Donkeys better than housewives.

[Guest guest]

This may hold true in India but in this country, I could think of a

better comparison than the one with donkeys and housewives described

in the article from New Delhi, below.

Who would win our competition between donkeys and politicians?

with Spin meisters on public health?

Name your own: _________

Carl Grimes

Healthy Habitats LLC

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http://sify.com/news/offbeat/fullstory.php?id=14177101

It's donkeys over housewives for a Rajasthani textbook

Tuesday, 04 April , 2006, 16:21

New Delhi: A textbook used in western India compares housewives to

donkeys—and concludes that the pack animals make more loyal

companions, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.

''A donkey is like a housewife,'' declares the textbook approved by

the state of Rajasthan, according to The Times of India. ''It has to

toil all day and, like her, may even have to give up food and

water.''

''In fact, the donkey is a shade better,'' continues the text meant

for 14-year-olds, ''for while the housewife may sometimes complain

and walk off to her parents' home, you'll never catch the donkey

being disloyal to his master.''

The book, reportedly used in Rajasthani schools, has sparked protests

from the women's wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party, which approved

the text, the newspaper reported.

''The comparison was made in good humour,'' state education official

A R Khan was quoted as saying.

He added, however, that ''protests have been taken note of and the

board is in the process of removing'' the reference.

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[Guest guest]

We desperately need to fix the campaign financing situation.

Candidates for national office are so pressed to fundraise that real

human beings - non-corporate 'natural' persons.. (corporations are

considered to be people by the law!) are at a huge disadvantage...

>

> Who would win our competition between donkeys and politicians?

> with Spin meisters on public health?

>

> Name your own: _________

>

> Carl Grimes

> Healthy Habitats LLC

>

[Guest guest]

I'll have to copy this and ask my my friend in New Delhi about this

artical. She is a microbiologist and been email friends with her

for a while. I'll let you know if she has replies. Rhonda

--- In , " Carl E. Grimes " <grimes@...>

wrote:

>

> This may hold true in India but in this country, I could think of

a

> better comparison than the one with donkeys and housewives

described

> in the article from New Delhi, below.

>

> Who would win our competition between donkeys and politicians?

> with Spin meisters on public health?

>

> Name your own: _________

>

> Carl Grimes

> Healthy Habitats LLC

>

> -----begin article-------

> http://sify.com/news/offbeat/fullstory.php?id=14177101

>

> It's donkeys over housewives for a Rajasthani textbook

> Tuesday, 04 April , 2006, 16:21

>

> New Delhi: A textbook used in western India compares housewives to

> donkeys—and concludes that the pack animals make more loyal

> companions, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.

>

> ''A donkey is like a housewife,'' declares the textbook approved

by

> the state of Rajasthan, according to The Times of India. ''It has

to

> toil all day and, like her, may even have to give up food and

> water.''

>

> ''In fact, the donkey is a shade better,'' continues the text

meant

> for 14-year-olds, ''for while the housewife may sometimes complain

> and walk off to her parents' home, you'll never catch the donkey

> being disloyal to his master.''

>

> The book, reportedly used in Rajasthani schools, has sparked

protests

> from the women's wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party, which

approved

> the text, the newspaper reported.

>

> ''The comparison was made in good humour,'' state education

official

> A R Khan was quoted as saying.

>

> He added, however, that ''protests have been taken note of and the

> board is in the process of removing'' the reference.

> -----end article--------

>