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Stranger in Paradise?
As the report reprinted below indicates, some tourists are more observant than others. When he sent this numbered letter to the Department of External Affairs, James George was Canada’s high commissioner in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and consequently a member of the…
Escott Reid (1905-1999)
Escott Reid was a man whose life was of much value to his country and the world community. His high intelligence and courage were great assets in his work. His humour and consideration for others were shared by his charming wife Ruth,…
Paving the Way in Delhi
Fifty years ago I was on temporary duty in South Africa, after three years in Australia, when a telegram came from Ottawa ordering me to go to Delhi to “pave the way for a new mission”. Those were the days when one…
Fifty Years of Independence: The Legacy of Jawaharlal Nehru
by William Warden It was the summer of 1983 when we picked up our belongings and followed -t was the summer of 1983 when we – the route of the Moghul Emperors down the Grand Trunk Road from Rawalpindi to Delhi. Two…
Meeting Mahatma Gandhi
In June, 1947, Canada opened its first mission in India. On Dominion Day, the High Commissioner, John D. Kearney, with his Counsellor, Morley Scott, called upon Mahatma Gandhi. From Scott’s private papers, in the Archives of the University of British Columbia, comes…
