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Knowing India is one thing, knowing people and culture of India is another! On International basis, Language of India: Hindi, Religion of India: Hinduism (which in turn divides into 4 sects and groups), Dress of India: Saree... but nationally they're tremendous! Language: Hindi, Urdu, Tamil, Punjabi etc etc etc, Religion: Islam, Hinduism, Budhism, Christianity and many more, Dress: Saree, Shalwar Kameez.
Not only India, but many other countries have been found, from India itself! Bangladesh, and most importantly Pakistan. All of their culture and languages have been shared! India as it was, or as it is, is a very vast topic. I don't believe reading or understanding just one encyclopedia would be enough to gain knowledge and understanding of India. You're right, just living a few years is not enough. When I visited India last year, it was just a distance of 980km from my locale, but yet there was a huge difference in dressing, religion, culture (although culture changes after every 100km) as well as treating other people. Women in India are really now treated well. There has been a great change since that (hideous) event of gang-rape of a young student doctor in Delhi. I must accept that women are being treated well, and those images are still on my mind. I can still feel women cooking on road in their "Dhaaba" (Hotel; for any one who doesn't understand that word) to help their men in work. I can still see that girls were free to move and take a part in which ever activity they would like to.
That was India, no wonder they're right when they say, "Incredible India!". If you start learning India, you're going to meet you death with a lot of tally marks of failures.
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
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BillWoodruff wrote: a grain of sand on an infinite beach That's basically the same as an enormous solar system in an infinite galaxy. Compared to infinity everything not infinite is infinitely small, be it a grain of sand or an enormous solar system. At this point you might hear heads exploding
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Sander Rossel wrote: infinite galaxy
Surely you meant to say "infinite universe"? Which itself is not considered a sure thing either nowadays.
Cheers!
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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Manfred R. Bihy wrote: Surely you meant to say "infinite universe"? Oops, I did
Manfred R. Bihy wrote: Which itself is not considered a sure thing either nowadays. I could say the same about beaches...
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Well, one man's infinity may be another man's one-eyed cat looking in seafood-store.
Do recall, however, that it was in the contemplation of the ordinality of infinities (Aleph) that both Cantor and Godel went insane.
«A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards ... as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push» Wittgenstein
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BillWoodruff wrote: Well, one man's infinity may be another man's one-eyed cat looking in seafood-store.
BillWoodruff wrote: Do recall, however, [...] Uhhh... How could I forget?
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Take this![^]
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
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Cats are SO 2014
Hogan
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You mean 2014 BC, right? That's about the time they landed and forced the Egyptians to build temples for them.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
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https://i.imgur.com/QKUHgT3.jpg[^]
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Hi All,
I mentioned in a post yesterday that my New Year was mucked up by my Dad being taken ill, Ambulance, Hospital, Acute Ward and the like. Well they released him (think they were worried by his attempts at escape via a tunnel dug with a tea spoon), he is of the generation were a severed limb is cause to see the GP, most cuts can dealt with via antiseptic & band aids. He does not like the Hospital ('why is she calling me Keith, I don't know her' and on). 2015 can keep getting better as far as I am concerned.
The fish are very grateful to see Bob (not our Green Friend) as he generally feeds them!
modified 2-Jan-15 13:43pm.
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Good news, give the old duffer his medicine [with ice and slice] and don't forget to feed the fish.
veni bibi saltavi
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glennPattonPUB wrote: severed limb is cause to see the GP, most cuts can dealt with via antiseptic & band aids
Don't forget the hot, sweet tea!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Since when a pint is hot?
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Strange thing about people of that generation, they drank hot sweet tea to handle a crisis, most now drink spirits in preference (I think it was due to rationing?)
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Anyway the most important thing is, that your dad is ok now. I hope it is like this.
Bruno
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Cheers Dude!
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Don't be stupid! Tea is for the wimmin when they've got an arm falling of, us menses have a G&T for viruses, Whiskey for bugs and both for physical harm.
veni bibi saltavi
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A friend mine missus is a nurse (!) go drinking with Medical people, never, repeat never seen so many G&Ts & Cigarettes consume in so shorter time, they are health professionals
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I have had the same experience, went out with a junior doctor many years ago and she nearly drank as much as me.
veni bibi saltavi
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Yeah, no.
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Great news - from my experience old man can't bear when nursing them, so give your dad all he wants...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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