Easy Judgments

Easy Judgments Nireekshak "WITH the ... invitation to India by the Sponsoring Committee of the Asian and African countries to participate in the table tennis tournaments to be held in Peking, and India accepting the gesture", wrote Hitavada recently, "a new era of international diplomacy and understanding has begun". Whether it has or not, many China- watchers have been busy airing their prognostications about the future of India-China relations. Earlier, all of them, without exception, had been smitten by Mao's smite. Their many interpretations of the smile would surely make Mao literally smile. But that was before the 'Sons of Heaven' showed a penchant for ping pong. Ping pong has since put the smile in the shade.