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Manash Bhattacharjee's (henceforth MB) article on Indian Marxists and caste in Outlook, titled 'The Left's Untouchable' (link here) appears to be written more to attack the organised Left, specifically E.M.S. Namboodiripad, than to objectively analyse the party's position on caste. Writings of this genre have some general features: gross disregard for facts, deliberate misrepresentation of positions, use of "suitable" quotations out of context and shallow analysis.
As a result, the article neither serves its implicit purpose of crucifying the Left vis-à-vis caste, nor its explicit purpose of offering a useful analysis of caste vis-à-vis the Left.
Let me take MB's points one by one.
MB starts with a quote from EMS, used out-of-context regularly by misguided writers. The quote is from EMS' book A History of Indian Freedom Struggle (AHIFS). According to MB, when Ambedkar "pushed" for the Poona Pact in 1932, the Indian Left opposed it and EMS noted that: "This was a great blow to the freedom movement. For this led to the diversion of people's attention from the objective of full independence to the mundane cause of the upliftment of the Harijans".
The use of this quote is a gross misrepresentation of EMS' position. It is important to put this controversy to rest once and forever. EMS has not used such a term to describe the issue of Dalit emancipation. The original text of the book was written by EMS in Malayalam in 1975-76, serialised in the party daily Deshabhimani and published by Chinta Publishers in 1976-77. This book was translated into English and published in 1986 by the Social Scientist Press, titled A History of Indian Freedom Struggle. If we see the original Malayalam version, this controversial quote appears thus:
"പക്ഷെ ഇത് സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യസമരത്തെ സംബന്ധിച്ചിടത്തോളം വലിയ ഒരു ആഘാതമായിരുന്നു. പൂര്ണസ്വാതന്ത്ര്യം എന്ന ലക്ഷ്യത്തില് നിന്ന് ഹരിജനോദ്ധാരണം എന്ന ഭാഗിക പ്രശ്നത്തിലേക്ക് ജനശ്രദ്ധ തിരിച്ചു വിടപ്പെടാന് ഇത് വഴി വെച്ചു" (page 565, 2009 reprint; page 608, 1982 reprint).
The accurate translation of this quote would be as follows:
"However, this was a major blow to the freedom movement. For this led to the diversion of people's attention from the objective of full independence to the partial objective of the upliftment of the Harijans."
Clearly, there was a major error in translation, which was not done by EMS. What should have been "partial objective" was wrongly translated as "mundane cause". Nevertheless, writers who have not read the original Malayalam version have for long crucified EMS based on this quote and painted him as an anti-Dalit leader. I hope that the practice will come to an end with this clarification.
Even without access to the original text, there are two reasons why MB should have checked his facts twice. First, in his description of events leading to the Poona Pact and after, EMS does not favour either Gandhi's position or Ambedkar's position. Yet, EMS argued, the circumstances related to the controversy over Poona Pact led to a weakening of the second civil disobedience movement. After the Poona Pact, to ease his release from jail, Gandhi had given an undertaking to the British state that he would desist from pro-freedom agitations and singularly focus on "upliftment of depressed castes". Thus, EMS writes that Gandhi:
"...subordinated the struggle for Swaraj to the day-to-day activities for the upliftment of the depressed castes. What is more, Gandhi gave a moral (religious) character to this political approach…Thus, the Congress as well as its undisputed leader, Gandhi, which was engaged in a country-wide struggle with the objective of liberating India from the British rule, engrossed itself in the programme of liberating the Depressed Castes and other Hindus from the curse of untouchability from which the entire Hindu religious community had been suffering…A direct result of this was the weakening of the civil disobedience movement. Thousands of Congress activists and many prominent leaders like Rajagopalachari, who were active in the midst of the civil disobedience movement for the past several months, gave up their activities completely and got themselves involved fully in the movement for the upliftment of Harijans..." (AHIFS, pp. 496)
This was the context in which EMS wrote about the shift of focus from full independence to the "partial objective" of Harijan upliftment. Any careful reader of the book would recognise that EMS does not subordinate Dalit causes to any secondary position in this analysis.
There is a second reason why MB should have been circumspect in using the quote. In 1932, a young EMS himself had enthusiastically responded to Gandhi's call and led major agitations against untouchability in Malabar. Apart from EMS, two of the founding members of undivided CPI in Kerala – A. K. Gopalan and P. Krishna Pillai – were also leaders of the famous Guruvayur Satyagraha of 1932, organized to gain for Dalits and backward castes the right to enter the Guruvayur temple in south Malabar. Gopalan was brutally beaten up at the temple gate by upper caste Nairs during the Satyagraha. Earlier, in 1931, Gopalan was brutally attacked by the Tiyya (Ezhava) elite of Payyannur in north Malabar while organising a Dalit jatha demanding entry into a local temple.
Along with agitations against untouchability, Communist leaders of Malabar also engaged themselves in agitations to improve access to education for Dalits. For instance, in Kalliasseri village in north Malabar, two Dalit students who came to enrol at a primary school were beaten up and thrown out of the school compound by Nairs and Tiyyas in 1928. A Dalit youth – Sumukhan – who tried to stop the attack was beaten up on the public road. E. K. Nayanar, who later became Kerala's second Communist Chief Minister, told me in an interview in 2003 that his entry into the national movement in the late-1920s was deeply inspired by the school incident. He said: "I was deeply moved…I did not understand why Dalit children could not sit with other students and study in the school." Nayanar further said:
"…we started, under the leadership of KPR [Gopalan] and AKG (A. K. Gopalan), and instructions of Mahatma Gandhi, to work for the upliftment of Dalits…I, along with a number of young Congress workers, was in the forefront of activities like bathing Dalit children in village ponds, putting clothes on them and taking them to schools to protect them from attacks by upper caste members."
