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 entered India at the head of an Indian army, he could rally the whole country. The Japanese, she said, had liberated the Indian soldiers and officers captured in Hong Kong, Malay, Singapore, and Burma and were organizing them into special Indian units which, the Axis radio declared, would march into India and drive out the British. Bose, she said, was more popular than Nehru, and in certain circumstances had a stronger appeal than Gandhi.

Dev stated that, in recent years, under pressure from Nehru and other advanced thinkers, Congress had been paying more attention to economic and social questions, and had formulated a social program which he would find and give me.

Lunch at eleven. I was late in arriving. Gandhi was already seated on the floor of the mess hall. “Come along,” he said to me in friendly fashion as I appeared. I asked him whether he was well. “Yes,” he replied, “but I felt too tired to walk. You must walk alone or with some of our friends. Exercise is important.” I told him that only the chance of talking to him could induce me to walk in this heat. He laughed. He offered me a boiled onion from his pot. I turned it down and asked for raw onion instead. It stimulated my palate and was a relief from the flat food of the menu. Kurshed handed me a teaspoon, but Gandhi pushed a table spoon in my direction and said, “This is more con-