--- "Frederick \"FN\" Noronha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I agree with RKN here. Nehru, Gandhi and others in > no way can be > called the "middle class". They came from the lap of > priviledge. Nasci adds: Nehru, Gandhi etc were the upper class and also the 'landed gentry' and they were the leaders; but there was 'a middle class' albeit samall as compared to today; and this middle class and the so called 'ignorant masses' gave tacit informed support to the leaders. Or else, these leaders alone would have not been successful. Cornel is certainly right here; there always has been a 'middle class'; even though they were thought of as 'babus' like RKN says (does not matter); much like todays IAS cadres, who I think are only glorified clerks! That is why the Indian Administration is in such an incompetent mess! And Indian masses cannot be truly liberated! Nasci Caldeira Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
