[Reader-list] Action Alert - Communal harmony activistsarrested in Karnataka - Write in the the chief Minister

[Shivam Vij]

On 12/12/06, Vedavati Jogi <vrjogi at hotmail.com> wrote:

> i don't hate you, i am a hindu, you are a muslim still we are sisters.


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The "sisters" bit is very interesting. Reminds me of:


Gangubai once told film-maker Vijaya Mulay, in the initial years of
television: "If a male musician is a Muslim, he becomes an Ustad. If
he is a Hindu, he becomes a Pandit. But women like Kesarbai and
Mogubai just remain Bais."

Ustad: master/teacher, Pandit: scholar/teacher, Bai: sister.

http://blogs.sanmathi.org/anasuya/2006/11/28/more-from-pandit-gangu-hangal/

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Also reminds me of a scene in Kamalahassan's "Hey Ram," but I'd let that be!


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