tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26661019.post115103412776916580..comments2023-10-14T04:22:12.754-07:00Comments on Permanent Revolution: Krishna Ananthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00381406646193846769noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26661019.post-1151210157454708102006-06-24T21:35:00.000-07:002006-06-24T21:35:00.000-07:00Santha,I don't see the relationship between an ant...Santha,<BR/>I don't see the relationship between an anti-torture campaign and vegetarianism. Yes, you may see a link the way Maneka Gandhi does. And refuse to internalise all the issues involving nutrition and calorie requirements for the physical worker.<BR/><BR/>Then, I did not intend, by any stretch of imagination, that eating pork was about making a radical statement.<BR/><BR/>The whole pointKrishna Ananthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00381406646193846769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26661019.post-1151058173233725302006-06-23T03:22:00.000-07:002006-06-23T03:22:00.000-07:00hmm..i get that..but then even vegetarianism to a ...hmm..i get that..but then even vegetarianism to a great extent at least in our country is conditioning. remember the book that i borrowed from you, "The Holy Cow", by Jha. <BR/>of course there are exceptions to this when people choose to remain veggies for reasons otherwise. <BR/>but anyway..your point is accepted.and i only took that point of vegetarianism as an example...not really as a point Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26661019.post-1151052164639824382006-06-23T01:42:00.000-07:002006-06-23T01:42:00.000-07:00Chotu, the point here was not vegetarianism... it ...Chotu, the point here was not vegetarianism... it was about pork, which is not relished by those who are otherwise meat-eaters... and this is a sociological make up of the mind than anything to do with preference.. i mean people avoid pork because they are told by society to avoid... not the same as being vegetarian. In other words, if chicken is alright, why not beef and pork???Krishna Ananthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00381406646193846769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26661019.post-1151051876184163112006-06-23T01:37:00.000-07:002006-06-23T01:37:00.000-07:00i understand the point you are making here sir...b...i understand the point you are making here sir...<BR/>but then there were people like Gandhi too who i am sure you would agree was a champion of the Dalit cause...and though in a number of ways he connected with the poorest of poor..he retained his lifestyle...ie., vegetarian, with hindu beliefs. etc, etc.<BR/>but yes...often in activism..we see people who stand out rather than stand amongst Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26661019.post-1151039406489746252006-06-22T22:10:00.000-07:002006-06-22T22:10:00.000-07:00Kalpit...the law must be the same... and TADA like...Kalpit...the law must be the same... and TADA like POTA are also against the spirit of law... anyway, Rahul was not arrested under MPCOCA...The BJP would have demanded that if Rahul's surname happened to be Gandhi and not Mahajan!!!!!!!!!Krishna Ananthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00381406646193846769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26661019.post-1151038327921053672006-06-22T21:52:00.000-07:002006-06-22T21:52:00.000-07:00Dear Mr. Krishna Ananth,I don't know why the media...Dear Mr. Krishna Ananth,<BR/><BR/>I don't know why the media is obsessed with the Rahul Mahajan-cocaine case. <BR/><BR/>Yes it is of considerable interest to the tabloid-reading audience, (after all the story on Rahul and Bibeck sitting naked in a bathtub has generated some curiosity!)<BR/><BR/>But please tell me, why is the law poles apart for different sons of politicians. <BR/><BR/>Sanjay DuttAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com