Day 2 enroute to Cape Verde
22 November 2007- Thursday
Happy Thanksgiving.
At sea enroute to Cape Verde
Keeping to my 0600 wakeup routine- and near the beginning of the line for fried eggs in the am- actually most people get the ham, mushroom, tomatoe, onion, cheese, jalepenia omelletes. Prof Keesal on again this am- "Is south asia a future world powerhouse." Again never really andwered the question as he spent most of the time talking about the partitioning of India after the second world war. Stated the Britiish left the Indians with a communication system, railroads, schools and other infrastructures (neglected to mention a unifying language) and so India was ready for independence. Mentioned that religion played a part as Muslims outnumbered by Hindus and wanted their own country - Pakistan- at that time both east and west. (neglected to mention that Ali Jinnah, the father of Pakistan was fatally ill with TB and died shortly after the partition). East Pakistan split off and is now Bangladesh- a move by local politicians led to the formation of this impoverished country. Ceylon became a separate country called Sri Lanka which is mostly Buddhist and there is an ongoing civil war with the Tamil Tigers (Hindu). The Kashmir with no particular attraction except it is a beautiful resort area has had 2 wars fought over it by India and Pakistan and it was Nehru who was born there that insisted that it be India. (Actually at partition, Kashmir had a Hundu Maharajah- the people are mostly Muslim. A plebiscite was supposed to take place where the people would vote to see which country they wanted to belong to- India has never allowed the vote.) He mentioned that Indira Ghandi, Nehru's daughter was assassinated by her Sikh body guard (he failed to mention it was after she approved a raid on the Golden Temple at Amritsar- the holiest temple of the Sikh religion) Maybe I should get on this lecture circuit. And finally, said Bhutto had one of the most corrupt goverments Pakistan ever had except for her father's time in office. Carlos Bakota talked that afternoon but I had enough of him the other day so never went. Skipped the Rocky Balboa movie put on tie and jacket for Thanksgiving dinner of turkey and fixings. Front row seats for Marco Polo Showtime where the kids did broadway tunes show called "Standing room only" They always do a great job- not the best voices but lots of energy- does us old folks good. The 1030pm movie was Mission Impossible 3, but it was after my 10pm bedtime.
Happy Thanksgiving.
At sea enroute to Cape Verde
Keeping to my 0600 wakeup routine- and near the beginning of the line for fried eggs in the am- actually most people get the ham, mushroom, tomatoe, onion, cheese, jalepenia omelletes. Prof Keesal on again this am- "Is south asia a future world powerhouse." Again never really andwered the question as he spent most of the time talking about the partitioning of India after the second world war. Stated the Britiish left the Indians with a communication system, railroads, schools and other infrastructures (neglected to mention a unifying language) and so India was ready for independence. Mentioned that religion played a part as Muslims outnumbered by Hindus and wanted their own country - Pakistan- at that time both east and west. (neglected to mention that Ali Jinnah, the father of Pakistan was fatally ill with TB and died shortly after the partition). East Pakistan split off and is now Bangladesh- a move by local politicians led to the formation of this impoverished country. Ceylon became a separate country called Sri Lanka which is mostly Buddhist and there is an ongoing civil war with the Tamil Tigers (Hindu). The Kashmir with no particular attraction except it is a beautiful resort area has had 2 wars fought over it by India and Pakistan and it was Nehru who was born there that insisted that it be India. (Actually at partition, Kashmir had a Hundu Maharajah- the people are mostly Muslim. A plebiscite was supposed to take place where the people would vote to see which country they wanted to belong to- India has never allowed the vote.) He mentioned that Indira Ghandi, Nehru's daughter was assassinated by her Sikh body guard (he failed to mention it was after she approved a raid on the Golden Temple at Amritsar- the holiest temple of the Sikh religion) Maybe I should get on this lecture circuit. And finally, said Bhutto had one of the most corrupt goverments Pakistan ever had except for her father's time in office. Carlos Bakota talked that afternoon but I had enough of him the other day so never went. Skipped the Rocky Balboa movie put on tie and jacket for Thanksgiving dinner of turkey and fixings. Front row seats for Marco Polo Showtime where the kids did broadway tunes show called "Standing room only" They always do a great job- not the best voices but lots of energy- does us old folks good. The 1030pm movie was Mission Impossible 3, but it was after my 10pm bedtime.
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