decree. Since then, India has receded from the headlines (ex- cept during President Carter's flying visit last January). The na- tion's current economic and political health is relatively good, but the long-term outlook is a matter of dispute. We present here some diverse views. Former diplomat Edward O'Neill traces Indian-American relations since the bloody Moslem-Hindu Par- tition of the subcontinent in 1947; journalist B. G. Verghese looks at India's political history; and economist Lawrence...