ASIA - CENTRAL & SUBCONTINENT

Davenhill - Nov 20, 2002 8:20 am
Edited by Ozzie Nelson Jul 29, 2004 11:45 am

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And look for that brilliantly illustrated Thacksto... by DrLohrM - Aug 1, 01 (#1 of 893)
looks like this thread is more about the subcontin... by Pseudoerasmus - Aug 2, 01 (#2 of 893)
Tell me about Mongolia please. by Sukey - Aug 2, 01 (#3 of 893)
My vignette from Mongolia: http://www.geocities.co... by Pseudoerasmus - Aug 2, 01 (#4 of 893)
I want to cry. by Sukey - Aug 2, 01 (#5 of 893)
why? by Pseudoerasmus - Aug 2, 01 (#6 of 893)
I want to watch the wind blow through the grasses ... by Sukey - Aug 2, 01 (#7 of 893)
Well, there is demonization that goes with the tre... by Shiva Lingam - Aug 2, 01 (#8 of 893)
Touva? by Gaylord Tang - Aug 2, 01 (#9 of 893)
What do you mean, "becoming" trendy?.. by Mod Lang - Aug 2, 01 (#10 of 893)
Mod Lang, I'd slap you around for being cheeky, bu... by Shiva Lingam - Aug 2, 01 (#11 of 893)
Sigh... by Shiva Lingam - Aug 2, 01 (#12 of 893)
Taj Mahal by Dora - Aug 2, 01 (#13 of 893)
That's it?.. by Shiva Lingam - Aug 2, 01 (#14 of 893)
When most Americans think of China Buddha is not t... by Mod Lang - Aug 2, 01 (#15 of 893)
Hmm... by Shiva Lingam - Aug 2, 01 (#16 of 893)
Yes, and growing at a much faster rate... by Mod Lang - Aug 2, 01 (#17 of 893)
Lang, Actually India's domestic computer-related i... by Shiva Lingam - Aug 2, 01 (#18 of 893)
Mod Lang, That "brain drain" effect you mention ca... by Andrew Diener - Aug 2, 01 (#19 of 893)
Really?.. by Mod Lang - Aug 2, 01 (#20 of 893)
Lang, well it's software mainly... by Shiva Lingam - Aug 2, 01 (#21 of 893)
Yes, the wealthy diaspora is very important... by Mod Lang - Aug 2, 01 (#22 of 893)
I thought that was the case (the chineses diaspora... by Andrew Diener - Aug 2, 01 (#23 of 893)
Actually, the 2nd generation Chinese-Americans and... by Mod Lang - Aug 2, 01 (#24 of 893)
Of course the Western relationship with India is p... by Pseudoerasmus - Aug 2, 01 (#25 of 893)
There was and is a small core of Indophiles in the... by Shiva Lingam - Aug 2, 01 (#26 of 893)
Just to put my two cents in, when I think of Buddh... by Mike R. - Aug 2, 01 (#27 of 893)
I The Southern Baptists are the largest religious ... by The artist - Aug 2, 01 (#28 of 893)
Actually, you're right and wrong... by Shiva Lingam - Aug 2, 01 (#29 of 893)
West Virginia Baptist missionaries in India... by Sukey - Aug 3, 01 (#30 of 893)
Actually, Shiva Lingam (do you prefer I call you S... by Mod Lang - Aug 3, 01 (#31 of 893)
Actually, the Southern Baptists are quite differen... by Mod Lang - Aug 3, 01 (#32 of 893)
I can related to the bathhouse story (but I quite ... by allison - Aug 3, 01 (#33 of 893)
Shiva, Mod, et al...I will respond to your comment... by The artist - Aug 3, 01 (#34 of 893)
Central Asia... by DrLohrM - Aug 3, 01 (#35 of 893)
I guess this as good a place as any to point out t... by Mod Lang - Aug 4, 01 (#36 of 893)
Heh... by Shiva Lingam - Aug 4, 01 (#37 of 893)
Faulkner and Oxford; Joyce and Dublin; many, many ... by Mod Lang - Aug 5, 01 (#38 of 893)
I guess if I feel no remorse over the death of a r... by Op Ed - Aug 12, 01 (#39 of 893)
