Take a Pride - Being an Indian (Earth, tradition, America)

[Don Penguinoini]

Originally Posted by Halcyon

Nice list.

As an Englishman i'm greatful to India, because before we had relations with the Indian people the English were a smelly race. It was the Indians that influenced us to start taking regular baths and to use cleaning aids, not sure it was soap exactly but that sort of thing.

Are you sure that avatar isnt another part of your body>>??<<

[Pariah]

Being an Indophile myself (as an Indian, of course), I have to say something about the idea that India has never attacked an outside country.

If one studies the South Indian kingdoms and Southeast Asia, you find Indian influence in places across Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Myanmur, Burma, etc. It is because at one point, all of them were under a Hindu Indian emperor.

What India comprises or any other comprises did not exist times preceding the Modern age. All land was subject to grabs and power throws by separate monarchs. Asoka the Great expanded "Bharat" into present day Afghanistan, Pakistan, and parts of Iran. This is not a bad thing. History has redeemed all such kings on the basis of the times. There is no shame in it.

[Hema]

Originally Posted by ayani

ha! says you. i think he is very handsome...nice beard. if we do clone them, penguino, you can have Aishwarya if i get Abhishek. deal?

Hmm......I never thought he was all that but I think he looks better without the beard...or maybe it's just me, but I don't like to see men with too much facial hair (no offense to your avatar Halcyon )

I think this is one of his better pictures:

[Hema]

Originally Posted by penguino

Are you sure that avatar isnt another part of your body>>??<<

Trying not to think about this.

[Hema]

[quote=Halcyon;923438]

Originally Posted by Hema

Hmmm, so you're saying i could pretend to be her husband and she wouldn't notice? Very sneaky plan Hema, i like it!

I thought you would!

[zenzero]

Friend Celina,
Even your Swaminarayan would have told you that all humans are equal and this division of people, countries, etc are man made so meaningless.
Pride like other divsing acts comes from the mind and the objective of life itself is to surrender that mind / ego. In surrender there is nothing to be proud about.
Love & rgds