g_b Friday's funnie

2009-09-04 Thread asfan
On their  honeymoon, the blonde bride slipped into a sexy nightie and, with great anticipation, crawled into bed, only to find her new Catholic husband had settled down on the couch. .   When she asked him why he was apparently not going to make love to her.  He  replied, 'It's Lent'.    In

g_b Call to boycott HSBC Bank for Homophobia: In Solidarity with Pratap Paikary

2009-09-04 Thread Aditya Bondyopadhyay
Dear all, Please read the horrible way in which HSBC Bank has treated Pratap Paikary, an openly gay individual from Bangalore who has been active in various activist efforts in India as well. The full course of correspondence is pasted below. It is shameful that an international bank that claims

g_b There's Space For All At The Party

2009-09-04 Thread moderator
There's Space For All At The Party Milind Deora5 September 2009, 12:00am IST | During my student days at Boston University, i recall being introduced to the writings of Aime Cesaire, the great African essayist, playwright, poet and politician whose stirring

Re: g_b There's Space For All At The Party-URL Plz

2009-09-04 Thread Aditya Bondyopadhyay
Dear Moderator, For the benefit of those interested in archiving things, PLEASE FOR GOD'S SAKE MENTION THE URL WHEN YOU POST ANY ARTICLE. Without the proper cross reference any article is of jack shit value. The present one is available at:

g_b Saturday Smilie

2009-09-04 Thread asfan
For all of us who are seniors - for all of you who know seniors - and for all of you who will be seniors.. It pays to be able to laugh about it when you are! And, speaking of senior moments: WHERE is my SUNDAY paper? The irate customer calling the newspaper office loudly demanded, wanting to

g_b Building a Better World through Education

2009-09-04 Thread dunno76
This article was written especially for the International Literacy Day on September 8. According to UNESCO http://www.unesco.org/en/literacy , … one in five adults is still not literate and two-thirds of them are women while 75 million children are out of school. Could there be something which we