Comment by Ved Mehta. What is most alarming about the Hindu violence against the Sikhs following Mrs. Ghandi's assassination is that it is voiceless. No Hindus have declared that they hold the four million Sikhs in India responsible for the act of the 2 Sikh assassins. No one has contradicted the view that Hindus...

The Talk of the Town Planet by Emily Hahn. Talk story about a press party at the Waldorf-Astoria to introduce Mr. David Attenborough's new series, "The Living Planet: A Portrait of the Earth." It is a twelve-part series that is to have its debut on television next February, funded, like its award-winning predecessor, "Life on Earth...

Comment by Lawrence Weschler. During the past week, we have listened to all sorts of political commentators as they tried to analyze the significance of President Reagan's landslide victory and to discuss its implications. It will be several years before these become evident in the U.S., but throughout the world this week people are...

The Talk of the Town When in the Course.. by William McKibben. Talk story about a night club in the New York Hilton called "The Pursuit of Happiness." Its name was drawn from the Declaration of Independence, from a phrase first concocted by Thomas Jefferson. The club was named and designed by Sarah Tomerlin Lee, who said, "I wanted a name that...

Fiction Foie Gras by W. S. Merwin. As late middle age tightened around him, Pierre, the Comte d'Aller, or Fatty, as he was called, depended more and more on his pate de foie gras. He lived in a chateau outside the town of Cerignac, in Auvergne, with his wife, Mathilde, who was credited with the patience of...

The Talk of the Town Meleagris Gallopavo by Vickie Karp. Talk story listing historical notes on turkeys from 600 to 1916. 0ne of the writerOs sources is a book by Horace Vose, called "Turkey Secrets...

A Reporter at Large THE NEW OPEN DOOR by Orville Schell. REPORTER AT LARGE about China and Deng Xiaoping's open door policy, which the Chinese leader initiated in the late 1970s. This new policy has transformed relations between socialist China and the capitalist world. Writer tells about some of the changes he saw on a recent visit. There are now a...

The Theatre GRAVE ROBBERS by Brendan Gill.

Musical Events by Andrew Porter.

Dancing by Arlene Croce.

Poetry Complaint by Gertrude Schnackenberg. I lean over the rail toward the dark town, /The rail a...

Poetry Mascara by Elizabeth Spires. One eye swims into view, bright as a fish, /enlarged, and swiftly...