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Sketches Of The Green Revolution – Part III

A study in four parts of the human impact of the new seeds and methods of cultivation in Ghungrali-Rajputan, a prosperous farming village on the Punjab Plain in Northwest India Part Three: Jats And Harijans:The Bullock Cart Race   On the afternoon of 12th April,

Sketches Of The Green Revolution – Part II

A study in four parts of the human impact of the new seeds and methods of cultivation in Ghungrali-Rajputan, a prosperous farming village on the Punjab Plain in Northwest India Part Two: The Seeds Of ChangeGreen Revolution Everyone said Basant Singh, the richest farmer in

Sketches Of The Green Revolution – Part I

A Study of the Human Impact of the New Seeds and Methods of Cultivation in Ghungrali-Rajputan, a Prosperous Village on the Punjab Plain in Northwest India Part One: Charan     As a team of oxen are we drivenBy the ploughman, our teacherBy the furrows

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New Caledonia: French Forever?

Honolulu   March 25, 1970   It is Noumea, the capital of French New Caledonia. A small, bright, and very black Solomon Islander, in town for the South Pacific Commission meeting, shivers in the chill night air despite his unaccustomed suit. “You know what I

Fiji: The Crossroads II

Honolulu   February 28, 1970   For the British, Fiji has become the white man’s burden with a vengeance, an unprofitable colonial remnant, a disturbing trust that must be honored yet brought to an uneasy independence as the once great power cut its role East