Rajan Parrikar wrote:
>
The Western standards of personal hygiene and civic
cleanliness are relatively recent. Up until the
mid-nineteenth century, Europe was a filthy sty.
Personal habits were abysmal - the number of times
King Louis XIV bathed in his entire life is said to be
less than 10. Ladi
Rajan lets his 'patriotism' (chauvinism?) get the better of him and
ducks the point: "How is it that Indians are so fastidiously clean,
but India is so incredibly dirty?" That others bathe less frequently
than us is irrelevant... as offtopic as this post :-) --FN
> Valmiki-bab,
>
> Very quickly
Dear Dr. Rajan,
That was a lovely, short and sweet comment (wish you had
also posted it on the TOI website!) Your last para reminds
me of an essay on the virtues of an Indian "bucket bath" v/s
the British public baths, by Kaa Na Subramaniam. It was
hilarious. We had discussed it with the authour
To Goanet -
Valmiki Faleiro wrote:
>The 'Times of India' article at the link below makes
>interesting reading. Pretty sure Rajan Parrikar wouldn't
>find a common thread between the national trait and
>Goa!
>
>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/LEADER_ARTICLE_We_Do_Things_Differently/articleshow/29
On 05/04/2008, Valmiki Faleiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> The 'Times of India' article at the link below makes
> interesting reading. Pretty sure Rajan Parrikar wouldn't
> find a common thread between the national trait and
> Goa!
>
>
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/LEADER_ARTICLE_
The 'Times of India' article at the link below makes
interesting reading. Pretty sure Rajan Parrikar wouldn't
find a common thread between the national trait and
Goa!
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/LEADER_ARTICLE_We_Do_Things_Differently/articleshow/2908280.cms
Rgds, v
