| Description | File of press cuttings containing a large number of articles relating to politics and elections in India, and to the economic situation in the country; student and other disturbances by left-wing groups; strikes; religious demonstrations; famines in Bihar and Mysore, and food riots; the delivery of food aid from the international community and Indian rejection of Israeli aid; Indian proposals to develop nuclear weapons and coverage of the Delhi-Moscow entente; social policies and the planned sterilisation programme to limit the population; the Kashmir issue, and tension in Punjab; monsoon floods; relations between India and China, and India and Burma; earthquake in Gujarat; splits in the Indian Communist Party 1968; demonstrations against Russia's decision to give Pakistan military aid; Maoist terrorism in south India; articles on Naxalites; coverage of threats to the life of Indira Gandhi; focus on life in India taken from the impressions of western journalists; special report on India in 'The Times'.
Some of these cuttings are attached to circulars and statements issued by the Central Executive Committee of the Indian Workers Association (GB). These consist of a circular giving information about a forthcoming meeting of militant immigrant organisations in Leamington to discuss unity in combating racialism 1968, and a statement issued by J. Joshi on the Race Relations Bill. |