The Archive · 1941

Admiration Expressed In India for British

Fight for Freedom

Calcutta, Sept. 3.

Unstinted admiration for the British people, from Mr. Churchill down to the youngest child in the country, who "have not hesitated ta stake their lives to let England be free", was expressed by Mrs. Sarojini Naidu, well-known Indian poetess. when addressing Congressmen of Bengal Yesterday, The English, she said, were prac-rising the noble virtue of not indulge ing in preaching, while Indians were only preaching and not practising, in the matter of fighting for freedom.

In another address at. Calcutta's "Women's College, Mrs. Naidu condemned the type of nationalism which td, which she described as a, kind Hitler, Mussolini and Japan advocate greedy spirit. sort nationalism was a terrible danger not only to the existing contemporary generations but also to the generations to come.

Tu pleading for the complete freedom "of intellectual outlook avd education Mrs, Naidu said she was unable to think that the finest young men in Germany could approve all these destructions. She thought that they must be praying that this terrible nightmare might be over, so thet youth could resume its proper des-{iny and create a new atmosphere in the world: a new Basis for world opportunities and world development.—Reuter.

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