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Emmitt Smith looked to heaven to explain his 2010 enshrinement
"Thank you to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for blessing me with the talent to play the sport that I so love for almost three decades."
Following abundant applause as he reached the podium, those words began the heartfelt and faith-based Enshrinement speech of Emmitt Smith, who entered the Hall of Fame on Aug. 7, 2010.
Smith was the last of the 2010 enshrinees to speak. Standing at the podium before him were Russ Grimm, Rickey Jackson, Dick LeBeau, Floyd Little, John Randle and Jerry Rice.
Talking for more than 22 minutes with the cadence of a minister preaching a sermon, Smith called upon his faith to explain how he ended up being drafted — much lower than expected — by the Dallas Cowboys, the National Football League team for which he dreamed of playing when he was growing up in Pensacola, Fla.
"Because I am a man of faith, I know our relationship did not just happen," he said, addressing team owner Jerry Jones, his presenter. "It was ordained by God."
Beneath his Lord, he placed his priorities in order for the audience.
"I achieved balance when I put my family in its proper place and that is number one," Smith said. "God has blessed me with an amazing family. ... Thank you for your love and support."
Just as he asked those family members to stand, Smith called upon teammates to rise for recognition, as well.
To quarterback Troy Aikman and receiver Michael Irvin, Smith smiled and said, "It has truly been an honor to go into battle with two of the greatest champions I've ever played with."
Tears flowed freely down his face when he acknowledged to fellow running back Darrell Johnson — his blocking back — how much his teammate had sacrificed for his glory.
"You took care of me like you were taking care of your little brother."
Smith thanked his coaches. Norv Turner. Jimmy Johnson. And he thanked the Dallas Cowboys fans — in Texas, throughout the United States and around the world.
But, mostly, Smith looked above himself, above this world, with gratefulness.
"I'm living my dream," he said, "and I'm fulfilling God's purpose for my life."
Actually, said Smith, he was living the dream for others, as well. He was accompanied by them as he was enshrined in the Hall of Fame.
"I'm not going in alone. I'm carrying my grandfather, my father and my son in with me. We all share the same name," said Smith. "Our name will be forever enshrined in the history of football."
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Figure 4.
Final histological diagnosis of benign cases classified as inadequate or indeterminate. Among inadequate cases, the most frequent histological type was mastopathy (fibrocystic disease) (29/75 cases, 38.6%), followed by fibroadenoma (18/75, 24.0%) and intraductal papilloma (4/75, 5.3%). There were no significant differences in the frequencies of these histological types. Among indeterminate cases, the histological types included mastopathy (16/54, 30.0%), fibroadenoma (15/54, 27.8%) and intraductal papilloma (14/54, 26.0%). Phyllodes tumor was seen in three cases (5.6%). There were no significant differences in the frequencies of these histological types. Papilloma was significantly more frequent in indeterminate cases than in inadequate cases (26% vs 5%; *P = 0.0014). Dark gray, inadequate; light gray; indeterminate. Phyllodes, phyllodes tumor.
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To have schools all over India celebrate a 'Sanskrit Week' by decree—that couldn't have been passed off as an innocuous, joyful thing in the best of times. It becomes doubly dicey at this juncture. The fiat comes from the 'autonomous' CBSE, a thin veil. The chain of causation, everyone knows, goes back to the party in power—and how it casts everything in an idiom of Reconquest troubles the waters by definition. Moreover, this is an India of competing identity politics—by default angry, bristling, quick to take offence. The onus of offering resistance has again fallen on Tamil Nadu, a state defined by its long history of language politics. But let's not kid ourselves into thinking it's just Tamil that feels it as an imposition. Or even other identifiable sectors of dissent. The overwhelming majority of the Indian population stands outside the pale on this: acquiescence won't change the nature of that fact.
Just as with land, with languages too it's possible to dream of a future defined by free movement, of shared literacy, an idea of commons. It's true, Sanskrit is the coded key not just to liturgy and religious philosophy but to endless vaults of neutral, secular knowledge—atheist doctrines, works on logic, grammar, aesthetics, musicology, what not. It's also true that today the literacy in ancient languages required to cultivate a modern scholarship is just not there. But citing that need in the present context is a bad ruse. This 'circular' politics ties up more with another heritage. Sanskrit must turn the muzzle back for a spot of self-examination. It must traverse its whole history of being a tool of power. Like all hieratic languages, it kept the common folk outside the gates. But it went much beyond that. Not only was access to Sanskrit literacy restricted by dharmic law, for the non-savarnas—that is, the vast majority of Indians—it encoded the most evolved form of social apartheid ever known. For them, Sanskrit evokes not the image of a classical abhisarika nayika tiptoeing through a moonlit night but the harsh sounds of Manusmriti.