Still further, it was Gandhi's call to abruptly end the Guruvayur Satyagraha and his equally abrupt withdrawal of the civil disobedience movement in 1934 that led to massive disillusionment in Malabar with the Congress, the formation of Congress Socialist Party in 1934 and the formation of CPI in 1939.
In other words, agitations against untouchability and caste discrimination were an everyday political activity for EMS and fellow communists in the 1930s and 1940s. These facts are well-known too. Yet, MB ignores such facts and tries to defame a self-less leader, who submitted a life to the cause of the emancipation of the exploited.
It is necessary for scholars of caste to understand that EMS' analysis of caste, and its origin and basis, was vastly different from that of Gandhi and Ambedkar. Further, EMS' view on caste was not class-based alone, as is often made out to be. He always held that caste system contained elements of both social oppression and class exploitation; these elements were distinct even as they appeared fused in the manifestation of caste as a system. That was why EMS had famously characterised Malabar's agrarian society as marked by jati-janmi-naduvazhi medhavitvam (upper caste-landlord-chieftain hegemony). According to him, Malabar was characterized by the combined domination of landlords in the economic sphere, Brahmin-dominated upper castes in social life and chieftains in the political sphere. His conclusion from the analysis of caste in Kerala was that,
"…it would…be unrealistic to pose the problem as if it is either class struggle or caste conflict. The fact is that there is a certain interpenetration of class and caste…In the actual social conditions of Kerala, the development of the democratic movement is bound to be linked with the organised struggle against caste-Hindu domination" ("Once Again on Castes and Classes", Social Scientist, 1981, 9 (12)).
To understand EMS' views on the caste system better, we can return to EMS' analysis of the events of the 1930s that led to the failure of the civil disobedience movement. For him, the core issue "was the basic weakness of the national freedom movement headed by the Indian bourgeoisie." About the leaders of the Congress party who were trying to find reasons for the failure of the civil disobedience movement, EMS had this to say in 1979:
"All this was conveniently blamed on the 'wily manoeuvres' of the British rulers and the 'lack of patriotism' on the part of the caste and communal leaders. Mahatma Gandhi made the heroic statement that, if only the British rulers left India to her fate, all the caste and communal problems would be solved immediately and automatically. The total unreality of this assertion was proved not only by the large-scale massacres that accompanied the partition of India - massacres which are perhaps the most inhuman in the history of mankind - but by the fact that, after full 31 years of independence, India today is as politically divided as it was in the pre-independence days on caste and communal lines. Those nationalists who even today blame caste and communal organisations for all the evils that are overtaking our country should ponder over the question of why they (the caste and communal leaders) are able to release the worst kind of sentiments among the people for inciting the most inhuman atrocities on the scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and backward communities" ("Caste Conflicts v/s Growing Unity of Popular Democratic Forces", Economic and Political Weekly, 1979, 14 (7-8), pp. 333-334).
Why were oppressed people from backward caste groups not ready to accept the leadership of bourgeois parties like the Congress? EMS explained thus:
"The national movement, as was sought to be built up by its bourgeois leaders, was primarily a movement for the 'revival' of the 'age-old' Indian civilisation and culture. This civilisation and culture, let us remind ourselves again, is based on the village community at whose centre is the division of society into a hierarchy of castes. Millions of people, who had, out of sheer helplessness, borne the burden of this caste-based society, were for the first time able to see that they need no more be bound by the ideology of Varnashrama Dharma. They started imbibing a part of the modern bourgeois ideology - freedom, equality and fraternity. They were not prepared to tolerate a movement which would culminate in the replacement of the then ruling British imperialism by the old Varnashrama society."
What then is the alternative? EMS wrote:
"…one has to abandon all ideas of paying tributes to the 'age-old' civilisation and culture of India. One has to realise that the rebuilding of India on modern democratic and secular lines requires an uncompromising struggle against the caste-based Hindu society and its culture. There is no question of secular democracy, not to speak of socialism, unless the very citadel of India's 'age-old' civilisation and culture - the division of society into a hierarchy of castes - is broken. In other words, the struggle for radical democracy and socialism cannot be separated from the struggle against caste society."
MB has a few more falsehoods to offer in his article. He argues that EMS called the caste system "a superior economic organisation", which "facilitated organised production through a systematic allocation of labour". According to MB, EMS did not understand Ambedkar's distinction between "division of labour" and "division of the labourer" under the casteist relations of production. These accusations further betray MB's total lack of reading of EMS, which, though, does not prevent him from calling EMS as someone with a "predominantly upper-caste mindset".
What did EMS mean by what he wrote? For EMS, the caste system in India was marked by "flexibility", which "made it possible for it to adjust itself to the two revolutions which in Europe created slavery out of the ashes of primitive communism, and feudalism out of the ashes of slavery." Due to this flexibility of caste, India was able to attain the same socio-economic and cultural advances that Europe had attained under slavery and feudalism. This was the "superiority" that EMS saw in the use of caste system within the division of labour in India. However, EMS was quick to add that "it [also] created conditions for social stagnation. The uninterrupted repetition of social, economic and cultural life as embodied in the nature of caste organisation led to an absence of vigour and continuous change, so that, when Europe began to undergo its transition from feudalism to capitalism, India with its caste hierarchy was unable to catch up with it."
