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December 25, 2004
The view from the trough

GRANADA DEL RIO TINTO (JNS) _ The water pours from the ground and is guided through a covered clothes washing shed made of brick with individual stalls.
That wasn't there when we lived here, my father says.
He points to an even older stone trough, and says that's the one he remembers.
It's hot and dry, the summer sun still baking us at 8 p.m. Everyone except my father takes off their sandals and dips their feet in the cool water in a third trough with a cross at one end. It's been nearly 70 years since he left and my father can't remember what the third trough was used for.
The next day, a street cleaner, drinking water from a spout filling a similar series of troughs in nearby Aracena, explains the system.

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Posted by Alex at 09:27 PM
November 20, 2004
Maharshi Jabali: Free Thinker Par Excellence

Coincidence? Judge for yourself.
The following tale of the great Hindu inconoclast and mystic, maharshi Jabali, comes to you dear reader courtesy of :
http://www.boloji.com/hinduism/074.htm

Vashishtha and the other sages, queens and patriarchs who had gone with Bharat to Chitrakut mountain had all tried in many ways to persuade Ramachandra to return to Ayodhya. But Rama, firm in his vow, remained unmoved. Ultimately, the great sage, maharshi Jabali spoke:

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Posted by Alex at 09:20 PM