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To: Jyoti sharma who wrote (25)	3/26/1998 11:30:00 AM
From: Worswick	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

You might check out the portable tandoor article in yesterday's New York Times. Cost $800. - $1,200. Makes going to the restaurant unnecessary. Foolproof. 30 minutes to warm up. Between times referencing Jyoti's post, "My main concern with India right now is with a strong stable govt. No major reforms or policy changes are likely with the current regime. If past is any guide this govt will be gone in less than 12 months and we may have another round of elections leading to a stronger govt. India needs a strong hand at the center to push thru economic reforms and social policy changes". In my view the unreal opinion of "strong hands at the center" is an idea that has gotten India.... where it is today. There were never any strong hands at the center in India, at least after thedeath of Nehru. At the present moment India for all intents and purposes has broken up IMHO. When one recognizes that AP is different from MP and UP is different from Gujerat... then should go that one step further...and people should get the idea that federalism is dead in India. Kaput. It is a reeking, stinking corpse. No. India is not the US. No. Kashmir is not Virginia. No. Correct me if I'm wrong... there has been no civil war in India as yet. Everyone who has wanted to drop out of the Indian Union has done so already buy buying his way out through a disasterously corrupt political process... where merit is given the go by to the rupee. Why else are all you former Indian's now Americans? It isn't because you came here because you loved America. You loved the idea of being individuals, with ideas and a future. Right? Where is anybody's future in India? There isn't one unless you have lakhs on hand for bribes. As an aside... it is your duty to help India. To get the idea across, in my opinion, that there is accountability: that there is a future for India, a great and brilliant future because of the innate talents of the Indian people: that this future is simply a matter of political scale. The country is too large, too diverse, too populated to run from the center. All it needs is another urban insurgency like the Punjab, or Kashmir, or the Naxalites to create reality perhaps. Reality in India is that India has very strong regional identities. It has the Indian states. India is ruled from the states. Some states are infinitely better off than others. In fact, many of these states bear curious resemblance of of nations that existed before the great mistake. The Indian union. Dream of Congress. Will a country heading towards a head count of 1.2 billion people be govenorable from the center? Was India ever rulable? Try breathing at noon in old Delhi. Take a deep breath. Suck it up. It is up to strong local prosecutors to again set up the rule of law in India.... not the rule of rupee. It is time for local participants in local politics to stop whinning and again get involved in government like your grandfather's were. But do this on a local level. In cities. In towns. In state governments. Nuff said. From the spider's den today. All this before 11:33

To: Jyoti sharma who wrote (25)	3/27/1998 3:07:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Respond to of 12475

Aryan Invasion Theory-Myth or Fact. Jyoti: The reason I said I have a hard time swallowing this 'theory' is because it is just a theory as there is no hard evidence to support it anywhere.The most vociferous and persistent promulgators of this 'theory' are the Europeans,particularly the Germans and they found a willing and passive ally in the government who was only too eager to comply,perhaps thinking this somehow elevate their wretched lot in life by mere association with the Europeans and therein lies the problem with the history books you and I studied in school.Funny how a concocted postulation can quickly become accepted and become the real 'history' and I of course refer to this business of 'Indo- European' languages,history,cultural affinity etc etc.'God' forbid if Indus Valley Civilization came own its own without any help from Europeans..How dare they??? I wonder why it took them till the 19th century to concoct the idea. Whether you agree or not,it is a fascinating subject for endless debate.Being a skeptic my self I take the contrarian view and submit that this Aryan Invasion Theory is nothing more than poppycock. Here are some links which might shed some light on the subject. itihaas.com hindunet.org itihaas.com

To: Jyoti sharma who wrote (25)	3/29/1998 3:01:00 PM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

Ref: History. Jyoti: [and Worswick you too,if you are interested in this sort of debate] Here are some more links that Prof.Dinesh Agarwal of Penn State sent to me.Oh boy I think I am going to be an 'expert' on the subject pretty soon,from the looks of it.<gg> If you get time do read them as it is very interesting and provides a contrary view point than the accepted 'conventional' view which you and I apparently studied in school. geocities.com voi.org voi.org hindunet.org