Thus, it was EMS' position that the caste system stubbornly slowed down social, cultural and economic advancement among Indian people. EMS termed the caste system as superior because it was an amenable instrument of exploitation in the hands of those who owned the means of production. This latter part of the analysis is conveniently omitted in MB's argument; instead, the term "superiority" is attributed to portray EMS as someone who praised the caste system.
Regardless of what MB writes, EMS was acutely aware that "division of labour" would get transformed into the "division of labourers" within the confines of the caste system, as Ambedkar held. That is why EMS also wrote that:
"The essence of social organisation based on the hierarchy of castes and sub-castes is the monotonous repetition of the same job from generation to generation. Each person is allotted the job which is supposed to be his or her caste's (or sub-caste's). Here, therefore, there is no room for innovation, which is the essence of technological development. This is all the more true of a social organisation which has, besides caste, the village community and joint family as its two other pillars…"
MB appears to have had no time to read such detailed analysis of the caste system by EMS. Instead, he goes on a trip accusing EMS of having a "predominantly upper-caste mindset", being "an exemplar of progressive casteism in the history of Left politics and thinking in India" and so on. One would only request writers like MB to spend some time reading what EMS and his fellow Marxists like B. T. Ranadive (BTR) have written on caste. For instance, MB argues that Indian Marxists have ignored caste as an apparatus of ideology. Here, MB needs to read BTR's writings, who always highlighted the need to attack caste as an "ideology" as much as its material basis; BTR had written in 1979 that:
"In attacking the inequalities of the caste system and caste consciousness the anti-caste non-Brahmin leaders were attacking the ideology and the super-structure of the earlier feudal age. The ideology and consciousness had to be attacked and the superstructure had to be exposed and undermined, if society were to change. It can be nobody's argument - let the economic situation gradually change, let new economic realities and new classes emerge and the caste-system and caste-consciousness will automatically be eliminated" (Ranadive, B. T., "Caste, Class and Property Relations", Economic and Political Weekly, 1979, 14 (7-8)).
Finally, MB and his ilk may also do well to read the CPI (M)'s programme to clarify a few of their other doubts. For instance, MB thinks that "…critics in the Indian Left see the Dalit movement as being merely a 'politics of recognition' and having no revolutionary potential." The CPI (M) programme, updated in 2000, deals with this issue in detail. It says:
"The bourgeois-landlord system has also failed to put an end to caste oppression. The worst sufferers are the scheduled castes. The dalits are subject to untouchability and other forms of discrimination despite these being declared unlawful. The growing consciousness among the dalits for emancipation is sought to be met with brutal oppression and atrocities. The assertion by the dalits has a democratic content reflecting the aspirations of the most oppressed sections of society. The backward castes have also asserted their rights in a caste-ridden society.
At the same time, a purely caste appeal which seeks to perpetuate caste divisions for the narrow aim of consolidating vote banks and detaching these downtrodden sections from the common democratic movement has also been at work. Many caste leaders and certain leaders of bourgeois political parties seek to utilise the polarisation on caste lines for narrow electoral gains and are hostile to building up the common movement of the oppressed sections of all castes. They ignore the basic class issues of land, wages and fight against landlordism, which is the basis for overthrowing the old social order."
Having read the above, MB can better address his own lament regarding the "limitations of the historical conjuncture of Dalit politics", which he forgot to pursue in the midst of abusing EMS and Marxists. He will then have time to pause and look at the state of the Republican Party of India (RPI) in Maharashtra and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Uttar Pradesh. He can better analyse their failure in ameliorating the plight of Dalit peasants or Dalit labourers beyond abstract recognition and self-respect. Even as these freedoms do constitute gains, the experiences with RPI(s) in Maharashtra and BSP in Uttar Pradesh point to the continuing relevance of the points raised by Marxists like EMS and BTR.
Gross misinterpretations of Marxist writings on caste, as by MB, would only help divide the united movement against caste in India. The Marxist Left, always respectful of Ambedkar, has successfully demonstrated the need to integrate issues of caste oppression with class struggle. Ambedkar himself had argued that if the French revolution was the first stage of human liberation, the Russian revolution would indeed be its second stage. These are important meeting points in political practice. A movement forward from here requires opening up of spaces where Marxists respectful of Ambedkar and Ambedkarites interested in Marx can meet, engage in debates and integrate their movements for emancipation. The evolution of such a united movement should not be allowed to be weakened by spreading falsehoods and misinterpreting positions.
Always a pleasure to read you, Ram. MB as in MaBu? He sounded like BaKuNa.
thanx for the clarification
What MB has done is indeed unpardonable because a lot of interested readers who are not scholars of EMS can easily be fooled by the Outlook article. This also makes me wonder what the role of the editor is in such cases; clearly facts have been obfuscated and one does not expect this from a 'scholar' of the Indian nationalistic movement. Shouldn't Outlook carry a corrigendum?
Also, your reproduction of the exact malayalam quote is much appreciated. It should be a reminder for authors who base a significant part of their argument on translated work.
Thanks Ramakumar for an excellent reply to MB's distortions and lies which are mainly motivated by sole purpose of accusing Left because writers like him are scared of emergence of any broader movement which genuinely counters narrow politics of vested interests of caste politics and raises real issues of oppressed caste groups. As you pointed out rightly that there is a series of such intentional attempts of questioning Left's credentials on the issue of caste not that these vested interests are interested in engaging in a constructive and meaningful dialogue but to undermine Left's contribution in developing a holistic understanding on the issue of social oppression and exploitation seems to be their one point agenda. Nevertheless Left in today's situation should engage with the issues of social oppression along with the issues of land, wage and fight with the landlordism and enrich itself and its movements by championing these issues and at the same time genuine elements in caste politics should realise the importance of such an approach and should shun their hostility towards Left and attempts to isolate it in the greater interests of building a democratic and progressive political culture for the future in general and for their own caste groups specifically.
