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The Indian Cow Posted December 27, 2002 CALCUTTA's Telegraph has got hold of an answer paper of a candidate at the recent UPSC examinations. The candidate has written an essay on the Indian cow:
"The cow is a successful animal. Also he is quadrupud, and
because he is female, he give milk,but will do so when he is got
child.He is same like God,sacred to Hindus and useful to man.But
he has got four legs together. Two are forward and two are
afterwards.
(Here is the joke in full)
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Mindset List by Madhava Gosh Posted October 16, 2005 “Each August, as students start to arrive, Beloit College releases the Beloit College Mindset List, which offers a world view of today's entering college students…” “The list is distributed to faculty on campus during the New Students Days orientation. According to McBride, “It is an important reminder, as faculty start to show signs of ‘hardening of the references,’ that we think about the touchstones and benchmarks of a generation that has grown up with CNN, home computers, AIDS awareness, digital cameras and the Bush political dynasty. We should also keep in mind that these students missed out on the pleasures of being tossed in the back of a station wagon with a bunch of friends and told to keep the noise down, walking in the woods without fearing Lyme Disease, or setting out to try all of the 28 ice cream flavors at Howard Johnson’s.”…” It is also interesting to go back and read some of the archived lists to see how really out of touch you might be (the older you are, the more applicable this will be J ) New Vrindaban could do something like this. My own youngest son just went off to college. I asked him if he remembered Bhaktipada (Kirtanananda Swami). His response was he remembers pictures of him, but not the man himself. A mindset list of devotee kids going to college this year could include:
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