--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Jason Spock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The Facts are slightly different. Over 90% of the indian > population were illiterate back then. All the VedaShalas, > the traditional Vedic Schools were open only to Brahmins > and other elite classes.
I'm not terribly interested in Jason's latest India- bash, but since he's brought up the category of "Strange and interesting facts about literacy," what country on the planet, in 1990, had the *highest* percentage of literacy among its population on the planet? Hint: the same country, today, has one of the lowest percentages of literacy. You guessed it...Iraq. From the most literate nation on the planet under Saddam Hussein pre-GWI to one of the least literate, under US rule, post-GWII. Fascinating, eh? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
