Re: Reply to Kasbekar - a cheap shot

[gkurien@success.net]

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[Topics under debate]: GOOD GOVERNANCE
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Yes, Dr. Roy,

Just as much as we need to differentiate
and view ourselves from different places,
I find the need to integrate for the benefit
of us Indians as a  whole.

George Kurien(990613)



"Dr. Subroto Roy" wrote:

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> [Topics under debate]: GOOD GOVERNANCE
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> Let me state the issue as plainly as possible: regardless of
> nationality/citizenship/passport etc., the viewpoint that someone has
> on,
> say, the Pakistani intrusion in Kargil depends in part on where,
repeat,
>
> where one is situated:  e.g. if you are in Naini Tal you may have one
> view,
> if you are in Patna you may have another, and if you are in sunny
> California
> you may have a third.   This is not a point of procedure or legalism
--
> it
> is one of defining which is the relevant set of interlocutors, who has

> the
> closest information about the facts,  whose interests are most
affected
> to
> what degree.
>
> Subroto Roy.



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