Can we at least be truthful?

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On 16 Jan 1999, Jatukarnya das wrote:

> Did they! After Ardhabuddhi das has revealed himself,

 

For what it's worth, could this have been an "I'm Spartacus" (*)?

Ardhabuddhi's writing style didn't seem at all like Mahanidhi's ;

I have never seen any substantial message written by the latter

without at least a few dozen spelling errors (and VNN never edits

out spelling errors). Of course, he may have gone to great lengths

to make it seem that ABd was a different person, but that seems

at odds with the later admission of their oneness. For that reason,

I would take the confession with a grain of salt.

 

Yours,

 

Vijay

 

(*) Note for non-Western readers: Spartacus was a gladiator who lead

a slave revolt against the Roman empire. I believe that Kirk

Douglas played the role in the classic movie of the same name;

in the movie, when the Romans finally defeated Spartacus' army, they

wanted Spartacus brought before them so they could kill him. All

the slaves responded with "I'm Spartacus," because they didn't

want to turn over their leader. They were all crucified. I don't

know if this just happened in the movie, or if it also happened

in real life; I didn't learn that part of the Spartacus story in

Latin class.