Subject: The dude Vasishtha chewing some blades of grass with the

[Guest guest]

> Are you referring to something happening in India?

> -----

>

> Yes.

> 1500 years back evidently the Mughal invader Babur

came to India,

conquered whole of North India, established the Mughal

empire and

reign and in passing kicked the shit out of a

supposedly Ram temple

existing in a place called Ayodhya and built a mosque

over it.

>

> 10 years back, the Hindu fundamentalists, broke

the mosque for

restoring Hindu honour.

>

> The Muslim fanatics, in retaliation blew up Bombay

around 8 years

ago, when over 2000 people were killed.

>

> Now they Hindu pride cannot be re-established

unless a Ram Mandir

comes up exactly over a 4ft X 2 ft spot, where Ram was

supposed to

have come out kicking and screaming.

>

> The Muslims are resisting with all means,

including a recent

terrorist attack once again in Mumbai last week.

>

>

> Ah well, par for the course (expression from golf)

for humanity.

 

Thanks for explaining, Sandeep.

 

I appreciate your sharing of information about

goings-on in India, about which we often don't

receive extensive coverage here in the US.

 

The polarization of us against them, me against you,

seems to be alive and well -- pronouncemnts about

the demise of this polarity apparently being

premature, as all hell is in the process of

breaking loose --

expression from movie " The Exorcist " )

 

Nice talking to you, as always,

Dan