A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of the idea. John Ciardi
Originally posted by Stan James:
About Bombay - and yes I really should learn the new name. I heard the author of this book on NPR the other day and read some enthusiastic reviews. I'm planning on looking for it at the library. Anybody from the area care to comment on whether it gives a realistic picture of India and the city?
MH
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"God who creates and is nature is very difficult to understand, but he is not arbitrary or malicious." OR "God does not play dice." - Einstein
"I'm not back." - Bill Harding, Twister
Originally posted by Helen Thomas:
I City of Joy was set in Calcutta. or Kolkatta, now ? or Calicut ?
[ December 10, 2004: Message edited by: Helen Thomas ]
MH
Uncontrolled vocabularies
"I try my best to make *all* my posts nice, even when I feel upset" -- Philippe Maquet
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MH
1) ShivSena workers(ShivSena statewide political party,workers always demand 'protection'money from merchants,businessmen etc):Author discusses about the life of one worker,his childhood,'injustice' done to him by society,joining the party,his expanding cable tv business,his relationships with housewives,his involvment in 1992-1993 riots.Some of the paragraphs you really can't read("...people of **** community must move out of this country.....We were walking on a road during riots.We saw man of **** community.We had enough gasoline to burn him.........He turned into fireball....We sat down and then prayed and slept peacefully...)
"Strength is Life,Weakness is Death"
Originally posted by Arjun Shastry:
But now everybody pronounces Beijing as Beijing and not Peking!
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Originally posted by Bharath KrishnaMurthy:
Dear Arjun,
Please don't put your opinions on any of the Indian parties because we never know the complete truth.I have lots of opinions and facts against the present coaltion [Cong-NCP) in Maharastra.So please let us not make this forum a poltical one.
-Bharath
MH
Originally posted by Mehul Sanghvi:
If Mumbai loses it charm as the city of dreams, it will be dead in a few years and then the power mafia will have no one else but the blame themselves for cutting off the high branch(charm of money) on which they are sitting with a saw(riots/gangwar/extortion)
Mehul.
MH
Actually it lost the charm years back.Many industries moved outside Mumbai,infact outside Maharashtra as its the costliest place to do the business but quality of life is not worth spending money.
-Mumbai cha Bhau
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