On 1/18/06, boddi satva <lbo.boddi at gmail.com> wrote:
> I beg your pardon.
>
> New Jersey is fairly the backbone of this republic, crossroads of the
> revolution, site of the first baseball game, home of the Boss, the
> Chairman of the Board and George Clinton, home of Thomas Edison, and
> the place where the music of the spheres - the signal from the Big
> Bang itself - was first heard by man.
>
> Also has a pretty good Diwali celebration over in - what is it South Plainfiend?
> On 1/17/06, joanna <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
> > Well, ravi lives in New Jersey, which would make anyone miss their mother
> > country.
> >
> > Actually, Jersey is OK. It's kinda flat and mellow and terminally
> > unpretentious, but ravi lives in a yuppie condo complex, so.......
> >
> > Joanna
> >
> >
> > Sujeet Bhatt wrote:
> > Sounds suspiciously "patriotic" coming from an Internationalist of
> Ravi's
> > impeccable credentials.
>
> Sujeet
>
> On 1/10/06, joanna <123hop at comcast.net>
> > wrote:
>
> > ravi, visiting family in Indianapolis, wanted me to forward this to
> > the
> list:
>
> Joanna
> ________________
>
> >From Sen's "The Argumentative Indian"
> > (hardcover, 2005):
>
>
> >
> > pages 75-80:
>
> In that large tradition, there is indeed much to be proud of
> > [he is
> talking about Indian achievements that the expat community could
> > take
> pride in --ravi], including some ideas for which India gets far
> > less
> credit than it could plausibly expect. Consider, for example,
> > the
> tradition of public reasoning.
>
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