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India 's Madame Rajan Nehru lectured at Portland State in March. She by-passed the feminine preroga– tive of talk on fashions or native customs and drove deep to the heart of India 's problems , the struggles of a fledgling democracy in a part of the world especially threatened by Communism. For the first time in its 16 years as a democracy, India is being forced to de- emphasize programs for education, health, and indus– trial growth in order to build up border defenses against Communist China. Describing her nation as a "vital crossroads for democracy," Madame Nehru said "should India fail , the whole of Southeast Asia and maybe Africa will feel repercussions." 97