Breakup of Soviet Union Leaves India Shaken

Susanne Hoeber Rudolph and Lloyd I. Rudolph. Susanne Hoeber Rudolph and Lloyd I. Rudolph are s of " Lakshmi: The Political Economy of the Indian State. " They are in India working on a new book and teach ., The Christian Science Monitor

WE arrived in India in September, reeling under the impact of news from the erstwhile Soviet Union. Banner headlines, a revolution on TV. But in India the response was guarded, troubled, fearful. The United States celebrated; freedom had triumphed over tyranny. In India the mood was something like mourning; a dear friend had passed away.

India's national press - sophisticated, cosmopolitan, full of lively editorial analysis - sees the world differently, and never more so than since Aug. 19. Americans saw the second Russian Revolution as the breaking out of freedom; Boris Yeltsin, the freedom fighter, courageously defied the tanks of totalitarianism. It was the end of a …

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Publication information: Article title: Breakup of Soviet Union Leaves India Shaken. Contributors: Susanne Hoeber Rudolph and Lloyd I. Rudolph. Susanne Hoeber Rudolph and Lloyd I. Rudolph are s of " Lakshmi: The Political Economy of the Indian State. " They are in India working on a new book and teach . - Author. Newspaper title: The Christian Science Monitor. Publication date: October 7, 1991. Page number: 18. © 2009 The Christian Science Publishing Society. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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