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SAMAR Magazine Issue #6 (Summer 1996)
The Summer 1996 issue of SAMAR (No. 6) focused on politics of science and technology, and featured contributions by Mir Ali Husain and Maya Yajnik, Gopal Siwakoti, Biju Mathew, Purnima Bose, Pervez Hoodbhoy, Agha Shahid Ali, Jael Silliman, Kartar Dhillon, Purvi Shah, Krishanthi Subramaniam, Afshan Haque, and Satinder Jawanda. The issues featured two interviews: N. Ram with S.

Afghanistan: The heart of Aryan
Booklet titled Afghanistan: The heart of Aryan by Mahendra Pratap, published by the China-based World Federation. Pratap explains that he had resided in Afghanistan since August 1915, after being exiled from India. The booklet prints an assortment of photographs of King Nadir Khan, King Amanullah Khan, Prince Inayatullah Khan, and the author Mahendra Pratap.

Uday Shan-kar and his Hindu Ballet
Program for Uday Shankar and his Hindu Ballet held at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco on February 18 and 20, 1939. The program contains a description of the entire performance. Music direction is credited to Vishnudass Shirali, and the other dancers credited in the performance are Simkie, Zohra, Uzra, Madhavan, Robindra, Brijo, Behari, Sisir Sovan, and Nagen Dey.

Advertisement for India China Store in San Francisco
Advertisement for India China Store in San Francisco, run by G.R. Channon. Among the items advertised are “India Art Goods,” jewelry, and foods. A color picture of Mahatma Gandhi was given free to anyone who brought in this advertisement.

India Needs Your Help Not Tomorrow But Now
Typed pamphlet titled "India Needs Your Help Not Tomorrow But - Now," from the Los Angeles Branch of the All-World Gandhi Fellowship. The pamphlet explains the mission of the All-World Gandhi Fellowship to promote non-violence and satyagraha, to win friends for India, and to educate the public about the conditions in India.

World Capitol
The October/November 1954 edition of the Hindi-English journal World Capitol (Vol. 2, Nos. 1-2), published by P.G. Krishnayya and described as a "Journal emanating from New York City, the Home of the United Nations, printed and published in Banaras City."

Ruth St. Denis: "First Lady of the Dance"
Flyer for a performance by Ruth St. Denis, the “First Lady of American Dance,” at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco. St. Denis regularly performed her interpretations of Indian forms dance in the 1910s onwards to American audiences.

Freedom for India Now!
Pamphlet titled Freedom for Indian Now! published by the New York-based Post War World Council, featuring writings by Pearl S. Buck, Lin Yutang, Krishnalal Shridharani, Arthur Garfield Hays, A. Philip Randolph, Anup Singh, Roger Baldwin, and Norman Thomas. The pamphlet contains speeches, messages, and excerpts from a meeting of the Post War Council on August 6, 1942. The editor Mary W.