El indigenismo de los indígenas. Historia de una “nebulosa autóctona” (México, décadas de 1940-1950) by Romain Robinet

“…This work analyzes the conformation of an ‘autochthonous nebula’ in postrevolutionary Mexico (1940s-1950s) which structured in close connection with the indigenist device. Formed by Indian politicians and intellectuals like Genaro V. Vásquez and Juan Luna Cárdenas, aborigine organizations such as the National Confederation of Indigenous Youth (CNJI, 1946) and in a more distant way by rural communities, this vast social sphere had one specific goal: to indianize indigenismo, that is to say to control, in practical terms, the policies implemented by the General Directorate of Indigenous Affairs (DGAI) or by the National Indigenist Institute (INI), and in symbolical terms, to forge an Indian political culture articulated to the Mexican revolutionary culture. …”
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Embarking on Friendship: Exploring Early Soviet-Indian Relations by S. I. Lunev

“…The second stage of Soviet-Indian relations (1955-1971) can be termed as a period of "birth of friendship," as the image of partnership is consolidated in the eyes of Soviet and Indian politicians and the public. Soviet diplomacy played a pivotal role in shaping policy changes: diplomats sought to gather crucial information about events in the country, transmit it to the USSR, and promote bilateral rapprochement, sometimes even acting in violation of instructions.The article pays particular attention to the activities of Subhas Chandra Bose, the leader of the left wing of the Indian National Congress, who according to Indian sociological surveys on the most prominent politicians of the 20th century, ranks second only to Mahatma Gandhi. …”
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