While saying 'Nevertheless Left in today's situation should engage with the issues of social oppression along with the issues of land, wage and fight with the landlordism...' doesn't mean that it is something new which Left have to do NOW because championing these causes has been the legacy of the Left till now as it is clear in your article. But now the Left will have to evolve concrete strategies and will have to operate as a broader platform to enhance its influence to socially and economically oppressed masses.
This analysis must be sent to the 'outlook' magazine and largely circulated
Thank you for the timely article.
Thanks. A very timely clarification. Dalits and Leftists need to clarify many understandings. Some Lefts misinterpretted the actions of Dr. Ambedakr. For example some Leftists labeled Dr. Ambedkar's Buddhist conversion as escapism forgetting that it was Dr. Ambedkar's strategy for religious, social, mental and cultural emanicipation of Dalits. They forgot that caste has got the sanction of Hindu religion. So either you reform this religion or you forsake this religion. After prolonged efforts for reforming Hindu religion Dr. A,mbedkar came to the conclusion taht the only sensible way is to reject it and go for a religion based on liberty, equality and fraternity. Buddhism has no clash with Marxism and science. The Leftist should also undrstand the idea behind Buddhist conversion and appreciate it in the correct perspective. This can lead to Dalit and Leftist unity which is the need of the hour.


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Ok so I currently live in Central CA where I can grow anything and everything. Problem is if there is a SHTF scenario there are 37 million people here. We are looking into the idea of moving but my big concern is CAN I GROW ENOUGH STUFF if we move to central OR? Hubby suggested ID but that is too extreme weather for me. (and the garden and fruit trees and chickens....)
Central Oregon? As in east of the Cascades? I live to the west, so can't say really. I know that there are some nice places over there, but compared to this side it is very hot and dry, I believe. And colder in the winter. I can't handle a hot climate, so would have difficulty, I think, if it were me. But if you are living in central CA at the moment you are no doubt used to the temperature. I lived closer to the coast, or right on it, in the fog bank, when I lived in CA.
It very much makes a difference on where you're looking at. I'm from the Hermiston area. It's quite dry and water rights are hard to get for property. To many in the family have had issues getting places with water rights so they could irrigate. Average rainfall is like 10 inches a year with most falling as ice in winter. Summer is dry and hot.
Ok lets say WEST of the Cascades...Ive been checking out the photos on MLS today and do not even like the way it looks in that desert kinda area. I think cooler and greener than where I am currently would be nice....Ive checked Grants Pass, Klamath...trying to do my homework HERE before we make some trips to see properties and check out job situations.
West of the Cascades: in the Willamette, Umpqua, and Rogue valleys (and all the little ones around) the growing is good - blueberries, hazelnuts, and walnuts seem to be the big things, commercially, around here (I am near the Umpqua), with fruit being the big crop around Medford, and grass seed north of Eugene. Depending on whether you are in the valley or higher up you will be anywhere from zone 8 to zone 3, so keep that in mind. We get, on average, about 33" of precipitation, mostly between October and May, and mostly as rain in the lower elevations (though we do get occasional snow), but could get rain in any month - more in the north, less in the south (Portland is wetter than Ashland). What surprised me when we moved here 10 years ago was that (just like California) the hills go brown in the summer; I really wasn't expecting that, having always thought of Oregon as a very wet place. So, even in the west, you will need to consider how best to keep your plantings watered.
ETA: Depending on what your profession is work may not be easy to find. I'm not really up on all of that, as we moved here after retiring, but know that many people are having a hard time finding jobs.
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I'm in Grants Pass and can grow just about whatever I want. I grew up around Modesto, so I see where you're coming from. The season here is shorter--to be safe from last frost the rule of thumb is plant on Memorial Day weekend. I've pushed that up to early May once or twice, depending on the weather. Frost can come on Halloween. It's pretty wet here in the winter and spring, summers are dry and low 100s, winter gets maybe down to the mid teens.
Central Oregon really depends on where you go. I have family in Redmond, and if they drive 30 min to Bend the weather is more severe, and 30 min to Prineville the weather is milder. I know folks garden there, but I think they need to do more cold frames and greenhouses for things like tomatos. I spent 10 years in Klamath Falls, which is also high desert, and could never consistently grow tomatos without interventions. That's why my family lives in Central Oregon and I live in SW Oregon. It's all about the tomatos, baby.
Land is not so bad here, but jobs can be a problem. Feel free to pm me if you have any other questions.
I'd be terrified to live in the central valley if the shtf, so I think you're thinking the right way.
Our farm is near Harrisburg, central Willamette Valley. The land around here is flat, and it tends to be wet all winter. Our lawn at the farm has an inch of water on it most of the winter. Summers are brief and dry -most years-; last year summer didn't arrive until mid-July. Soil is clay loam. Crops that grow well in our area: grass for seed, plums, pears, apples, blueberries, filberts, green beans, green peas, strawberries, cabbage, onions, garlic, various greens and lettuces. Oops, forgot various types of wine grapes. Also flax for seed and fiber. Crops that grow well most years if the varieties are short season types: corn, squash, tomatoes. White winter wheat, oats, black beans, garbanzo beans and lentils are increasingly grown to replace grass seed acres (grass seed is a petroleum intensive crop), and some folks are trying hard red wheat with some success.
