Tag Archives: India

22.7.42

Posted on 22 July by orwelldiaries

From Ahmed Ali’s [1] last letter from India. “Here is a little bit of old Delhi which might interest you. “In a busy street a newsboy was shouting in Urdu: ‘Pandit Jawaharlal [2] saying his rosary the other way round’. … Continue reading →

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21.6.42

Posted on 21 June by orwelldiaries

The thing that strikes one in the BBC – and it is evidently same in various of the other departments – is not so much the moral squalor and the ultimate futility of what we are doing, as the feeling … Continue reading →

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18.4.42

Posted on 18 April by orwelldiaries

No question that Cripp’s speeches etc. have caused a lot of offence, ie. in India. Outside India I doubt whether many people blame the British government for the breakdown. One trouble at the moment is the tactless utterances of Americans … Continue reading →

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11.4.42

Posted on 11 April by orwelldiaries

It [1] has flopped after all. I don’t regard this as final, however. Listened-in to Cripp’s speech coming from Delhi, which we were re-broadcasting for England etc. These transmissions which we occasionally listen-in to from Delhi are our only clue … Continue reading →

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10.4.42

Posted on 10 April by orwelldiaries

British naval losses in the last 3 or 4 days: 2 cruisers and an aircraft carrier sunk, 1 destroyer wrecked. [1] Axis losses: 1 cruiser sunk. From Nehru’s speech today: “Who dies if India live?” How impressed the pinks will … Continue reading →

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3.4.42

Posted on 3 April by orwelldiaries

Cripp’s decision to stay an extra week in India is taken as a good omen. Otherwise not much to be hopeful about. Gandhi is deliberately making trouble, [sending telegrams of condolence to Bose’s [1] family on the report of his … Continue reading →

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27.3.42

Posted on 27 March by orwelldiaries

News of the terms Cripps took to India supposed to be bursting tomorrow. Meanwhile only rumours, all plausible but completely incompatible with one another. The best-supported  – that India is to be offered a treaty similar to the Egyptian one. … Continue reading →

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14.3.42

Posted on 14 March by orwelldiaries

I reopen this diary after an interval of about 6 months, the war being once again in a new phase. The actual date of Cripp’s departure for India was not given out, [1] but presumably he has gone by this … Continue reading →

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20.6.40

Posted on 20 June by orwelldiaries

Went to the office of the [New Statesman][1] to see what line they are taking about home defence. C.[2], who is now in reality the big noise there, was rather against the “arm the people” line and said that its … Continue reading →

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