But "Coffee House'r Adda or Rocke Boshe Adda" are 2 (or more) Bongs talking about communism and football :-)
--- Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That was very interesting. > > But things like this also happens in Calcutta city > buses and trams. I have > had the experience of listening in to heated > political discussions and > football (Mohun Bagan & Mohmmedan Sporting, I > think). They are really fun to > watch and listen, but I hear dangerous to take part. > > Don't know if they still do this > > > On 6/20/06, Rajib Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > In the middle of a tiring business trip around the > > world I found myself in London - trying to be a > > tourist on a very hot Sunday a couple of weeks > back. > > The very unimaginative stories around some really > > great monuments added to the ennui. > > > > I landed up around the Speaker's Corner in Hyde > Park > > and was planning to take the train from around > there > > to my hotel. Which is when I saw the crowds > milling > > around folks doing their speeches. > > > > It was a most enthralling experience. I found > myself > > in the middle of a debate between a full bearded > > mullah (perhaps of Arab descent) with a cockney > accent > > and a white punk with spiked hair about > creationism > > and evolution. Into that mix came a wide variety > of > > people across the length of 2 hours I was there. > There > > were many African Muslims and Pakistanis (perhaps > a > > few Bangladeshis too) looking on with admiration > at > > the mullah who was speaking perfect English and > > holding his ground. There was a black Brit - > perhaps > > an African - that shouted profanities at the > mullah. > > There was this very quiet white liberal woman who > was > > politically very correct and tried reasoning with > the > > Mullah that perhaps evolution can be a part of > God's > > design. > > > > And while the mullah (as also the punk) quoted > > philosophers and scientists about intricacies of > the > > debate, I figured the Mullah's logic was simple - > that > > before there was any living thing, there must have > > been something that must independently and > absolutely > > exist. Ipso facto there has to be a God and but > one > > absolute God and therefore there has to be just > one > > word (or book) from > > this one God. Pretty simplistic argument. The guy > was > > aggressive, didn't listen to any other point of > view > > and used a condescending tone when replying to > someone > > else. My observation - no wonder the human bombers > on > > the West are coming from the West itself. > > > > Taking courage from this Mullah, a Pakistani > middle > > aged man started talking about many Hindus having > > converted to Islam till I reminded him how Spain > > converted back from Islam to Christianity. > > > > When I broke away from this group, I found quite a > few > > people accosting a Jewish American and telling him > how > > bad George Bush is and why he is an Israeli and > not an > > American. All along this somewhat crazy Indian > (not me > > :-)) was trying to tell him how he knew more about > > America than the American - never mind the fact > that > > he had never lived in America for a long period. > There > > were other speeches about crazy topics and using > > language that cannot be mentioned here. > > > > As I wound my way back around 10 when the sun was > > setting, I was exihilarated and energized by the > > experience. > > > > Is there any other physical place in the world > that > > this kind of thing happens? > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > assam mailing list > > [email protected] > > > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