Yes, you don't abolish German because Mein Kampf was written in it—language itself is neutral. But as a carrier of a politics of control, Sanskrit has had no parallel. The way to save it from the morgue is to depoliticise it, to emancipate it from agendas, to bring it into a post-Brahminical world. Which is why, "who's doing it" is half the trouble here. Making schoolchildren all over India chant slokas through play is imitative of missionary techniques. It also rekindles the other taproot. Linguist Franson D. Manjali has written that the whole colonial elevation of Sanskrit, beginning with William Jones, was tied to Europe's "Aryan" racial-supremacist project—India formed a necessary part of its imaginative grid. Alas, India is still trapped in that mental space. Even the "philanthropist approach" of Dalits learning the Vedas (which the RSS backs) faces venomous opposition.
The Dravidianists, with their purified Centamizh, can often be cut from the same cloth. In both 'coloniser' and 'resister', one sees the same resort to a heightened relation between language and land (Modern Tamil Nadu, indeed, is named for the language, not the other way around). To manoeuvre a language policy through these parallel zionisms is tricky. Flying paper planes into an imagined Amar Chitra Katha past, despite the BJP's skills at it, can't be the best way.
There are good linguistic grounds to say this. One, Sanskrit is patently not "the mother of all languages": three of the four Indian language groups are outside its genepool. Even its earliest Rigvedic idioms bear traces of the reciprocal exchange within which Sanskrit itself evolved. It has influenced, and been influenced by, Munda and Dravidian. Its 'family' was forged precisely in that interface, in that teeming Indian ecology. (Languages like Marathi or Bangla, say, aren't "corruptions" of Sanskrit, but degrees of "convergences"). Two, we already have an undeclared bilingualism in much of the 'Hindi belt', and an education system that teaches you to hate your home language everywhere. Three, a hidden paradox: the very idea of a simplified, conversational Sanskrit. This is a Vedic costume fantasy: its proponents thrill to a false, shallow idea of Indians speaking in Sanskrit! The only folks who need bother about such a return to a pure origin are the good people of Swat valley. Most Brahmins who have ever lived have not spoken Sanskrit as their mother tongue.
Here's an idea. Instead of a 'week' that recalls Aryan gods (in Brahmin avatar) disposing of Asura kings, why not have a rotating festival… a Tamil week in Jaipur, a Munda week in Nagpur, a Khasi week in Katwaria Sarai, a Maithili week in Thane? Cities have 'sister' cities. Why not tongues?
A shorter, edited version of this appears in print
Apropos Sunil Menon's piece Sanskrit in 7 Days (Aug 4), I don't understand what he meant by people of the 'Swat valley' being somehow better placed to introduce Sanskrit in their schools. If that were true, the Ukrainians should start merging back with Russia (the first state of Rus was founded in Kiev in 10th century CE), Turks ought to be studying Thracian and Hittite, Egyptians should go back to Coptic, the English should introduce Brythonic.... Also, of the number of Sanskrit textual records we have access to today, an overwhelming majority is Buddhist, Jaina and secular literature, with only a fraction involving Hinduism per se. In spite of this, Sanskrit today remains in the clutches of the Hindu orthodoxy. A popular revival of Sanskrit will actually help change that scenario—because the last time I checked, languages don't change humans, humans change languages!
Pankaj Vaishnavi, London
This was an eminently sensible column—not really anti-Sanskrit, but in favour of an equitable policy. A valid point also on Sanskrit's relationship with all other Indian languages being more equally transactional or less unidirectional than is usually assumed. Also, consider all the knee-jerk attacks Western scholars like Wendy Doniger get, despite being way more Sanskrit-literate than some of these mindless critics. Some of the difficulty desi boys have with swallowing her presence seems to do with her being an 'ashuddh' woman (with opinions). It's very tough to remove caste from Sanskrit, linguists will make claims that work in a lab, the practical world tells us something different entirely.
Ketaki Malhotra, Delhi
When English, spoken by our colonial masters, can coexist with other languages in the country, why not India's own classical language? It's retrograde to condemn Sanskrit as a supremacist language, because Hindi too can be categorised under the same genre. Sanskrit literature is replete with poetry, drama, philosophy and the sciences, young minds should be given the chance to eschew language chauvinism and soak in the all the variegated aspects of their country's heritage.
Kangayam R. Narasimhan, Chennai
Surprisingly, other than Tamil Nadu, no one from the other 'language' states have expressed objections to the Sanskrit week initiative. Malayalam-speaking Kerala, itself a Dravidian language state, is not provoked. In fact, buses in the northern Malappuram district now have route boards in both Bengali and Hindi. It looks tolerant and large-hearted. Actually, it's also good business sense, targeting the Bihari and Bengali immigrant labour.
C.V. Venugopalan, Palakkad
Being not sufficiently Dravidian, I'm a bit confused by the reference to 'Aryan gods in Brahmin avatars'. I thought Rama was a Kshatriya and Krishna a Yadava?
Krishnan, on e-mail
The author of this article proved one point. If you don't know what to write, why to write and how to write, language will not help. Be it Sanskrit or English.
Mahesh, Delhi
Thank you to all those who have taken the trouble to read the article and share their thoughts. Out of the arguments made here, there are two that perhaps need answering. So here they go.
1. The first part of the article compares outcomes (relative percentages of population of the religions concerned) irrespective of the process that led to those outcomes - whether immigration, relatively faster population growth or conversions. This was for two reasons. One, to put the figure of 2.3 per cent in "numerical perspective", as the article itself explained. The second reason was that outcomes are ultimately what the crux of debate is about. The rest of the article in any case dealt with process - or conversions in this case, from both a contemporary and historical perspective.
