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  1. Re:So what will they think... by kfg · · Score: 1 · on Wikipedia and the End of Archeology

    http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/erotica/

    KFG

  2. Sati no longer practiced in India by spun · · Score: 1 · on The NSA Knows Who You've Called
    Here's a link containign a history of the practice. Note the last paragraph:
    Indian leader Rajaram Mohan Roy, through his organization Brahmo Samaj was among the first who fought to eliminate Sati. The ritual of sati was banned by the British Government in 1829 (see a timeline of Sati). However, it took a large scale social reforms by Dayanand Saraswati(of Arya Samaj), Mahatma Gandhi and the like to actually stop the practice (see: Timeline of Sati). In the modern times, there was one instance of a Sati reported in Rajasthan (late 1980s), and another in Madhya Pradesh (in year 2002) that caused a lot of controversy and social turmoil.


    I know you were trolling, but I still want to help put an end to the myth that Indian women commit suicide by jumping on funeral pyres. They did, but they don't anymore.
  3. Re:Since you asked for a clarification.... by ahaly · · Score: 1 · on India Launches World's First Stereo Imaging Satellite

    For those interested in Indian history, this is a good link: http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/timeline/timeline.ht m

  4. Re:Game Company by pommiekiwifruit · · Score: 1 · on EA Trying to Buy Ubisoft Shares

    Well, the little girl in Matrix Revolutions was called "Sati" which hardly seems cute and friendly!

  5. Re:Cereal with caffeine already exists by mechugena · · Score: 1 · on Coffee Flavored Breakfast Cereal

    Don't forget about Gautama Buddha-Berry!

  6. Re:To pronounce it by bheer · · Score: 1 · on Slashback: Vaidhyanathan, Oregon, Opteron

    Slightly offtopic, but interesting: The Trouble with Indian Names.

  7. Re:Why?? by anandrajan · · Score: 1 · on India Plans Its Own Moon Shot

    Umm, I know this stuff about the British being the first to "unite" India is sorta legendary now but I just don't think it is true.

    Before the British showed up, Ashoka (circa 300BCE) and Aurangzeb (circa 1700 CE) had massive empires based in the subcontinent. One can even make the case that the British took over Aurangzeb's empire.

  8. Re:Why?? by anandrajan · · Score: 1 · on India Plans Its Own Moon Shot

    Umm, I know this stuff about the British being the first to "unite" India is sorta legendary now but I just don't think it is true.

    Before the British showed up, Ashoka (circa 300BCE) and Aurangzeb (circa 1700 CE) had massive empires based in the subcontinent. One can even make the case that the British took over Aurangzeb's empire.

  9. Re:The lost art of reading by Alzheimers · · Score: 1 · on Siva Vaidhyanathan On Copyrights and Wrongs

    To boil it down: breaking the law will not convince them you are right.

    Civil Disobedience - You may want to read up on that before you decide that breaking the law and doing something immoral are one and the same.

    It does have it's place. Just ask Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi.

    Civil disobedience is not a choice, but a *duty*, to demonstrate against unfair and oppresive laws.

    And to demonstrate, I observe my right of fair-use:
    "I HEARTILY ACCEPT the motto,--That government is best which governs least" -- Henry David Thoreau