Be advised that some years are green tomato years or "cabbage years" when it seems that nothing survives except the cold weather crops. Winters are mild for the most part and most years cold season crops like cabbages, broccoli, brussels sprouts and lettuces will grow or at least keep throughout the winter. I am still eating off of the 12 brussels sprouts and 4 broccolis I planted in fall--I am now eating the buds. Most years you don't need a hoop house to grow these vegetables, either. A hoop house will increase your growing power in all seasons, however.
We have a well at our place, but we are not really farmers, just gardeners, so it is not used for extensive irrigation. Real farms rely on lots of rain that irrigates the crops until the end of June, then crops like wheat and corn are dry cropped. Real farmers' milage may vary on this issue.
Up until the 1970's the Willamette Valley was a farmer's dream. The Valley had hundreds of canneries working full steam all summer into the fall processing vegetables, school kids never had to wonder how to make a few bucks over the summer (I picked strawberries in spring, cane berries through July, then green beans until school started again. Made plenty of money to buy school clothes.) The Valley produced something like 90% of the food eaten by citizens of the valley. The grass seed industry changed all of that. Now most food is shipped in from elsewhere, the canneries closed up in the 1990s, and god knows what those kids are up to all summer.
You can homestead pretty successfully here, but you have to like rain and clouds. It's warm and dry down south in Medford, Ashland, Grants Pass, but water is an issue. It's even wetter between Salem and Portland, and heavily populated (I mean, for Oregon). East of the Cascades is cold in the winter and dry year round. The coast is fantastic, but wetter with a shorter growing season. People do OK there, though.
Jobs are definitely a problem unless you are bringing a valuable skill with you. Unemployment is very high in our county, especially the small towns.
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Thank you for this wonderful information. You know you can read all you want on the chamber of commerce sites but thats not the kind of information I want. I am just so so sad because I work very hard here on our place in the hills. I have a variety of 10 fruit trees, a large garden, chickens, horses... and small kids. It would be AT LEAST 3 years before we can move as we share custody of my hubbys boy who is 15. I feel like I will work hard another 3 years on this place that I really love but get up and leave it to start over. Also feel terrible thinking of a SHTF scenario and here we are a half hour from a metro area of 1 million people. We would be toast. So all my hard work is worth nothing. Im just so torn. Leaving family here, moving school aged kids, Im not a youngster either...ok I am rambling now. On line therapy session.


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HARRY Styless mum has pleaded with him to stop having tattoos.
Anne Cox urged her 18-year-old son not to have a Kanji tattoo while hes in Japan with One Direction.
The singing star was hoping to get his name tattooed in Japanese calligraphy and consulted a leading tattoo master who sketched out a design.
But at the last minute the ink-loving singer decided against it on his mum and sisters advice.
A source in 1Ds camp told us: Harrys mum is worried his tattoo collection is getting out of hand.
She thinks hes getting addicted to sitting in the artists chair.
Shes concerned about the lasting effects of the scribbles all over his body and thinks he could live to regret some of them.
The bands mentor Simon Cowell, 53, has also had a word with Harry.
Simon gave him some gentle advice suggesting he gives it a break for a while and reassess, said the source.
Harry has had over 30 tattoos in the last year. His mum is also concerned the ink could be the reason he gets such bad skin.
Shes told him hell get even more spotty if he continues, not just on his face. To be fair Harry, you have probably had a lucky escape.
The Kanji Japanese symbols often get lost in translation.
Britney Spears famously wanted hers to read mysterious but ended up with an inking that translated as strange, in the negative meaning of the word.
Many travellers choose the symbols that they think mean adventurous spirit but actually translates as fussy.
But our source added: Harry loves the Japanese symbols. Hes determined to have Japanese calligraphy on him.
It wouldnt surprise me if he gets it done sneakily.
Meanwhile, Harrys bandmate Zayn Malik almost threw up during a press conference in Japan.
The singer, 20, had to dash off to the toilet after the band had been feasting on sashimi. It seems raw fish disagreed with him.
An insider said: Zayn had to rush out of the bands press conference in Tokyo.
Half way through, he decided he wasnt going to make it.
Hed been looking a little ill, took a deep breath and darted off.
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Posted 08 July 2012 - 03:53 AM
Dinner tonight ladies and germs, was a sundried tomato and carrot cous cous made from scrath with chicken broth, With an orange peel peppered Keta salmon over a bed of arugla, red leaf and Radiccio.
enjoy, i know i did!
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Posted 30 July 2012 - 02:54 PM
looking to use up some leftovers i came up with the following.
put water on to cook macaroni - cook and drain ziti
diced bacon ends ( left over from slicing ) browned in a little evoo and butter - set aside
dredged bite sized pieces of thin cut chicken breast in flour and browned them in the remaining evoo,butter, bacon fat with a good amount chopped garlic and some red pepper.
added ziti and bacon back to pan w' chicken
added 1 cup of grated cheese + 1/2 cup milk
mixed well.
just before serving i beat 2 eggs and then mixed them into evertying else.
would have looked better w/ some fresh cut parsley as a garnish, but it was still very tasty and prolly a little more healty than full on carbonara, which can use up to 8 egg yolks and 2 +1/2 cups of heavy cream.
Posted 30 July 2012 - 03:43 PM
Serving this with an artisan lettuce salad with pecans and apples tossed in a balsamic/dijon vinaigrette.
Simple and delicious!
