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One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer, but Ten Million Make a Swarm!

Bhaskar Dasgupta October 8, 2006

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#5 Posted by beady on October 9, 2006 11:06:12 pm
The tail seems to have swallowed the head. My apologies. I was trying to position the current hoo haa over immigration in the greater context of historical migration patters. Obviously I did not succeed! but still, do check out the pathfinders book, very nice and quite interesting.

cheers

bd
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#4 Posted by queen_cut_paste on October 9, 2006 9:54:58 am
Gentlemen (#1, #2, ) I say it with the authority of one having the information, as presented ob chowk itself, that the head is with ``nb`` and the tail is with Beady himself

So stop wondering and get thinking!
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#3 Posted by nasah on October 9, 2006 7:29:31 am
I agree with Kal -- this article lacks coherence -- perhaps the good writer has entered mid life crisis -- like Rushdi in Satanic Verses -- with Niagra of varied thoughts -- running like a swarm of mice helter skelter in every other direction.......someone should call Dr. Sohail.
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#2 Posted by Dash_Dot on October 9, 2006 5:05:52 am
moshaaeye! Ki aapnar ramblings er immigration check korechen......

Man this isthe most convoluted article, and am yet to locate its head and its tail! May bethe immigration officers at passport control in Ameerika and LHR have either end!
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#1 Posted by KaalChakra on October 8, 2006 11:24:21 pm
Dasgupta sahib, couldn`t make head or tail of this essay, other than that people migrate because of economic reasons, and that people don`t like immigrants because of their fear of the unknown.

Perhaps you will have time to explain if there were other things you wanted to communicate.
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