The Indian Review July 1936 A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Discussion of All Topics of Interest

It is based on the universally accepted principle " Charity begins at home ". The Quranic injunction concerniag it is :— Give property out of love for Him (God) to the near of kin and the orphans and the needy and the wayfarer and the beggars and for the emancipation of the slaves. [...] But if he happens to be a Sunni Mussalman of the Hanafi School (hanafi-ul-mazhab) he has the privilege of appointing himself as Mutawalli and of reserving for himself a life-interest in the * It is necessary to put in the phrase " in the way of God " or " for the love of God" to show that the Wa-qif takes advantage of the spiritual side of the Sharaa. [...] The reason is the comparative paucity of females among the Hindus due to the ban on widow-remarriage and the rigid observance of the caste system which ultimately results in the preponderance of masculinity. [...] The only bias of the programmes of the State Broadcasting Service is for improving the understanding and broadening the sympathies of its clientele and for creating in them a sense of curiosity and a livelier appreciation of the possibilities of life. [...] The growth of socialism in India and the rise also of communism is very significant as to the lack of imagintion that prevails with reference to the serion:ness of the state of agriculture and' industry and the flabbiness of their remedies proposed.