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International Cuisine Conference on Traditional Asian Diet Panaji, Goa, September 2-5, 2007 - http://www.indologygoa.in Online Media Partner: http://www.goanet.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hi George Very well said. You express well my own sentiments on this infernal thing called the Royal Family in the UK and how it impinges on all those others who associate themselves with this entirely non-democratic institution/tradition. Cornel George Pinto wrote: --- Sunith D Velho wrote: > Now I have to ask, how can it be that this man who has viciously > attacked British Imperialism while settled in Britain and Islam inspite > of being born Muslim, is now being offered knighthood. Europe will not easily give up its colonial hangover. It sometimes morphs in different neo-colonial ways. One reason Rushdie gets knighted is to use him and to stick it to Muslims and the West's current War on Islam. But is has to be also understood as England's last straws at empire, a minor country on the current world stage in need of America's coat tails to be seen and heard. This annual charade is part of its self-amusement which markets itself with the least employed family in the world (the Royal family) who have been on the public dole for centuries.