Posted 02 August 2012 - 05:31 PM
ok, i need a name for this one - not quite carbonara
looking to use up some leftovers i came up with the following.
put water on to cook macaroni - cook and drain ziti
diced bacon ends ( left over from slicing ) browned in a little evoo and butter - set aside
dredged bite sized pieces of thin cut chicken breast in flour and browned them in the remaining evoo,butter, bacon fat with a good amount chopped garlic and some red pepper.
added ziti and bacon back to pan w' chicken
added 1 cup of grated cheese + 1/2 cup milk
mixed well.
just before serving i beat 2 eggs and then mixed them into evertying else.
would have looked better w/ some fresh cut parsley as a garnish, but it was still very tasty and prolly a little more healty than full on carbonara, which can use up to 8 egg yolks and 2 +1/2 cups of heavy cream.
Did you come up with a name for this yet?
"Not-quite-carbonara" has a nice ring to it, methinks!
Posted 03 August 2012 - 11:53 PM
Tomorrow I am baking a peach and cherry galette for the piggy roast/bbq we are going to. Kinda nice to know we'll have a feast with friends in the outdoors for tomorrow's meals!
Posted 04 August 2012 - 01:51 PM
so beautiful!!!so last week in my farmshare bag we got a bunch of zucchini flowers. they looked ok when i picked up the delivery but by the time we were ready to cook em up that night they were all wilted & juice had poured out of them... sad little flowers. we still stuffed em w/ ricotta cheese and herbs, breaded and fried those puppies, and they were tasty... but the next day i got an email from the delivery people saying they realized that most of the zucchini flowers were shocked by the heat and wilted, so anyone who received a bad batch would get new ones this week. i emailed back (with photos, of course!) and said mine had wilted but that we ate them anyway, and they were good! well lo and behold, today i got a delivery of new, fresh, beautiful flowers anyway! instead of the traditional recipe, i went a ltitle outside the box & stuffed em w/ fresh mozzerella, goat cheese, and homemade roasted red peppers (my mom's recipe- sooo good)... breaded them and baked, instead of frying. they were AWESOME!!!!
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gonna make some pickled eggs with beets today...
Posted 20 August 2012 - 02:05 PM
crab cake + garlic shrimp appy, 16 oz aged prime bone in shell steak, sautéed mixed mushrooms w/ garlic, wilted spinach & arugula + garlic, twice baked potato, w bacon bits. 2006 clos de val.
i made a bunch of the crab cakes and baked potato - froze them for later.
next weekend i have 5 racks of ribs to make for a party on Saturday.
prep starts thursday night
Thurs - skin, trim & dry rub
Fri - wet rub / marinade
Sat - more rub, smoke & eat.
Posted 22 August 2012 - 03:48 AM
They didn't offer menu options for the sit-down dinner- instead, everyone got a small steak and a MASSIVE crab cake! Holy moly! Diddy and I both said we could have eaten 6 apiece... what a treat!
Posted 05 September 2012 - 04:55 PM
It's super spicy and really, really flavorful!!! I'll serve it with brown basmati and a chopped salad with carrot ginger dressing.
This recipe is very easy and the leftovers are amazing because with every passing hour this dish gets more and more delicious. Tip: I also add a 1/2 teaspoon or so of sugar to as the sweet really compliments the spicy in this recipe.
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped peeled fresh ginger (I use the stuff in the tube)
- 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 (2 1/2-inch) fresh jalapeño or serrano chile, finely chopped, including seeds
- 2 cups water
- 1 1/2 cups dried red lentils (10 oz)
- 1 (13- to 14-oz) can unsweetened coconut milk
- 1 cup loosely packed fresh cilantro sprigs
Stir in water, lentils, and coconut milk, then simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, 20 minutes or so until lentils are tender. Season with salt and serve with cilantro sprigs scattered on top
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Posted 24 September 2012 - 05:47 PM
Butternut Squash, roasted leek and cheddar raviolis with a brown butter, sage and rosemary apple cider reduction drizzled over them, with roasted brussels sprouts on the side. Tasted like autumn.
Other than the flour for the pasta, the butter and some black pepper for seasoning, all of the ingredients came from no more than 15 miles from my kitchen, and most of them much, much closer than that.
Posted 27 September 2012 - 08:08 PM
how did we ever get by for so long with out with cilantro sprigs scattered on top of almost everthing ?
got some rather large kirbys today, will try to pickle them whole, 1 per qt jar. - no cilantro
Posted 01 October 2012 - 03:00 PM
Here's someone's page about it:
Used an orange kabocha-lookin' squash of pumpkin, red potatoes instead of Yukon Gold, and a mixture of beans.
Also baked oatmeal cookies.
Love the fall cookin', I do.
Posted 17 December 2012 - 02:25 PM
3 +1/2 cups all purpose flour
6 eggs + 1 yolk
pinch of salt
zest from one lemon
zest from one orange
1 oz orange liq. - or lemoncello ( i cheated and infused some vodka with orange zest)
mix and let rest in frig for at least 1/2 hr.
divide into golf ball sized portions
roll each into 1/2 thick logs
cut logs into 1/2 inch pieces
roll each piece into a small ball
deep fry in 350- 375 oil, i used EVOO,
1 lb of honey ( i used orange blossom honey)
juice of one orange
zest of one orange
in a small pot, stir had heat to 150 degrees
pour over fried dough balls and mix until absorbed or cool.
plate in a ring or mound.
sprinkle with multi colored sprinkles ( the little round ones, not the ice cream type)
some people will also dust w/ conf. sugar or add colored candy coated almonds.
Posted 22 January 2013 - 05:14 PM
company holiday party is today (not sure which holiday)
made the same guac and salsa i made for the last Eddie Z boardie spring bbq. and a bunch of the "fire" from this years GOTV pig roast.
