univ<
Vedic &perjence |s $m amrtolo^yoftheyeda^selectedjto form a liturgical core for celebration by contemporary, Man. !It offe rs both an inUiation ihtp ^ie priniary sources and an; invitation to person by colle^t-
ihefjthe most crucial texts of Jbie Indlah sacred scriptures. ,T|he.: translations do pnt tilt towards a spetifically Western, Christian. Or Hindu interpretation. Panikl^ar sim jly tries to make these teits inte lligible to modern Man by pre lentihg thi^; ancient wisdpmSin its< wn clearest light. He introduces Vedtc lore in its direct peri :eptiOn � of universal reali Ant i in doing so, he succeeds admiiabiy ih^^^t^
particular viewpoints so that! it ma; [ speak to ccmtemr>oraryspiri-tua needs on a global scajle. Dei igned as $n *'introduction! to praYer^* for f*m^
me IjtatiOnv this work will surely pie ise those with such interests, ft is quite jpossible that vthe Ipd ^logist and specialist might stil hanker for more critical ma :;erial, linguistically alrid tex ually. -K-y:'.� �:- y-� : One of the fundamenital insights offered by this work^ is thai there is ho essence withput exi 5tence, and no existence without essence. Dr. Panikkar*s coil tentipn is that the experiepce |VedicMan\ is human ind transcends the
bairiers of race arid geography.: He sees the Vedic epiphany asjthe cor imon heritage of mankind find hefice requires sharing - a shatiing that should be devoid both} Of pecuniary pretexts and the gtfise
ropghout the seven parti of th& massive ahtliolc^ classified as I) Dawn and Birth/)Germlna-tio i and Growth, 3) Blossoming an 1 Fullness, 4) Fall and Decay, S) Death and Dissolution, 6) Sew Life ahd Freedom; 7) Twilight; the emphasis is on the translated teits. it is uhfprtuante that jthe Sanskrit texts themselves or eVeii a transliteTated version is I not included in this anthok>gy. fhe Vepc Iherature Uiat is considered in ihis work are from the ^Vpda SafnhiU, the Brahmanas attac|ied
to the varioua branches of (the Sahihitas. the Aranyakas, the
Upanishads, and the Gita. In his
trinslationr tntrodilction Md no^es, Panxikcar has (^rag^Ous-lyjahd <�nsisteiMly refused tO be en gaged in hermeneutics at jthe throivtical level. This seems to be^ thi| strenjt^ cf
t is hot ah easy book. Nor is it ant to be read for s^eer cutk^sity. That the Vedas occupy a I privileged position in jthe staJlizea cukure of Man no logger a subject even [for academic debate; When jtto sxberience is shcrn of all peculiar
New Delhi, July 28 India's family planning program eived a big setback durins 19JT7-78 after achieving re$6m
. 'Jti!y�B^i^iE^ aUrtfic|i^' >^ft7aV_77; : ^c^u?/ of Ithe emergency. 'Xt?
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According to official sourfcps, "thi5 voluntary, sterilization (rate eame jpoWn by: almpst nihety pc rcent last year as compared: to th i preyou$ year. As against |^ m lliohi cases recorded during 1976-77, only 926,000 cases Were re ;orded in 1977-78, Of the t^tal, va sectorny accounted for Only 190*000 cases whereas 6.2 million
preconceptions and societal mjunctions, can these gems of primeval poetry, music, and thought be used to relieve Man of existential r^rsonal problems? If brie thinks of the Vedas as a revalation   of  something  that
% enriches the h uman experience without be^ng bogged down with philospphicaf preconceptions and
"religious value judgements; then it is indeed a document of Man. It reveals in; an emphatic manner the character pf reality as perceived by the Vedic seers;
Anthropologically speaking, the Vedas . are seen as ' an' imposing monument of cross-cultural interaction and a specific achievement of human vitality. However, Panlkkar who happens to be a Roma^ Catholic Priest and Professor of Religious Studies c a^t the University pf California, Santa Barbara, hearkens again and again to the recurring theme of liturgical and:festive consciousness in Vedic lore. It is a unique viewpoint from a unique backgeound. Accordi ng to Panikkar, the existential r,e-enact-ment of a universal; form of human celebration lies tih the awareness of the rhythms of life and its festive observance. He gpes beyond translation and beyond celebration into a conscious vibrant celebratiPn; a theme that has escaped most pundits and Indoiogists since Max Miiller.
The author admits that the Vedas are not primarily a written document; they are primbrdially spoken language, a set of words;
meaning and power, traditionally the Vedas have to be chanted or recited. Vedic recitation ; stands for the total ^ and � sincere participation of the person for whom th^ Veda is i;Veda,'> that is, knowledge insight, and ultimately liberation. The recita-; tion belongs to the very nature of the Vedic word Which is actualized in the sound vibrations. The sacramental character of the Wprd is seen in its necessary connection with sound as its physical element; hence the; subtitle Mahtramanjari (mantras in the form of a garland of blossoms).' �
How :; �;:"; this sacrament a! character is valid in the absence of a Sanskrit text is^ a matter left to the individual reader. . According to Panikkar, the Vedic experience is optimistic, secularr humanistic, and a magnificent expression of the integrated human experience^ This integral humanistic experiesce is amply communicated through the more than 500 newly translated scriptural texts. The translations are of a very high calibre. Rendered into contemporary English the text flows smoothly; at time poetically. This anthology, it is hoped, may make a direct and fruitful knowledge of the Vedas available to a wider range of people than the small ehte of pundits and indoiogists. :
Book available throoa^ TlMlaal Books, B�x 7850, Stajalord* CA, 94305.
cases were recorded in the prcviotis year. �
The. declining trend in voluntary sterilizations was noted in ^ali^ the states and union territories except Sikkim and Miloram.
Because of the stigma associated with famtly planning during the emergency, former Healtn Minister K&y Narain had changed the name family planning to family welfare- and compulsory
sterilization gave way to voluntary sterilization. Raj Narain resigned earlier this month along with Charan Singh, former Home
-Minister. ..:.C �