Hi,
perhaps the above words said by some hi-fi person long ago --I remember them only as said by the Joker in the Batman movie --Batman Returns?? -featuring Batman and Robin (and perhaps Baatgirl too).
He had just abducted the heroine and was busy trying to wreak havoc on Gotham city.
I had something different in mind.
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Today passed as if in a buzz -- I didn't know where to start.
Now I've made a list of my priorities -and I find that many of the things I'm really curious about --cannot be fitted on my list ---I do not seem to have the required time.
What are they?
1. Why has the Indian Supreme Court allowed government funding of any damn institution the Christian and muslims might start ("institution of "their choice" -Article 30 of Indian constitution)-be it for Bible study or for jehadi education --whereas Hindu schools of any kind do not get any such benefits -- a riddle I have no time to solve
the link here -has whettedmy curiosity:
2. after seeing Muhammad Ali's movie --where in the end he goes to Africa to have a major boxing event in the name black unity -and for the same he had ;changed to Islam ---that negroes originally had Islam but had been forced by their slave ownersto accept Christianity---now 25 years later --this demographic truth has been revrted --Christianity in Africa has proved Ali wrong.
Could there be a similar thrust by the Church in India --after witnessing the increase in interest in Buddhism and Hinduism in the developed world -as a reaction to Swami Vivekanandd and ISKCON's Prabhupad etc?
3. what to do about the increasing use of threatening and demeaning language by the frontline organisation of Indian Christians aginst Hindu faith ---they wrote recently --unequivocally -- "from the start, the
AICC has held that the only way for the dalits to redeem thheir
freedom, dignity and liberty and escape the oppressive caste hegemony
is to embrace non-casteist faiths." (read NOT HINDUISM) now that they have got fellows like Bobby Jindal - a wannabe US Governor to support them. Check out their website -on Hindutva link --of their portrayal of Hinduism ( Hindutva they call it --- there is some difference though --which they chose not to clarify --they suppress the brighter side of Hinduism --and highlight the violent Hitler and Ku-Klux-Klan like elements of Hindu faith) Can they be expected to show any benevolence towards Hindus should --God forbid!! - India became a Christian majority country?
AICC has held that the only way for the dalits to redeem thheir
freedom, dignity and liberty and escape the oppressive caste hegemony
is to embrace non-casteist faiths." (read NOT HINDUISM) now that they have got fellows like Bobby Jindal - a wannabe US Governor to support them. Check out their website -on Hindutva link --of their portrayal of Hinduism ( Hindutva they call it --- there is some difference though --which they chose not to clarify --they suppress the brighter side of Hinduism --and highlight the violent Hitler and Ku-Klux-Klan like elements of Hindu faith) Can they be expected to show any benevolence towards Hindus should --God forbid!! - India became a Christian majority country?
3. How to involvemore people at a faster rate -in creating a Civil Rights movement -- like that of Malcolm X -- or Martin Luther King??
to remove the shackles off Dalits -- it is more of a class struggle than a caste struggle.
4. Reading Alice in Wonderland in full .
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Right now I cannot be bothered --my priorities lie in achieving personal success -- getting a cent percent score in GRE --after mastering the terrifyingg writing section -- my penchent for social and religious issues would get me nowhere in TOEFL and GRE's writing section
Even Muhammad Ali was taken seriously only after he regained his World Heavy Weight Title in Kinhasa -ZAire.
Umesh
PS - I no longer have time for anymore storybooks or novels -with the tests only a fortnight away --but I am keeping some beautiful lines by Ben Johnson in my purse --which I remember showing to a special lady in a UK's librrary in India (BCL)--does she remember?
The lines are:
"Drink to me only with thine eyes
And I will pledge with mine
Oe leave a kiss within the cup
And I'll not ask for wine"
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