One of the reaons I am a part of this yahoogroup is because I love Aditya's
sarcasm, no one comes even remotely close to him in this group of tens of
thousands of people.
--- In gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com, Aditya Bondyopadhyay <adit.bond@...> wrote:
>
> If that is what you understood from my letter, I think you deserve to stay
> on in your present intellectual state as a reward.
> All the best,
> Aditya B
>
> On 2 April 2011 22:54, Mike Milton <mmilton09@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > You say "Shut up" because some one disagrees with your view point !!!!
> >
> > Grow up ....
> >
> > ------------------------------
> > *From:* Aditya Bondyopadhyay <adit.bond@...>
> > *To:* gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com
> > *Sent:* Fri, April 1, 2011 1:38:41 AM
> > *Subject:* Re: g_b on Gandhi, his loving relationship with a german body
> > builder, and th...
> >
> >
> >
> > Well, the point is that the book just happens to be pretty well
> > written and is not 'Shit'. AND IT DOES NOT AT ANY PLACE SPEAK OF
> > GANDHI'S SEXUALITY. NOT EVEN IN THE PASSING.
> >
> > I took time out to read it so that I know the facts before I even
> > commented. More importantly those who are calling it a 'shit' without
> > reading it are the worst form of idiots who will belive any canard
> > without having the capacity to make up their own minds.
> >
> > They say "an empty vessel sounds much", and these guys just prove the
> > point. They are dumb enough not to be able to read the book, maybe
> > even understand it, but would make pompous claims of "one cannot read
> > every shit". They should make better efforts to at being
> > intellectually honest. Otherwise they should just shut up.
> >
> > Best,
> > Aditya Bondyopadhyay
> >
> > On 4/1/11, nirbokj@... <nirbokj@...> wrote:
> > > Nobody has the time to read "every shit that is published!!!"
> > >
> > > BUT we should NOT censor, nor ban a book, movie, newspaper, cartoon, just
> > > because we don't agree with it.
> > >
> > > Gordon
> > >
> > >
> > > In a message dated 3/31/2011 2:54:01 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > > mmilton09@... writes:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > So you are suggesting that read every shit that is published and not use
> > > your brain !!! What will read the book alone do? If you are for real,
> > then
> > > you have to check the sources.
> > >
> > >
> > > As far as I am concerned I stand by my statement "If there was any truth
> > > to this, British would have ruined Mahatma and taken advantage of the
> > same,
> > > We might even be not independent today".
> > >
> > >
> > > Be careful .... Independence does not mean stupidity nor lack of guard in
> > > accepting everything that you come across.
> > >
> > >
> > > Mike.
> > >
> > >
> > > ____________________________________
> > > From: Aditya Bondyopadhyay <adit.bond@...>
> > > To: gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com
> > > Sent: Thu, March 31, 2011 5:09:09 AM
> > > Subject: Re: g_b on Gandhi, his loving relationship with a german body
> > > builder, and the difficulty of assimilating the (homo)sexual into the
> > image
> > > of
> > > the mahatma
> > >
> > >
> > > The point is, I just procured and read the book so that I can make up
> > > my own mind. And this is what I find: we are all screaming because
> > > some nitwit reviewer had to sell his/her copy and therefore came up
> > > with what can safely be termed COMPLETE BULLSHIT. The book is nothing
> > > that the review claims and there is no indication or even wording
> > > about Gandhi's sexuality. It is a complete fabrication of a
> > > sensationalist and partially deranged reviewer.
> > >
> > > So this is what I suggest. Before you get into a frenzy aka shiv sena,
> > > and start beating up the writer and burning libraries, please read the
> > > book. And id you still have bile left, reserve the boot for the
> > > reviewer for spreading canards, and withdraw it from the writer.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Aditya
> > >
> > > On 3/31/11, Mike Milton <_mmilton09@..._ (mailto:
> > mmilton09@...)
> > >> wrote:
> > >> Perhaps the author needs some to boot him !!!
> > >>
> > >> Bloot, point here is not appreciating Gandhiji's principle ... for long
> > > we
> > >> have
> > >> done that and have given up now too.
> > >>
> > >> Point here is, if someone writes a story about me, I think I expect
> > > people
> > >> to
> > >> verify the veracity of the story before believing the same. We owe the
> > > same
> > >> level of respect to Mahatma.
> > >>
> > >> Does any one his right mind think, if there was any truth to this story,
> > >> British
> > >> would have destroyed Gandhi and would have taken full advantage of it.
