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ON THE COVER K. \ ] .\.\ H.\l
THE TWO PRESIDENTS
"Thrice welcome" said Harry Warner, President of Warner Brothers to Baburao Patel, President of Film Journalists' Association of India.
The two presidents had an hour to themselves in the midst of the I cocktail party which Mr. Warner gave in honour of Mr. Patel at which all the stars and the chief studio executives were present. We would soon know what they talked.
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Vol. 5 DECEMBER 1939 No. 12
I Return
Italy, indolent and hopeful— Austria, sad and yet reckless— Hungary, trembling and yet threatening — Germany, arrogant and efficient — Switzerland, gentle and hospitable— France, riotous and plebeian— Great Britain, frigid and squeamish — America, boisterous and dollar crazy — Hawaii, green and romantic — Japan, ambitious and colourful — China, oppressed and povertystricken — Straits Settlements, contented and submissive— Ceylon, unenterprising and in bondage; this is how I found the numerous countries I travelled through in my recent world tour. And I returned home to find India awake and aggressive.
War! That one word has brought humanity to a standstill. For twenty-five years they have been building a new world on the ruins of old. Now they are busy destroying what they built all these years. That is how modern civilization progresses — by conflict.
Some day, this war will also end and the world will once again settle down seriously to build anew, but till then, we, the peace loving and non-fighting Indians will also be affected — politically and economically.
In a hurry I left Europe, the theatre of the present war, but its news chased me all round the world. Ships were sunk ahead and behind, floating sea-weeds became magnetic mines and human imagination ran riot and gave birth to several frightening rumours. But through all these I returned home and to safety.
The world had its ear turned to Hitler's dreadful war-song. They had hardly any time to listen to India's complaint about films that slandered India and her great people.
As a nation India is not on the map of the world nor are the Indians in the minds of the