tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14701409.post5972349578735326842..comments2024-03-07T03:40:54.443-05:00Comments on FLOTSAM: 138kmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16040339235134145847noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14701409.post-37310525942833608052007-10-04T00:38:00.000-05:002007-10-04T00:38:00.000-05:00??!: don't forget the spinning wheel, my friend.??!: don't forget the spinning wheel, my friend.kmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040339235134145847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14701409.post-6205840713984708162007-10-03T10:10:00.000-05:002007-10-03T10:10:00.000-05:00goats milk, and curd made from goats milk. that's ...goats milk, and curd made from goats milk. that's the secret.??!https://www.blogger.com/profile/03791417518093723373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14701409.post-31650590250838624752007-10-03T09:41:00.000-05:002007-10-03T09:41:00.000-05:00Rahul: our textbooks made him out to be a saint un...Rahul: our textbooks made him out to be a saint untouched by politics. I think they completely missed out a very important aspect of the man.kmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040339235134145847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14701409.post-24296499265727190702007-10-03T02:17:00.000-05:002007-10-03T02:17:00.000-05:00Very interesting article from the Atlantic, by the...Very interesting article from the Atlantic, by the way - thanks.<BR/><BR/>Gandhi was clearly a very shrewd politician, but we don't see that aspect of him in our school textbooks. He also clearly united much more than he divided. It is also interesting to see how much of a "loyalist" he was until pushed.<BR/><BR/>About the Punjab wrongs (including Jalianwala Bagh), this quote is interesting: "Nevertheless, it is obviously impossible for any government to revise the scale of punishment two years after judgment has been passed in response to popular clamor." Today the west continues to punish Nazi war criminals, over 60 years after the fact.Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14701409.post-50208438857542408372007-10-02T21:49:00.000-05:002007-10-02T21:49:00.000-05:00of course. sorry, wasn't keeping track of the date...of course. <BR/>sorry, wasn't keeping track of the date.Tabula Rasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16358094860426062297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14701409.post-69772457959391224972007-10-02T21:45:00.000-05:002007-10-02T21:45:00.000-05:00Rahul: true, but I always would fall for that bait...Rahul: true, but I always would fall for that bait.<BR/><BR/>TR: this is his 138th birth anniversary.kmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040339235134145847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14701409.post-14701485373286534112007-10-02T13:55:00.000-05:002007-10-02T13:55:00.000-05:00KM - I don't think Gandhi needs defending. And r...KM - I don't think Gandhi needs defending. And rational argument is impossible with the people making the sort of allegations you quote.<BR/><BR/>TR - a wild guess: 2007-1869?Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14701409.post-47115187950466154392007-10-02T13:45:00.000-05:002007-10-02T13:45:00.000-05:00what's the title a reference to?what's the title a reference to?Tabula Rasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16358094860426062297noreply@blogger.com