Table 1: India Today, "As We See It"
Issue
Number
Vol. 1, No. 10
Subject of Column
Closing Statement
British Parliament’s Open Letter to
India
Vol. 1, No. 11
Vol. 1, No. 12
Former viceroy Halifax
America’s interest in Indian
freedom
Halifax: Unable to see Dominion
Status in India’s future
Indians want enumeration of British
plans
“When that is done, open letters to
convince the world will also become
unnecessary.”
“We await.”
“This should now be America’s
concern also.”
“Nothing but her own blindness and
greed prevented it.”
“And we feel that freedom for India
should be an integral part of this new
world order.”
“And that is the problem of the day.”
“Will those in power wake up in time?”
Vol. 2, No. 1
Vol. 2, No. 2
Vol. 2, No. 3
Vol. 2, No. 4
Vol. 2, No. 5
Vol. 2, No. 6
Vol. 2, No. 7
(No Column)
Vol. 2, No. 8
Vol. 2, No. 9
Vol. 2, No. 10
Vol. 2, No. 11
(Missing)
Vol. 2, No. 12
Vol. 3, No. 1
(Missing)
Vol. 3, No. 2
Vol. 3, No. 3
(Missing)
Vol. 3, No. 4
Vol. 3, No. 5
Indian position on the war
Link between political settlement
and full war effort in India
Atlantic Charter and its application
Churchill’s interpretation of the
Atlantic Charter
“’If not it is sure to fail.”’
“Churchill may be winning the war but
he is fast losing India.”
Amery’s explanation of Indian
situation
“This is hardly the time to discuss the
benefits of one people’s rule over
another.”
Pearl Harbor and added U.S. interest “And she must keep more merely
in India
America free but must free the world
for what Lincoln called ‘man’s vast
future.’”
India’s 25+ year freedom struggle
“Not India, but Britain is on the
witness stand.”
Hopeful support of Cripps
“In this we wish Sir Stafford all
success.”
Beginning to be too late for a
political settlement
“It is late—but not too late.
Positive presentation of Indian
leaders’ resistance
Countering British propaganda
“Will America act in time?”
“Someone must act quickly to avert
Vol. 3, No. 6
Vol. 3, No. 7
Vol. 3, No. 8
Vol. 3, No. 9
Vol. 3, No. 10
Vol. 3, No. 11
Vol. 3, No. 12
Vol. 4, No. 1
Vol. 4, No. 2
Vol. 4, No. 3
Vol. 4, No. 4
Vol. 4, No. 5
Vol. 4, No. 6
Vol. 4, No. 7
about Gandhi; Anti-Cripps
Churchill’s speech on India
that calamity [Axis control of India].”
“Churchill is serving India on a platter
to the Japanese.”
British apologists’ lack of factual
“Its reliance upon force to settle
information
India’s problem at this tragically
critical hour is as blind as it is
unpardonable.”
“Churchillian creed”
“There are perils ahead.”
Lord Halifax on India; why Cripps
“They mush not be muzzled now—at
failed
least not in America, land of
Washington, Lincoln and Patrick
Henry.”
Indian freedom fight in greater
“India’s fight for freedom is not hers
global fight for freedom
alone—but part of the fight for
freedom.”
Gandhi’s fast
“After this episode, … to reestablish
any sort of decent relations between
Britain and India will call for
statesmanship of a higher order than
is anywhere in evidence now.”
The effects of Gandhi’s fast
“We may well end with Gandhi’s
words to the Viceroy: ‘….A slaughter of
truth accompanying butchery and
enforced by falsity…adds strength to
the Congress Party.”’
Assessment of Welles’ letter
“We are not at all surprised that
claiming State Dept. support of India American liberals should be perturbed
self-government
about India’s problem.”
Denial of Phillips’ request to meet
“Linlithgow has been an ignominious
Gandhi
failure. This is the culmination of his
folly.”
Linthigow’s unaccommodating
“We hope that American will soon find
policies; Phillips’ report to
out the truth about India through their
Roosevelt
won representatives.”
Wavell as new viceroy
“Not liberty—not freedom—but a new
Viceroy!”
NYT Herbert Matthews misinformed “We wish that someone…could go to
analysis
India now—someone who would be
able to see the woods, in spite of the
trees.”
Axis defeat inevitable: what will
“We have faith in America.”
UN/U.S. stance on imperialism be?
Bengali famine
“A resolution was passed asking for
the release of Mahatma Gandhi in the
name of the principles for which the
Vol. 4, No. 8
Vol. 4, No. 9
Vol. 4, No. 10
Vol. 4, No. 11
Vol. 4, No. 12
Vol. 5, No. 1
A self-governed India wouldn’t have
permitted a famine
Political interference halting famine
aid
Long struggle for Indian
independence
Chronic nature of famine in India
Economic development plan for
post-war India
Introduction of Indian citizenship
bill in Congress
Vol. 5, No. 2
Gandhi’s release from jail
Vol. 5, No. 3
Indian voice in post-war world
Vol. 5, No. 4
“Disunity in England” over India
policies
Vol. 5, No. 5
Roosevelt on connections between
the U.S. and Pacific
Vol. 5, No. 6
Dumbarton Oaks Conference,
internationalism and imperialism
United Nations are fighting.”
“Inevitably the day of reckoning will
come.”
“India is patient, but there comes a
time when human patience can endure
no more.”
“After all—what are fifty years to an
ancient country like India?”
“Only an Indian policy can save the
chronically famine-stricken millions of
India from their life-long agony of
hunger.”
“Mother India is putting on new
garments!”
“The quota is a matter of gesture, as
the one hundred or so persons who
will come annually to these shores is a
number too utterly insignificant to
create any problem.”
“Once again, not Gandhi, but Britain, is
on trial.”
“It is those who oppose there simple
requirements of justice who seek to
complicate the problem.”
“It is imperative for her [America] to
exercise her tremendous influence
now—before it is to late—and demand
that Britain allow Gandhi full freedom
to see his colleagues, and negotiate a
settlement.”
“Judged by its acts of commission, U.S.
policy in the Pacific and neighboring
areas is admirable; but there are many
glaring omissions in it.”
“Meanwhile there are talks and plans
for international organizations to
usher in the millennium where there
shall be no wars.”