"fire" = baby shrimp + cheese filled jalepenos, wrapped in bacon, baked until the bacon becomes crispy.
Posted 22 January 2013 - 06:08 PM
Chicken tortilla soup!
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 small onion, diced
2 tablespoons minced garlic
2 jalapenos, finely diced
6 cups low-sodium chicken broth
1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes
1 (14.5-ounce) can black beans, rinsed and drained
3 chicken breasts, boneless and skinless
2 limes, juiced, plus wedges for garnish
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 cup roughly chopped fresh cilantro leaves
3 corn tortillas
In a large saucepan heat the vegetable oil. Add the onions and cook for 2 minutes. Once the onions have softened add the garlic and jalepenos and cook for another minute. Pour the chicken broth, tomatoes and beans into the pot and bring to a boil. Once at a boil lower heat to simmer and add your chicken breasts. Cook the chicken for 20 to 25 minutes. Once chicken is cooked remove from pot. When cool enough to handle shred it and add back to soup. Add lime juice and fresh cilantro to the pot. Chop up the tortillas and puree in with 1 cup of the soup broth. Add it back to the soup and voila! you are done.
Posted 17 February 2013 - 10:41 PM
Made steamed vegetarian dumplings today. Store bought wontons...shredded some napa cabbage, carrots, scallions, ginger and a jalepeno pepper. Then beat an egg, mixed in sesame oil, soy sauce and rice wine vinegar. Mixed everything together and stuffed the dumplings with it and steamed them for about 4-5 minutes.
JP said they were delicious! I agree with him
Posted 11 April 2013 - 08:12 PM
Making broccolli soup right now. Sauteed an onion with some garlic in the Le Crueset french oven. Added 1 cup chix stock, 3 cups water and two smallish heads of chopped up broccolli and some herbs. Going to simmer for 20 minutes then add 2 medium size leftover chopped up boiled potatoes. When those are heated through I'll use the immersion blender to puree the whole thing.


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Military Official Fired Shot in Traffic Clash at Walter Reed, Woman in Custody
Police say a shot was fired by a Navy official after a woman tried to hit an officer with her car.
Updated 4:20 p.m.
Police have released the name of the female suspect in a Tuesday afternoon incident in which a Navy official fired a gun outside Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Police say the woman rammed police and security vehicles with her car after a car chase from Virginia, then lead police on a second chase down Rockville Pike.
Angela Akosua Cobbold, 27, of Manassas, VA, was in custody and being evaluated at a hospital after leading police on a chase from Walter Reed that culminated in a crash on Nebel Street in Rockville near the Harris Teeter. A Navy official fired a gun during the incident, after Cobbold attempted to use her vehicle to hit security vehicles, police said.
The incident at Walter Reed began in Virginia around 11:25 a.m. when Cobbold was clocked going 93 mph on eastbound Interstate 66, according to Montgomery County police spokesman Capt. Paul Starks.
Virginia police tried to pursue Cobbold, stopping at the Maryland state line where Virginia officials then contacted Maryland State Police and the Montgomery County Police Department for assistance. Maryland and Montgomery County officials were on the look out for Kobbold's black Mitsubishi when the incident at Walter Reed was first reported, Starks said.
Cobbold never actually made it onto the military base, where shots were first reported, according to Starks.
From Rockville Pike, Cobbold attempted to make a U-turn at the northern gate of the base when she collided with another passenger vehicle, said police.
Security officers attempted but were unable to make contact with Cobbold, who was seen eating a bar of soap, police said. She then reportedly took off in the southbound lanes of Rockville Pike, making another U-turn and heading back to the military gate, police said.
A civilian Navy security officer then used a baton to break the windows of her car, police said, and the officer suffered non-life threatening injuries. It was first reported that the officer may have been injured while inside of a security vehicle.
Cobbold reportedly then backed into a patrol car with her car, drove over the curb and onto the grass in front of the base, police said. At that point a Navy security officer discharged his weapon, police said. Cobbold then drove north on the southbound lanes of Rockville Pike, turning onto Cedar Lane and then onto Old Georgetown Road. She traveled to Nebel Street where she crashed into a fence near a construction site next to the Harris Teeter, police said.
At that point she was taken into custody. No charges have been filed.
Cobbold, of the 7800 block of Blue Gray Circle in Manassas, was being evaluated at a hospital.
*Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect a corrected spelling of the suspect's name. Montgomery County police initially gave reporters an incorrect spelling.
Update 1:58 pm
A civilian Navy security officer fired a gun in an incident at the gate of Walter Reed Military Medical Center in Bethesda Tuesday after a woman involved in a car accident attempted to use her vehicle to a security vehicle, police said. A security officer was injured.
Just before noon, a woman driving a single passenger vehicle struck another vehicle while both were leaving the northern gate of the facility at Rockville Pike and Cedar Lane, according to Naval Support Activity Bethesda spokesman Joe Macri.
When Navy security officers attempted to intervene, the woman attempted to use her car to strike one of the officers, he said. A Navy officer fired a gun, but it was unknown if anyone was hit, Macri said.
The woman then struck a another patrol car with an officer inside, he said. The officer suffered non-life-threatening injuries and has been transported to a hospital. The suspect fled and Montgomery County police pursued her to Nebel Street in Rockville, where she was taken into custody, police said.
Northbound Rockville Pike was shut down this afternoon, according to police.
Earlier story
A shot was fired Tuesday near Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at the intersection of Rockville Pike and Cedar Lane in Bethesda, according to police, and a woman was in custody. No injuries were reported.
"There was one shot fired," confirmed Joe Macri, spokesman for Walter Reed.