Wrong, Sakonige, many people are born Christians, ... by Mod Lang - Aug 12, 01 (#40 of 893)
So did I... by Mod Lang - Aug 12, 01 (#41 of 893)
Some 19th-c... by DrLohrM - Aug 12, 01 (#42 of 893)
What's a "tract"? by desertlily - Aug 12, 01 (#43 of 893)
Jack Chick Tracts Have fun, kids! by Mod Lang - Aug 12, 01 (#44 of 893)
If that quack calls himself a Christian, he's prob... by Op Ed - Aug 12, 01 (#45 of 893)
Aw, c'mon Ed, Chick is one of my favorite cartooni... by Mod Lang - Aug 12, 01 (#46 of 893)
Sakonige, you made a very good point when you said... by Op Ed - Aug 12, 01 (#47 of 893)
Ah, Jack Chick... by DrLohrM - Aug 13, 01 (#48 of 893)
you have every right to feel no remorse over the d... by Shiva Lingam - Aug 13, 01 (#49 of 893)
But execution would serve a useful purpose if it d... by Marc-A - Aug 13, 01 (#50 of 893)
Marc-Albert, Just for your information, I am not a... by Shiva Lingam - Aug 13, 01 (#51 of 893)
I wasn't sure but I thought you acted the picture-... by Marc-A - Aug 13, 01 (#52 of 893)
Lissen up, froglet, I doubt you'd know a fanatical... by Shiva Lingam - Aug 13, 01 (#53 of 893)
a fanatic is a fanatic is a fanatic Shiva sweety, ... by Marc-A - Aug 13, 01 (#54 of 893)
Interesting... by Marc-A - Aug 14, 01 (#55 of 893)
I am particularly repelled by US-style big-bucks e... by Dave F - Aug 14, 01 (#56 of 893)
I know Joseph Pereira, he owns a bakery in Margao,... by Shiva Lingam - Aug 14, 01 (#57 of 893)
Jeez, without intriguing and brilliant Jesuits and... by DrLohrM - Aug 14, 01 (#58 of 893)
That's standard diplomat-speech... by Shiva Lingam - Aug 14, 01 (#59 of 893)
Why?.. by Shiva Lingam - Aug 14, 01 (#60 of 893)
falicitating? by Dora - Aug 14, 01 (#61 of 893)
"A few hundred years ago, a guy in Portugal was fe... by Op Ed - Aug 16, 01 (#62 of 893)
Maybe they were secretly cloned by the Jesuits... by DrLohrM - Aug 16, 01 (#63 of 893)
Maybe they were secretly cloned by the Jesuits... ... by Dave F - Aug 16, 01 (#64 of 893)
Well, the last name, as you have noted, is also fa... by Shiva Lingam - Aug 16, 01 (#65 of 893)
As much as I like the Portuguese and their seaborn... by DrLohrM - Aug 16, 01 (#66 of 893)
Shovelling, I overlooked my distaste and have sent... by Pseudoerasmus - Aug 16, 01 (#67 of 893)
Why, Khan, I await it with anticipation... by Shiva Lingam - Aug 17, 01 (#68 of 893)
a Luso-Catholic hotbed suburb of Bombay ... by Marc-A - Aug 17, 01 (#69 of 893)
Khan-- any man who can use the phrase "Luso-Cathol... by DrLohrM - Aug 18, 01 (#70 of 893)
Well, I actually intended 'Luso-Indian', to tell t... by Shiva Lingam - Aug 19, 01 (#71 of 893)
I knew a family from that area... by Sukey - Aug 19, 01 (#72 of 893)
Themistocles D'Silva? by Shiva Lingam - Aug 19, 01 (#73 of 893)
YES!!!!.. by Sukey - Aug 19, 01 (#74 of 893)
Well, the community isn't that large, and there ar... by Shiva Lingam - Aug 19, 01 (#75 of 893)
No, I'm a West Virginian... by Sukey - Aug 19, 01 (#76 of 893)
I wonder-- and I'm clueless here, I'll admit --wha... by DrLohrM - Aug 19, 01 (#77 of 893)
Hmm, I think there probably were no Vichy senators... by Marc-A - Aug 20, 01 (#78 of 893)
Merci!.. by DrLohrM - Aug 20, 01 (#79 of 893)
I'm not surprised... by Marc-A - Aug 21, 01 (#80 of 893)

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