Part of a queue at a polling station: a sightless old woman is carried to the booth by her son. (Government of India Photograph.) Gandhi's weapons. And in the words of Jayaprakash Narayan: “They served a twofold purpose: they changed society and changed the individual. The law can do the first but not the latter. No heart or mind has been changed by law; no individual made virtuous by coercion.”

Revolution in Minds of Men Gandhi's technique of conversions was based on faith in the possibility of improving man. This faith itself was grounded in another faith that all men, irrespective of outward differences, are fundamentally the same and good at heart. Did they not all come, “trailing clouds of glory from God who is our home?” Jayaprakash Narayan has often reiterated that Bhoodan is the beginning of a great mass movement of conversion and the creation of new values and a new climate of thought. It brings about a living and immediate revolution in the minds of men and in their mutual relationships. It attacks and corrects here and now the system of exploitation and inequality. It teaches men to share what they have with their fellows. This revolutionary movement started in the agrarian sphere because the land problem is more urgent and India is primarily an agricultural country (70% of its people live one the land). But the concept of Bhoodan can apply to all possessions, including knowledge and skill. All wealth is a social product and no earning is possible without social co-operation. Whatever we possess therefore belongs to society. So this movement is assuming a comprehensive, all-embracing character. Jayaprakash Narayan believes that although different countries have different backgrounds, the time has come for Bhoodan and other concepts to be extended on an international plane. And now that Vinoba has sown the seeds and persuaded hundreds of thousands of people to accept this concept, a psychological climate has been created for the idea to take root and germinate in other fields. Vinoba does not see God in the sacred places. To him God is the common man. “But for me the place where you all live is the sacred place. To me your bodies are not just compounds of five elements. I look upon you as my God. Long journeys tire out this frail body. But when I get an opportunity to serve you my fatigue vanishes.” (UNESCO). The physical fitness, intelligence and bright disposition of Maori boys and girls at the Te Aute and Hukarere (Napier) Colleges deeply impressed the High Commissioner for India in Australia and New Zealand, General K. M. Cariappa, who recently visited both schools and talked to pupils about his own country. At Te Aute General Cariappa watched the boy cadets on parade. He said later: “Their steadiness and general deportment were admirable. Your young Maori is a fine stamp of citizen.” At the Hukarere Maori Girls' College, General Cariappa was entertained with hakas, poi dancing and Maori songs, all of which he thoroughly enjoyed. He said the girls had charming voices and delightful personalities. * * * According to the New Zealand Rugby Almanae, the prominent Maori Rugby winger, N. P. Cherrington, last season completed his century of first-class matches. He reached his hundredth such appearance at Suva, by playing for the New Zealand Maori team against Fiji in the second test. Cherrington's first first-class match was for North Auckland against Auckland in 1946. His record at the end of the last season included 34 matches for North Auckland; six for Tai Tokerau; two for the North Island; 46 for New Zealand Maoris; and seven for New Zealand. * * * A colourful finale to a thrilling Rugby match in which a North Island Maori team beat the Barbarians at Auckland in June was provided when the Maoris' captain entrusted the final conversion to the referee, the famous All Black fullback, George Nepia. Mr Nepia missed the conversion, but he lustily signalled it with his whistle and arm, and then signalled the end of the match with the score Maoris 41, Barbarians 19.