[AGL] Another line from Lone Ranger lore, "whattdya mean "we" white man?"

[Frances Morey]

Gerry,
  Thanks for sharing that. I mourn that I missed out on knowing him back then. If he is anything like other Indian people I've known, they were far and away philosophically superior to your average American mouthbreathers--I know it would have been an honor to learn about philosophy as his student. 
  My favorite movie portraying an Indian slice of life is "City of Joy" about an American doctor who descends into Calcutta on a mission of mercy and the wonderful Indians he encountered. It was most impressive the first time I saw it in a theater, less so on the small screen second time around.
  Best,
  Frances
   
  
Gerry <mesmo at gilanet.com> wrote:
          Don't know how many of your remember Rao.
  He taught the first Buddhist Philosophy class at UT, very popular with the underground fringe students. I was enrolled in the course but sometimes had a tough time finding a seat since dozens of students "monitored" the class. That's where I first met David Martinez. Rao was very mysterious looking, a powerful no-jive persona. Some students claimed that his gaze could put them into a trance, I remember my buddy Ben Blackwell was one of these. Anyway, for those of us who were looking for the exotic and spiritual on campus in Austin in the late '60's, Raja Rao was as close as we could get to the Maharishi. His class was a happening.
   
   
  http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/15/arts/15rao.html
   
  G


 		
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