Der Alte s Legacy

to collect funds that were witnessed in the wake of the war with Pakistan, only two years ago. The official sponsorship and the organised effort which have on earlier occasions persuaded large numbers of people to forgo a part of their monthly or weekly earnings have been missing this time. And in Bihar itself, those who have travelled there in recent months aver that almost the only Indian volunteers involved in relief work are the Sar- vodaya workers of the Bihar Relief Committee or volunteers of the Raakrishna Mission. For the rest, it is the Christian missionaries and stray foreigners who are the most active.