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The first one and the second one definitely applies to me.
😡 About the third one. And there is nothing too late about giving gifts. I believe in rain checks when it comes to getting birthday presents. So if it is available on time, can always get it later. Don't believe in punishing people by not taking their gifts just because they procrastinated or took too much in deciding about it. 😉😆
Monday's Ashoka episode turned out to be damp squib. Good teacher Akaramak's enignmatic smile at Sushim's "win" was nothing. It just meant that he is a good guy who even smiles when his favorite student loses. Chanakya was flabbergasted at Ashok's defeat. He was having a conversation with irritating Dharma (Ashok's mom) at the top of the hill when Sushim zoomed below in the valley on his horse carrying the fabled sword. So Chanakya was not happy. But isn't part of it his fault. Couldn't he use at least one of his spy to tail Sushim and Ashok and find out the truth. Anyway, for now Sushim is declared the winner. Tomorrow it seems that Ashok is going to be there to get back the sword by trying to enlighten his not so bright estranged father Bindusar.
Actually, Dharma is the reason for Ashok's problems. She is so irritatingly possessive of Ashok in the name of protectiveness. She was happy when she saw that Sushim had a sword because Chanakya had told her that he was going to disclose the truth about her and Ashok to Bindusar. She has decided that everyone can be reformed with love. TV Chanakya has so much patience because he tries to make TV Dharma understand that some people cannot be reformed and sometimes you have to fight back to establish rule of law and achieve peace. But TV Dharma just refuses to listen to him. With a mother like Dharma and a dumbo father like Bindusar, it is a miracle that Ashok is not a messed up kid (at least in the show).Anyway, this is for now until something substantial happens in the show.
Angie the following article in TOI reminded me of your fav show...http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Emperor-Ashoka-caught-in-caste-row/articleshow/47363514.cmsPATNA: Within days of BJP officials gathering under the Rashtravadi Kushwaha Parishad rubric to celebrate the 2320th birth anniversary of Emperor Ashoka, historians assailed the party for claiming that one of the country's greatest rulers ever was a Kushwaha by caste.
Rashtriya Lok Samata Party, a party of the Kushwahas, is a BJP ally with three seats in the Lok Sabha, and the two parties would be contesting the Bihar assembly elections together.
In fact, on the occasion, Union telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad announced issuance of a "beautiful stamp" on Emperor Ashoka and installation of his life-size statue at ASI's protected site at Kumhrar here if the party was voted to power in Bihar. Kushwahas are a dominant OBC community who account for about nine per cent of the total voters in Bihar.
Historian and authority on Ashoka, Romila Thapar, said there was no reference to the emperor's caste in any of ancient texts. "These (BJP) leaders must have created their own 'imaginary' picture of Ashoka as shown in TV serials," Thapar told TOI over phone from Delhi on Wednesday. "Whatever they say is without any historical basis. They are trying to distort historical facts without any historical reference," she added.Thapar, a professor emeritus at JNU, wrote the book, 'Ashoka and Decline of Mauryas' in 1961 - a work based on Ashokan edicts.
Quoting late historian R S Sharma, former HoD, department of history, Patna University, Rajeshwar Prasad Singh said, "According to the Brahminical tradition, Chandragupta Maurya was born of 'Mura', a shudra woman in the court of the ruling Nands. However, an earlier Buddhist text speaks of Mauryas as the ruling clan of the little republic of 'Pipphalivana' in the region of Gorakhpur near Nepal terai. In all likelihood, Chandragupta Maurya was the member of Kshatriya clan."
However, RKP official and BJP MLC Suraj Nandan Prasad Kushwaha insisted he had documents to prove Ashoka's Kushwaha lineage.
"I have all the records to prove my claim... We've been celebrating his birth anniversary for the last several years," he said. Prasad teaches history in Guru Govind Singh College, Patna City.
Another historian and former HoD, History, Delhi University, D N Jha echoed Thapar's views and said it was unfortunate that the BJP leaders were raising such issues for political mileage.
K K Mandal, who teaches Ancient Indian history at Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University, said, "This is, in fact, a part of political agenda of the BJP and attempt to saffronize the issue. It is unfortunate and degrading."
Angie the following article in TOI reminded me of your fav show...http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Emperor-Ashoka-caught-in-caste-row/articleshow/47363514.cmsPATNA: Within days of BJP officials gathering under the Rashtravadi Kushwaha Parishad rubric to celebrate the 2320th birth anniversary of Emperor Ashoka, historians assailed the party for claiming that one of the country's greatest rulers ever was a Kushwaha by caste.
Rashtriya Lok Samata Party, a party of the Kushwahas, is a BJP ally with three seats in the Lok Sabha, and the two parties would be contesting the Bihar assembly elections together.
In fact, on the occasion, Union telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad announced issuance of a "beautiful stamp" on Emperor Ashoka and installation of his life-size statue at ASI's protected site at Kumhrar here if the party was voted to power in Bihar. Kushwahas are a dominant OBC community who account for about nine per cent of the total voters in Bihar.
Historian and authority on Ashoka, Romila Thapar, said there was no reference to the emperor's caste in any of ancient texts. "These (BJP) leaders must have created their own 'imaginary' picture of Ashoka as shown in TV serials," Thapar told TOI over phone from Delhi on Wednesday. "Whatever they say is without any historical basis. They are trying to distort historical facts without any historical reference," she added.Thapar, a professor emeritus at JNU, wrote the book, 'Ashoka and Decline of Mauryas' in 1961 - a work based on Ashokan edicts.
Quoting late historian R S Sharma, former HoD, department of history, Patna University, Rajeshwar Prasad Singh said, "According to the Brahminical tradition, Chandragupta Maurya was born of 'Mura', a shudra woman in the court of the ruling Nands. However, an earlier Buddhist text speaks of Mauryas as the ruling clan of the little republic of 'Pipphalivana' in the region of Gorakhpur near Nepal terai. In all likelihood, Chandragupta Maurya was the member of Kshatriya clan."
However, RKP official and BJP MLC Suraj Nandan Prasad Kushwaha insisted he had documents to prove Ashoka's Kushwaha lineage.
"I have all the records to prove my claim... We've been celebrating his birth anniversary for the last several years," he said. Prasad teaches history in Guru Govind Singh College, Patna City.
Another historian and former HoD, History, Delhi University, D N Jha echoed Thapar's views and said it was unfortunate that the BJP leaders were raising such issues for political mileage.
K K Mandal, who teaches Ancient Indian history at Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University, said, "This is, in fact, a part of political agenda of the BJP and attempt to saffronize the issue. It is unfortunate and degrading."
Ok...after some entertaining news from Delhi (the never ending entertainment and melodrama for next 5 years), there is some EBP news.
So EBP is going off the air as expected. Surprising that Star Plus is still giving it a month to run. They are better than Zee that usually gives 1-2 weeks for a show to wrap up. After reading the written update today, it seems that CVs picked up their old script, used find and replace button to switch hero to heroine etc.For CB1 viewers: Amma is replaced with Kalindi. Ajju is now old Shastriji, Shlok is Radhika, Astha is Abhay/Dev.I have to say that Manish Wadhwa and Geetanjali were wise to quit the show when they did. I do hope to see both of them in some other show if I can bring myself to watch it.
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