2. Some commenters have tried to cast doubts on the reliability of Census 2001. Those who do this should bear in mind that Census 2001 was conducted by a BJP government. Considering the extreme importance that BJP gives to this issue, it would be reasonable to expect that IF it had perceived a problem with the methodology that was distorting the numbers, it would have fixed it. As the article mentioned, BJP or BJP-supported governments have been in power for 10 of the last 40 years, or about a quarter of the time, and the only reasonable conclusion one can arrive at is that any misreporting of numbers, real or perceived, would be marginal and hence, not of importance.
To all other arguments made, my answer is the following: Please read the article again, with particular focus on the quotations of Vivekananda and Monier Williams, and the history of the missionary efforts in Bengal and their outcome.
" At least in that respect Muslim bloggers deserve congratulations."
" At least in that respect Muslim bloggers deserve congratulations."
Congratulations. Keep it up.
>> " Hindu supremacists - Anwaar's favourite term of endearment. What does it mean?"
In this post you are both a Hindu supremacist and a Hindu apologist, but I am sure you are not aware of being either! There are similar Muslims in some Muslim blogs, but they hardly get any "Like" check-marks. At least in that respect Muslim bloggers deserve congratulations.
" Sanskrit must be taken back from the clutches of Hindu supremacists, bigots, believers in brahmin exclusivity, misogynists, Islamophobes and a variety of other wrong-headed characters on the right, whose colossal ambition to control India's vast intellectual legacy is only matched by their abysmal ignorance of what it means and how it works."
" Sanskrit must be taken back from the clutches of Hindu supremacists, bigots, believers in brahmin exclusivity, misogynists, Islamophobes and a variety of other wrong-headed characters on the right, whose colossal ambition to control India's vast intellectual legacy is only matched by their abysmal ignorance of what it means and how it works."
1. Hindu supremacists - Anwaar's favourite term of endearment. What does it mean? It means that denigrators of Hinduism are unable to rebut when challenged. What do losers do when they lose an argument? They resort to invective.
2. Hindu philosophical thought is sublime and lofty and has survived all these centuries of neglect, apathy and hostility due to its inherent strength, resilience and the efforts of devoted and dedicated scholars who have protected and preserved mankind's heritage over several millennia.
3. Brahmin exclusivity to knowledge is a thing of the past. (Incidentally, Vajapeyi means a priest who specialises in conducting a specific vedic ritual.) Today, the doors are open to higher knowledge if one has the aptitude for it; caste is no longer a factor.
4. Misogyny is found in all languages, cultures, religions and ages. Why single out Sanskrit?
5. Islamophobia is a term used by apologists of Islam. Sanskrit, which came into existence long before the advent of Islam, cannot be accused of it.
Why this unscholarly rant from someone having studied at Oxford and is teaching at Harvard? The resurgence of Hinduism after centuries of suppression seems to have unnerved the Macaulites and unhinged them.
Earlier, we had another columnist talking of rescuing Gita from Hinduism. Now, about rescuing Sanskrit from Hindus. What next? The need to rescue Arabic from Islam?
"The Story of my Sanskrit
Ananya Vajpeyi
Sanskrit must be taken back from the clutches of Hindu supremacists, bigots, believers in brahmin exclusivity, misog***"
I stopped reading the article posted by Anwar of this. I directly switched to comments that were more interesting.
The Story of my Sanskrit
Ananya Vajpeyi
Sanskrit must be taken back from the clutches of Hindu supremacists, bigots, believers in brahmin exclusivity, misogynists, Islamophobes and a variety of other wrong-headed characters on the right, whose colossal ambition to control India's vast intellectual legacy is only matched by their abysmal ignorance of what it means and how it works.
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Oil boom family is cramped but together
Laura Candler
Dec 5, 2012 A year after her husband moved to North Dakota's oil fields from their home in Missouri, Shannon Atwell picked up her four boys and joined him.
The oil boom: Born to be a roughneck
Todd Melby
Dec 5, 2012 Richard Karpe had his first roughneck job at age 11, on a rig run by his stepfather. He talks about the roughneck life and its hazards.
The oil boom: Making a living off the workers
Todd Melby
Dec 5, 2012 In any mining boom, some people are there to work in it, others are there to supply them. Need a knife in Williston, N.D.? Talk to Bobcat John.
A North Dakota oil worker: 'I miss my family'
Todd Melby
Dec 5, 2012 The oil boom in North Dakota created tens of thousands of jobs with good wages -- in the middle of nowhere. So for workers across the U.S., the boom is an opportunity to get back on their feet, pay off debts, save some money, at a cost -- leaving their families behind.
'Fight Night' in an oil-boom town
Todd Melby
Dec 5, 2012 North Dakota's oil boom has drawn thousands of workers to the state, overwhelming small towns. Rents are sky high. Workers live in barracks called mancamps. And there's not much to do besides work. One promoter brought martial arts fighting to town -- the Williston Basin Blowout.