At least Russia and China didn't call us names when we smiled sweetly at America.

I always start from the stand that it is imperialism that needs us, not we who need the imperialists.

What America did in Vietnam and the Congo - we feel. And as a result come these demonstrations. I am not defending the act of burning USIS books. We deplore it. But we can understand the motives of the students.

I had conversations with people in Russia, South America, Africa. In my profiles, I wrote that I was looking for a Proverbs 31 woman. (The Old Testament chapter) talks about the perfect mate being trustworthy, hardworking, dedicated, faithful, putting God first. And Hope was the only one to respond to the Proverbs 31 reference.

In America, Russia and even in Afghanistan, the Universities are not only themselves eager to introduce Sanskrit as a subject of study but they are being pressed by scholars to do so! Foreigners are revering these texts from India as gems of lucky discovery.

People learn details about China, Russia and America; they know about the volcanoes of the Pacific or the islands of the Arctic regions; but they do not know an iota about the features of their own inner realms.