dated March 27, 1951: Kashmir issue in U.N.

Prime Minister Nehru, strongly deprecated the recent attitude taken by the United Kingdom and USA representatives at the Security Council on the pending Kashmir problem and said that their speeches on this issue were definitely against the prestige of India.

The Prime Minister, who was addressing a mammoth public meeting in Agra on March 25, at the Ramilila grounds, observed: ``The Kashmir question is pending before the U.N. and I would not dilate much on it as it is still subjudice, but I am amazed at the two resolutions jointly presented by the U.K. and the USA representatives for the solution of the Kashmir problem. Even the amended resolution is not without its faults. I feel that the U.K. and the USA representatives either do not understand the Kashmir problem or knowingly misrepresent it.''

Continuing, Mr. Nehru said: ``The world is passing through the ever-growing fear of war. No one knows the after-effects or the result of the Korean War. In such a critical stage of the world affairs, we have to be vigilant in our acts and duties towards our country...''

`New' Shaw book for India

A characteristic legacy from George Bernard Shaw might come to India, when the terms of his will were carried out. It would take the form of a translation into Shaw's ``New English Alphabet'' of his play ``Androcles and the Lion.''

In 1940 Shaw had told Globe that, if India adopted English as her national language, she should spell it in `his' alphabet. He preferred `India' to `Bharat' because it was one letter shorter.

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