[Marxism] Obama's Indian

[Aaron Aarons]

>Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:32:14 -0500
>From: "Ruthless Critic of All that Exists" <ok.president+marxml at gmail.com>
>
>On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Louis Proyect <lnp3 at panix.com> wrote:
>
>> Counterpunch, November 13, 2008
>> Sonal Shah's Membership Has Expired
>> Guilt by Participation
>>
>> By VIJAY PRASHAD
>
>> Sonal Shah's statement is gratifying, but unpersuasive. The VHP's Shyam
> > Tiwari recently said, "Sonal was a member of the VHP of America at the
> > time of the [2001 Kutch, Gujarat] earthquake. Her membership has
>> expired." This was eight years after the 1993 Gujarat riots, when the
>> VHP had an active, and ghastly role. Ms. Shah was 33 years old then.
>
>Hmm? Sonal Shah is now 40 years old. How can she have been 33 years old in 1993?

She "was a member of the VHP of America at the time of the [2001 Kutch, Gujarat] earthquake." (Brackets in original.) She would have been about 33 years old at the time.

 - Aaron