Let's invite John sahib to India to enjoy the holiday of ''Holi'' - a day when bhang flows like water through much of India. It's our traditional, official bacchanalia, don't you know. :-) --- Harshawardhan, grinning ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mandeep Singh Bajwa" The Bhang lassi? Not bad.Its the after-effects that are mind-boggling! John Feltham wrote:> I wonder what the Bhang Lassi tastes like?

A capital idea.John Masters wrote in 'Bugles and a Tiger' that Holi was looked down upon by British officers because of its noisy revelry.It was 'not considered quite quite'.They took no part in it at all.What great fun they missed out on ! Most respectable Indians who wouldn't dream of doing drugs have no problems with imbibing Bhang on Holi. Mandeep On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 7:24 PM, Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar < bosham@gmail.com> wrote: > Let's invite John sahib to India to enjoy the holiday of ''Holi'' > - a day when bhang flows like water through much of India. > It's our traditional, official bacchanalia, don't you know. :-) > > --- Harshawardhan, grinning > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mandeep Singh Bajwa" > > > The Bhang lassi? Not bad.Its the after-effects that are mind-boggling! > > John Feltham wrote:> I wonder what the Bhang Lassi tastes like? > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

G'day mandeep, On 28/08/2008, at 12:18 AM, Mandeep Singh Bajwa wrote: << A capital idea.John Masters wrote in 'Bugles and a Tiger' that Holi was looked down upon by British officers because of its noisy revelry.It was 'not considered quite quite'. > They took no part in it at all. What great fun they missed out on ! Not all of them - I know of at least one who did! :-) ooroo If you don't hear the knock of opportunity - build a door. Anon.

I'm sure many Brits enjoyed or at least recognised Holi for what it was.Masters of course represents the views of that period among a definite set of people who were likely to take a corporate view of things.I find many veterans of the Raj surprised to see Sikh, Muslim or Christian officers leading prayers in Hindu temples in Army units in modern times. In their day it was unthinkable for British officers to join their troops in their religious or social activities.1857 had a lot to do with it. Anyway Holi's a lot of fun ! Mandeep On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 8:05 PM, John Feltham <wulguru.wantok@gmail.com>wrote: > G'day mandeep, > > On 28/08/2008, at 12:18 AM, Mandeep Singh Bajwa wrote: > > << A capital idea.John Masters wrote in 'Bugles and a Tiger' that Holi > was > looked down upon by British officers because of its noisy revelry.It was > 'not considered quite quite'. > > > They took no part in it at all. What great fun they missed out on ! > > Not all of them - I know of at least one who did! :-) > > > > ooroo > > If you don't hear the knock of opportunity - build a door. > > Anon. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

G'day Harshawardhan, On 27/08/2008, at 11:54 PM, Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar wrote: > Let's invite John sahib to India to enjoy the holiday > of ''Holi'' I well remember Holi. It is in my mind because I had to wear clothes that I wore the previous year and were now too small for me! ooroo If you don't hear the knock of opportunity - build a door. Anon.