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From: rajeev@sfsup.UUCP (S.Rajeev)
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Subject: Re: Mountbatten series
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Date: Mon, 17-Mar-86 17:49:19 EST
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> 
> Hope you don't mind a near Brit butting in on a frivolous note.

A "near Brit"? Now is that almost Brit? Or is a near Brit better'n a
far Brit? Or did you really mean "mere Brit"?

> I always have in my mind a news clip showing Mrs. Gandhi being
> showered in flower petals and being given gifts in some country 
> village - in the middle of martial law. Almost the way people treat
> a king - or a god-king.
> 
> Andy "Krazy" Glew. Gould CSD-Urbana. 

Canny folks, these villagers. Probably got a road built or a canal
dug in exchange for the histrionics. Not a bad deal. As for the "awe"
part, you ain't seen nothing till you've seen a film star being
mobbed: you know, much like rock stars here.
			Sri Rajeev.