Fags Six
THE MICHIGAN DRILY
SUndavo ov 20, 1956
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AMERICAN in INDIA
tly ERNF'5T TIIFOfOSSIN "s'pak the languase--er a ust
plinsed"
JRITE R John t rie rick Muehi d h e we'h a
mimpesse 5 one s ben o ihnafwwesh a
merely unoco l hout dosin ih r- ir ttswland Hindustani and in January
behetrb of 1948 he begni his longawsaied
J~e a oiniiiho I ijoonutoey in Ktiaai in the
Ilrios nda panwh ascoe oithein pt of IdiPaving
now ndi ai nly ell throghE ling with the ides tht he would
a fanhastic 2.00 r le jouiney duii- e3 t c picii h i
jug whirh i bnct i geta etrreip si 'n-'l
be aiiee inc,'oh , c icilsPt' k ¢ e s fthon lt;he as a f e'itive
Ditices,, rinsed c r h-= 3#afrmtelwhend. s iine t ciorfoodngewinS
shaig inreased lt cic ihood
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ciis ncc sisi ccO c cctititheisis oh s ta wherlie cc r ied ithu
his ascinrvi l houghiit s ST'CC X'IIN T III i) C)ITIIFR' NDIA a, bad o roing ninstels.Corn
count-y o1 400,000,0010 Ie oiplcto edians dners aidjugglcisawerr
find out 'cwhacitheel Iin'cc dia aai swacrs hIisisiinishIcdrin1tcc past'Iback on lii ow' ndhe ct to Inow othe 'xice nd he Wet. Ihad his daily ompninisWhil in
like" tea' years acnl whichi in its moe Intrdia. th idec th'tfto know the rat i this part of the middle Indic he
blatacnit per iod once inspireci riter The onvicion wa's:fler 11l11cr Idia yoilhad to sar t with the bean to tlean about thItash-
bTlTHEabli eis thsnhhisicre Pearl S Buek to obsrve that "If time, evn walen he returned to illagfew. knew nthing about taa Swaamsak Sngh o' the
icsTobegoercib'Iichi pearo udonetecInc dncyocre goicgin Arbor to e mllee hi: BA. the village', so there as. no way lSS asoit is cled, aviolent re-
one w olbeeri asus~picMehbl o to kill yousel.c eniconois aid 'fcart tacing, of 'e1eeting spot to visit. I recall actionary organization sceking to
hec~igan ngishIcrfe ~ t a 'Iis ichuia to ~ and to rife up hiscialy ndian° one morning n a tain depot. I establish the old caste sytem
bigaEnlsprfsoata Tienhsamgealogyfirst lance. aiecdre'sses ini a mrn--'say towardepridn ing the writ- adetucires,"AleircanShib" suddenly realized I didn't know more forefuly and return India
ner, that woculdsake Fiteire edi- er': ations. It has susaiied him published in 1948 when he wa 22.awhere I wa' going I coutdnt to it ancient gloy
tos cringe.Ptaids, tw eed, khss is on isnmeabe back-raking ex In the meaictime Muehihad _______________ It wa ina vtlage in Mahara-
plisin Indi, and i o doubt mraried and when he and his wie htra that he learned of Gandhi's
and deetboots rce evc'dsy ,pploitsiti1'liraP~tt dah nierdb h S h
paeel. responsible foe1the kinud ofde- set out foe India.in 1947, "We had vi~hi rn ete~nee h h
He ha: smootthblack ha ir and a teminaion he hcs. A onscden- Just enouh money to get thre Fall acots of John Fred- skillfully moved out of te i-
rd mutache, a combiation fious obje~tor, he joined the Am- and the remst was hope. Other pro- eiek Muehi's traves'nd o- lae, havigfcerlerated the a'sas-
which student' often cnot ac- ericanss ii d evice during the fe.. on get boks when thy fo servati s ii India may e pliacin efoei culyto
cet evens after a sermest es ork Second World War and washsta- awy. My kids gave me a cock- found iu the writer's two pub- pae
with hir. He is a short, snew tioned in India from 1943-44. tait ,haker and an automatic cork- lished full-length bok, "Am The forests of Mysore,a junge
man who nmiht b mistaken for Wh-at he dgscies a lax duties screw and we wee off." erian Sahib" 19461 and "to- area Inhabited largely by tigers
an hin rine r aMahat I th M enbld hm o tketerview with India" (1950. and eg'ant cobas, was teox
to Aabin pinc or , ee eo- n te A HEnbCOUPLEto akhad JustOULE adcJivedrieareah avheeecoveredd.b araEtacodescriptionritio
tan bartenider. Hi: most overt em- long jaunts over the Indian cor- i. iIIniathen l yeme ente published bysare i
tirn Indiasentusaswhen rysdMuocean1,80 i' jueeythe John Day Cmpany o h ufrle nti rai
tio, 1stte . citus' c, fte tcsie, nc an110 mleoureydown with amebic dsentery and Mueh is now wking on a a tribute to superhuman trength
enough for a half doen pole, to the noth. And what he saw they spent their small reseve of okabu heBiis and his body took the worst beat-
andan nfhsiam wiec heconined hm tat e mst omecash getting him dotored up His India Company and Is smu- cg it ha ever enoutered.
z, ife Doris, went t a mission taneously writing a novl se In the southern part of India,
- - - school totach and Muehl started in ]India He abso writes articles Tamilad, he spent his time learn-
traveling,o nmruspbictos ndtg the life of a fisherman and
Hie remembers thatCaa the be is a onstant contributor to the getting in and out of adventures
hginncg he had no idea of what book reviewing section of te with a. Communistic uprising,
FEQUISITELIY DETAILED he was going to do. "The cities in Saturday Rviw where cultiators were striking
Idaare pretty decadent-a blend against the landlords. Finsly sun-
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