> > >>
> > >> Let us think before passing mundane comments at least about a great
> > soul.
> > >>
> > >> Mike.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> ________________________________
> > >> From: Bloot Fontaine <_blutfontaine@..._
> > > (mailto:blutfontaine@...) >
> > >> To: _gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com_ (mailto:gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com)
> > >> Sent: Wed, March 30, 2011 1:33:14 AM
> > >> Subject: Re: g_b on Gandhi, his loving relationship with a german body
> > >> builder,
> > >> and the difficulty of assimilating the (homo)sexual into the image of
> > the
> > >> mahatma
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> I am speaking from what I read in Mumbai Mirror. According to the author
> > > of
> > >> the
> > >> book, he has "discovered facts" about Gandhiji's sexual life from
> > letters
> > >> written by Gandhi to Kallenbach. In such a case, instead of even
> > > discussing
> > >> Gandhiji's sexuality, would it not be a lot more pertinent to admire and
> > >> even
> > >> revere the honesty with which he preserved those letters so that his
> > life
> > >> could
> > >> openly be studied?
> > >> Never mind what his sexuality was, he was truthful, honest, open and
> > >> courageous
> > >> about any and everything! Otherwise, today we would not have known about
> > >> this
> > >> and been able to criticise/praise etc.
> > >>
> > >> --- On Tue, 29/3/11, akshay khanna <_xaefis@..._
> > > (mailto:xaefis@...) > wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>From: akshay khanna <_xaefis@..._ (mailto:xaefis@...) >
> > >>>Subject: g_b on Gandhi, his loving relationship with a german body
> > > builder,
> > >>> and
> > >>>the difficulty of assimilating the (homo)sexual into the image of the
> > >>> mahatma
> > >>>To: _lgbt-india@yahoogroups.com_ (mailto:lgbt-in...@yahoogroups.com) ,
> > > _gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com_ (mailto:gay_bombay@yahoogroups.com)
> > >>>Date: Tuesday, 29 March, 2011, 6:26 PM
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>dear all,
> > >>>below is one of several reviews of Joseph Lelyveld's book, 'Great Soul',
> > > on
> > >>>
> > >>>which a ban is reportedly being planned in Maharashtra.
> > >>>(_
> > http://www.hindustantimes.com/Ban-looms-over-new-Mahatma-book-author-cri
> > > es-foul/Article1-678973.aspx_
> > > (
> > http://www.hindustantimes.com/Ban-looms-over-new-Mahatma-book-author-cries-foul/Article1-678973.aspx
> > )
> > > )
> > >>> . as though 'bisexual' were an insult. :) have not had a chance to read
> > >>> the
> > >>>book itself, but responses to the possibility that the father of the
> > > nation
> > >>>
> > >>>might have had a strong, erotic/sexual attachment to a man are
> > > interesting.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>xx
> > >>>akshay
> > >>>
> > >>>_
> > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703529004576160371482469358
> > > .html?mod=WSJ_article_related_
> > > (
> > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703529004576160371482469358.html?mod=WSJ_article_related
> > )
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > > --
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> > >
> > > --
> > > ADITYA BONDYOPADHYAY
> > > Development Sector Consultant
> > > Advocate (Regd. No. F-218/192 of 1997, Bar Council of W.Bengal, India)
> > >
> > > Website: _http://adityabondyopadhyay.webs.com/_
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> >
> > --
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> > --
> > ADITYA BONDYOPADHYAY
> > Development Sector Consultant
> > Advocate (Regd. No. F-218/192 of 1997, Bar Council of W.Bengal, India)
> >
> > Website: http://adityabondyopadhyay.webs.com/
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> > respectively, may attract legal proceedings which may be of a civil or
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> > Aditya Bondyopadhyay and/or his principals, and/or his clients, and/or his
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> >
> >
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>
> --
> --
> ADITYA BONDYOPADHYAY
> Development Sector Consultant
> Advocate (Regd. No. F-218/192 of 1997, Bar Council of W.Bengal, India)
>
> Website: http://adityabondyopadhyay.webs.com/
> ================================
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> respectively, may attract legal proceedings which may be of a civil or
> criminal nature.
>
> Aditya Bondyopadhyay and/or his principals, and/or his clients, and/or his
> agents respectively cannot be held liable or accountable for any and every
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> forward of another communication received by this email account, or a
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