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Show ParT VII Wardh TER Icavlng Kalpl we journeyed to Wardha, where Mr. Mohanda Karameh i makes his home, and where the workshops o the Indian N‘\ucnal (,ungm are located, including the Gandhi school o papermaking. Wardha lies some six hu reach it necessitates changes of train spent in the jolting, swaying sleeping-cars. During the progress of this journey T had the good fortune to meet two interesting Indians: Mr. Kirpa Singh Sighat, a Sikh priest of Amritsar, and Mr. Ranjit Sitaram Pandit o Allahabad. The old priest, amanwith finely-sculptured features and flowin xd, was interested in paper, and told me about the ancient ecclesiastica ‘manuseripts in his library. Mr. R. S. Pandit, a highly cultured and educate Indian gcnw. n, proved to be the brother-in-law of M. _]awahar]a Nehru, the president of the National Congress, who, like Mr ke 8ja) PoleUoal otmensinetbeSiatleget While Nahru and Gandhiji do not entirely agree in their proposed solutions of India' problems, they have, nevertheless, the same ideals, and look forward wit hope to the independence of their country. I found Mr. R. S. Pandit charming travelling companion, and later, in Bombay, I was pnvnltgcd meet him again. This gentleman was concerned with farming and frui culture, and asked me many questions which I fear T was unable to answer intelligently. T was, however, able (o enlighten him regarding the preservation of eggs, a problem that was causing him considerable concern. H told me about the diet of the poor people of India, and spoke of their immunity to disease, a condition brought about through many generations o ancestors forced to consume unsanitary food and to drink germ-laden water He offered 1o solution for the suppressed classes of India, with their acut poverty and gnawing hunger, but I felt that if there were many leaders i Digital image © 2005 MarriottLibrary Universit of Utah, All rihts reserved |