Oky that a kinda strange game, a like "if you were a flower you should be a ....." (my answer will be a pensée), but lets play it. My passions in eight: - women ( but much more as a social issue than ... private bisness) - men ( but much more as a social issue than ... private bisness) - cultures ( mine and yours, nor traditions nor morals) - philo/ psycho/ science ( just to keep my mind working) - humor ( the most exquisit politness of a mind) - movies ( when they do more than story tellin or propaganda) - travels - "la dentelliere" de Vermeer To do before da end in eight: - do what I have to do next day - get the uggly out of my life - have ... read more

The Sacré Coeur is one of the most visited ground in Paris. It is located right above the Moulin Rouge Area (Pigalle aka le Gai Paris). The history of the site is closely related to one of the most unexpected insurection of Parisian Citizens against religious uprising power at that time. As the religious uprising was sustained by the political power. The answer was quick and violent. Many people lost their life in the fights. To comemorate the victory of the troops. French power built the Sacre Coeur in order to house a religious order there. From this comes only one lesson. Revolution is useless in France, it always bring an opposit result. I am neither for revolution nor for revolutionists. But in all case I am for remembering properly the event that built the Sacre ... read more

Pranampra won t save you from plastics Well your culture has made the most educated (symbolic right hand) to ignore and to disconsider everything related to wastes. Your culture has made the least educated (symbolic left hand) to face and sometimes to struggle for the waste that the rest of you disconsider. So we have a case where "knowledge" ignore willingly the biggest poisons of the land for the doom of "Ignorance" which has to work, to digest it. In symbols, the right hand ignores what the left hand is doing of the poison that the entire body produce. Consider the number of one inch plastic bags (tabacco shewing stuff)thrown away daily, in India. Well, this plastic bag will stay where it has been droped for 200 years or so. More than eight generation of Indians. ... read more

I know that: *Hinduism is the oldest religion on the planet and the third in size present day. *Hinduism knows no prophets, no dogma and rites are based on oral tradition. *There is no Heresy in Hinduism. *Hinduism is a dynamic religion, assimiliating without opposing believes and philosophies.*Hinduism is the belief in devas. There are 300 millions Devas in Hinduism. I know that there is three major Philosophies in India: *Advaita Vedanta: Devas are one same entity but with different names. *Nyaya and yoga: Devas are subordinates to The Lord (Ishvara.) *Nimamsa: Devas are lords of the nature (Animists). There is no Ishvara. SO: *Hindus include or dis include one or many god(s.) accordingly. *I know some things about Hinduism. *Animism is part of Hinduism. I don't make fun of religion here and previous posts (with ... read more

A journey through North India completed with the emoticon secret list It came to me that the time for my journey through India had come during spring 2007. The winds that made me to set sail where many. Some were real echos, some fake whispers. As a sailor, always listening to the winds and sounds of the seas, I did draft on my maps the passes that were to travel by. I have discovered a country, different people and a.... culture. All three together is what Tourism Office calls « Incredible India » This is the complete "walkthrough" Lets start with the « thanks to » stuff: Qatar airways, Atlanta travels, India Railways and Associates, C, D GajD,The Volks, Mrs King, Mr Lion, Yam, Elle And surfers Hill and Rock (names have been changed to ... read more