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The Forum March 1 1924

1924

To the writer this want of recognition of the moneyed men has been unfortunate from the view-point of material progress ; this has made the possessors of the "mobile wealth" of the country timid unenlightened and unenterprising. [...] But the days of bipartite division of power have come to end by the emergence of three parties in the British House of Commons and the formal coalition of Liberals and Labourties in keeping the Conservatives out of power though the latter are the largest party in the house. [...] The presence of three independent parties none of which has a majority over the other two combined would it is hoped reduce the despotism" of the Cabinet and lead to greater freedom in discussion and voting ; the criticism of private members instead of being merely demonstrations of opinion for the benefit of the constituencies without any hope of influencing the votes of the members and the de [...] This racial stigma is brought out in a still'more poignant form in the Bengal Budget for the fortcoming official year in which a sum of thirteen lakhs of rupees is appropriated to the education of a handful of European and Anglo-I4dian students while the pitiful sum of one crone is considered sufficient for the whole of the Indian stdent community of the province. [...] It has doubtless succeeded in creating masterpieces of plastic art in the epochs during which in a spirit of sincerity it returned as it did at the time of the Renaissance to the pagan art nbt demaning of Christianity anything more than allegories devoid of all influence on the beauty of the statue or of the painting.
history
Pages
52
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120064
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
257-257 unknown view
Editorial Comments
257-261 unknown view
“The Tenth Thou Art”
261-262 unknown view
Indian Unity
262-265 unknown view
A National Budget
265-267 unknown view
We Live to Learn
267-269 Ferar view
Culture (German) Vs Civilization (French)
269-271 A.D. view
Back to Status
271-273 Amiya Gupta view
The New Caste Movement in Bengal
273-275 Binode Dutt view
Review
275-276 N.N.S. view
Indian Cotton Trade
276-278 unknown view
A Bengali Artist in London
278-279 unknown view
Analysis of British Labour
279-279 unknown view
Kashmir Industries
279-280 unknown view
Magazine Corner
280-281 unknown view
Mosquitoes Undermine an Empire
281-281 unknown view
Income of Authors
281-281 unknown view
The Census Report
281-282 unknown view
Indian Press
282-284 unknown view
Foreign Press
284-285 unknown view
Backmatter
285-ii unknown view

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