01Aug09

Artist---"That, sir, is a cow grazing."
Visitor---"Where is the grass?"
Artist---"The cowh has eaten it."
Visitor---"But where is the cow?"
Artist---"You don't suppose she'd be fool enough to stay there after she'd eaten all the grass, do you?"

1920, Mahatma Gandhi begins national campaign to rally the population of India to use passive resistance and disobedience against the occupying British colonialist government. He embarks on a trip to urge disobedience with courts, schools, government and military service, and advocates boycotting of foreign goods. The action is prompted by an earlier massacre of Indians and is also a protest against strict British laws clamping down on political activitiesl. During Sept. 4-9 the nationalist Indian Congress, inspired by Gandhi's popular actions, commits itself to fighting for home rule.



Quote for the day:
God made women without a sense of humor so they could love men instead of laughing at them.