Ishwa helper Reged: 03/03/02 Posts: 553

Re: A Hindu Marxist??? [Re: AKMehta] #21080 - 09/27/02 03:51 AM Edit Reply Quote

I'm based in the Netherlands, AK. The atmosphere is totally different over here. There's more concentration on the US-European view of global issues. The news about India is really very poor sometimes. Average reporters don't really display to be connoiseurs on Indian-Kashmiri issues. This country has the same problems with politically correctness as India, but on a smaller scale. And they share the same prudence towards Islamic issues. People who dare to say the truth are really nailed. The only two countries that really are fond of the orange colour, for different reasons are these two countries. India, because it's the motherland of Hindus, and the Netherlands, because their royal family is from the Orange Dynasty. On Queen's Day (30th april), the whole country is orange coloured. Of course I read and try to follow the political developments in India. But I didn't plunge into the subtleties of the politics behind the scenes. If I can distract my attention from the other issues, I'll certainly plunge into that part too. But you're ably handling those issues over here, so I have time for other issues. Vinaire is also a very sharpminded, analytical person who can handle these issues ably. So, my energy will run more towards the (recent) past.