Modern Review March 1935

Gond poetry finds expression in the Dhauda or riddle the Dadaria the short song which is chanted by the woodcutter as he goes about his business in the forest or by a party of friends sitting round the fire by night but chiefly and supremely in the karma the songs which accompany (the famous dance which is said to symbolize the bringing of the green boughs from the forest at the'beginning of [...] The best dancers attain the most delicate and intricate movments of the hands and feet but especially the feet and after the dance has continued half the night even the least expert become inspired and the entire company is possessed by the very spirit of rhythm. [...] Neogy and the remarks of some other members of the Assembly regarding the true nature of the Fiscal Convention led the Hon'ble Sir George Rainy to make the following important statement in the Assembly_on behalf of the Government of India on March 276. [...] Government of India and the Legislattri are not in agreement the convention is at an end: And if the question be asked in what sense does the Government of India come again under the control of the Secretary of State I would say this that clearly the Members of the Government of India are responsible to the Secretary of State for establishing harmonious relations with the Leelitttre in thi [...] It is aware of the fears that on the other hand have been expressed lest the exercise by the Indian Legislature of the powers contemplated is the Convention might result in the imposition of penal tariffs on British goods or In the application to them of penally restrictive regulations with the object not of fostering Indian.trade but of injui ing and excluding British trade.