Vasant Baliga,
I have spoken re the present status in Australia and in India.
The racism that was in Australia ahs been dealt with and certain measures
taken, to address these issues. History of racism in Australia yes; nowaadys
NO! I do not see or feel it.
These days and for many years now,
--- On Mon, 5/7/10, Santosh Helekar wrote:
> From: Santosh Helekar
> Subject: Re: [Goanet] India, the hype and the reality... (Radharao Gracias)
> To: " estb. 1994!Goa's premiere mailing list"
> Received: Monday, 5 July, 2010, 4:53 AM
> Nascy,
>
> What you hav
York.
--- On Mon, 7/5/10, Vasant Baliga wrote:
> From: Vasant Baliga
> Subject: [Goanet] India, the hype and the reality... (Radharao Gracias)
> To: "Goanet"
> Date: Monday, July 5, 2010, 12:20 AM
> Dear Santosh,I think you are wasting
> your time with probably w
Dear Santosh,I think you are wasting your time with probably with what appear
to be closed and prejudiced minds-1.Mr Nascy Caldeira had this to say in a
recent post where he attacked Hinduism in general-not sure if they are India
baiters or India haters and actually seem to despise India-and can
Nascy,
What you have written below and in an accompanying post is utter rubbish. You
are fixated on what people eat, and how they dress. If they eat and dress like
you, you call them civilized. Talk about mono-cultural, this is mono-maniacal
stupidity. I am quite certain that the Australian pro
Santosh,
I asked U about the stalwarts,that U mention and U are saying that I said they
are philosophers. Are they philosophers is what I meant asking you, OK?
I acknowledge and so does the world that India has produced many a
mathemathical genius and many a science genious too; but what great
Santosh,
U are definitely on the back foot here! U are deliberately distorting what JIm
has said. I too will support all that Jim has written, and I kow about these
two great persons he mentions. But my point is made that there was nothing
'original' in their doscoveries and or inventions, only
Good to know that, unlike Nascy, Jim has heard of two Indian scientists
mentioned by me. But from the earlier claim of zero contributions by Indians we
now have the goal post being moved to lack of proportional contribution. Is
this supposed to be contribution per capita or contribution per capi
have our roots there.
Jim F
New York.
--- On Fri, 7/2/10, Santosh Helekar wrote:
> From: Santosh Helekar
> Subject: Re: [Goanet] India, the hype and the reality... (Radharao Gracias)
> To: " estb. 1994!Goa's premiere mailing list"
> Date: Friday, July 2, 2010, 1:50
As I have said before, criticism has to be legitimate and substantive. It has
to result from a genuine appraisal of facts. Criticism borne out of ignorance,
prejudice or political bias is worthless. It misdirects our efforts at finding
remedies, and contributes to the perpetuation of ignorance a
On 30 June 2010 02:34, Santosh Helekar wrote:
> But I am sure most readers of the article have
> more sense than to believe any aspect of the
> cartoonish picture sketched by it. Contributions to human
> civilization involve much more than military
> prowess and scoring goals - indeed, much more
Nascy,
Here is why it is you, in addition to the corrupt politicians and some
irresponsible Indians, who bring shame to India.
1. You are completely clueless about the great stalwarts of 20th century India,
who were mathematical and scientific geniuses, and whose work contributed to
the techno
Santosh,
U mention great stalwarts, but U do not say what if anything 'original' they
discovered or invented. Philosophers are found in thousands all over the world,
and they are unproductive.
Secondly U say that me and Jim type are divorced from Indian reality, India and
ungrateful; for what?
Radharao Gracias:
Will the RSS at least now prove its patriotism and provides its cadres for
recruitment into the army? It is time that the Sangh Parivar cadres display
their patriotism on the Indo-Pak border! That is where the threat lies.
Response:
I am reminded of an incident narrated by J F Ri
One of the misfortunes of India is Indians like Nascy who have never had any
attachment to their motherland or their fellow countrymen, let alone any sense
of pride, responsibility or duty towards them. In my opinion, along with
corruption and other ills, the disgraceful attitude displayed, time
> Subject: Re: [Goanet] India, the hype and the reality... (Radharao Gracias)
>> I don't give much importance to the
> invention of "zero" by an ancient Indian to arithmetic. If
> the decimal numbering system was the only system humans
> used, maybe one could argu
What a superb , well thought, balances and truthfully analytic portrayal of
ourselves. People across the whole Political, Social and Cultural spectrum of
Indian society ought to read this and draw inspiration from the pearls of
wisdom which are thrown here as a challenge to Indians one and all
I don't give much importance to the invention of "zero" by an ancient
Indian to arithmetic. If the decimal numbering system was the only
system humans used, maybe one could argue on it's importance.
The entire field of electronics and computer science uses binary,
octal or hexa-decimal numb
Thoughtful valid self-criticism is always welcome. Indeed it is essential for
any kind of progress to occur. It is a hallmark of rational thought and
scientific inquiry. But the article in question has very little to offer in
this vein.
On the contrary, as Amita Kanekar so nicely pointed out, i
Easy to dismiss any criticism as "self-loathing", "smearing" etc. That
way, almost anything could be dismissively cast aside and written
away! Where's the space then for critical thought and questioning
then?
As far as Radha's point on the RSS goes, I saw it differently. He was
merely pointing ou
I am always amazed why people counter hyperbolic nonsense on one fringe with
something even worse from the opposite fringe. In this article it looks like
chauvinism is countered by self-loathing, using a rather constricted definition
of greatness and progress. If, as the silly line of argument i
We are not great, we have to strive to become great
By Adv.Radharao F.Gracias
It was sometime at the beginning of the nineteenth century
that a soldier in Napoleon's army when asked to justify the
incessant wars that France launched against its neighbours
gave the classic reply which immortalized
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