From: Gary Wiltshire 

Interesting that you mention Gandhi.  I just read a recent National
Geographic article about the continuing caste system atrocities in India,
which included alleged attempts by Gandhi to sabotage reform.

On Sun, 06 Jul 2003 10:57:36 -0400, Judy Folkenberg
 wrote:

>
>
>Gene McAloon wrote:
>
>> >>>>>If you want to recommend Orwell as a read, I
would suggest 1984. There
is
>> hardly anyone, young or old, who wouldn't feel almost a visceral
identification
>> with that story, especially with Bush in the White House and Blair at No.
10.
>>
>>
>
>No, you're both wrong.   I would recommend Orwell's essays. 
"Reflections
on
>Gandhi" (Saints should always be judged guilty until proven innocent.),
"Shooting
>an Elephant," and "Politics and the English Language"
are among his classics.
>"Burmese Days," and "Down and Out in Paris and
London" are also novels very
worth
>reading.
>
>Judy

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