Police said they have a woman in custody after locating a car suspected in the incident, according to Montgomery County police spokesperson Angela Cruz.
Cruz advised drivers to avoid traffic in the Rockville Pike area around Walter Reed, as well as Nebel Street in Rockville, where she said a suspect vehicle was located.
Police and fire and rescue officials were on the scene conducting an investigation.
No further details were available.
1:49 pm on Tuesday, October 23, 2012
lol this makes it sound less crazy than it actually was....when 15+ police cars go racing down Old Georgetown Road, across 355, and down behind the Harris Teeter, not to mention the half a dozen or so ambulances and firetrucks that I saw rushing to all the various scenes (including accidents that were likely caused by the high speed chase itself or the response to it..including the 3 car accident on Nicholson and Old Georgetown Rd).
Initial reports stated that the officer that fired the warning shot had been injured.
I saw the suspect car behind Harris Teeter, if the woman wasn't injured in that accident, then I am impressed.
Katie Griffith
2:38 pm on Tuesday, October 23, 2012
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4:38 pm on Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Note that my previous comment was in response to the original posting of the story here, after reading the updates, definitely doesn't sound as tame as it did at first!
After reading the updates, I have to say that I was likely just 3-5 minutes at most behind the suspect and the initial pursuit vehicles
Mary Millls
3:31 pm on Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Wow that sounds crazy, and why would you start that of stuff in front of a hospital
12:20 am on Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Jesus... Why won't any one ask the important question? What kind of soap was she eating?
8:34 am on Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Why was Bethesda Naval Hospital renamed Walter Reed?
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11:55 am on Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Walter Reed Bethesda was combined to promote better relations between the military branches when the Walter reed was closed. All personal are now multi branch to better serve our wounded warriors!
Kevin Hicks
6:43 pm on Wednesday, October 24, 2012
The closing of the old Walter Reed and combining at Bethesda was directed by Congress under the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) mandate. The new title is the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center @ Bethesda. All services can have trauma patients treated there.
7:44 pm on Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Kevin Hicks:
Thank you for the additional explanation. I find the new name to be a slap in the face. Thank you again.
4:17 pm on Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Sandy breckenridge:
Thank you, though I wish the original name had been kept in its primacy position: "Bethesda Naval, and Walter Reed Army Hospital."


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10:41am Thursday 3rd January 2013 in Non-League By Tim Ashton
Sutton United boss Paul Doswell says Stefan Payne walked away from the club because he was "not enjoying his football" anymore.
The striker missed the start of the season after picking up an injury in the pre-season friendly against Leyton Orient, but has bagged two goals in the Blue Square South since his return.
However, Doswell revealed that the 21-year-old approached him on Saturday and told him he wanted to leave Gander Green Lane.
Payne first signed for United from Croydon in 2009, going on to make 47 appearances and scoring 15 goals.
Doswell said: "It is a shame for him, and for us, but hopefully he will come back.
"He went to Fulham and felt he did not get the chance he warranted there, and then he went to Gillingham and that did not work out for him, and then he went to Aldershot.
"I think he was one of those spirals where things are not working out for him as well as he would have hoped.
"He said to me that football had become an effort and that is no good for anyone. He was not enjoying getting up to go to work, and that is a prerequisite for all of us."
He added: "What people don't realise is it is a massive commitment playing non-league football, and he felt he could continue to do that."
Going in the opposite direction is Leroy Griffiths who returns to the United fold after leaving in the summer for Thurrock.
Doswell said: "Leroy is only taking expenses, which fits in perfectly with our budget situation. We're having a tough time of it right now. Apart from the FA Trophy games, we've have one league match at home since the beginning of October."
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The music of Christmas has really spoken to me this year, more so than any year in past memory. Perhaps it's the inherent joy that comes through, not only in the old favorites, but in carols of recent discovery.
I decided upon Wine Indulgences as my theme, allowing myself the indulgence not to have to pair these wines with food! Because wallowing in hedonistic pleasure over the Holidays seems a necessary part of the season, and great wine on its own is certainly one of Life's great Pleasures!
But why not "pair" the music of the season with a Vinuous Delight that each song evokes?
Blue) the haunting lyrics include: "I would teach my feet to fly, I wish I had a river I could skate away on." And what better to skate away with than an Ice Wine. I highly recommend 2009 Adelsheim Deglace from one of Oregon's founding wineries- -gorgeous with just the right amount of gratuitous sweetness.
For something a bit more reserved and serious, let's listen to God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen beautifully sung
Great wine on its own is certainly one of Life's great Pleasures!
Let's start at the top then by choosing one of the truly inspirational and cherished hymns Amazing Grace. The lyrics, "How sweet the sound; that saved a wretch like me; I once was lost but now am found; was blind but now I see." Sung by Sarah Brightman on A Winter Symphony, one can only be reminded of their own rite of passage into wine, which inevitably came from their first taste of French Burgundy. Many a wine professional has been transformed by such (Joe Davis of Arcadian Winery comes to mind). So to save you years of searching, allow me to recommend a stellar example: 2006 Barthod Chambolle-Musigny 1er Cru. It's said that great Burgundy makes you want to weep for its ethereal quality, or if nothing else, it gives you pause, allowing you to drink in its subtlety and indescribable nuances.
On a lighter note, I am cheered by Happy Christmas, sung by either of the great Sarahs: Sarah Brightman, or Sarah McLachlan on her Wintersong album. "Let's hope it's a good one, without any fear". It's such a carefree, merry little tune that inspires you to go skipping over the river and through the woods. The wine that comes to mind is 2009 Argiolas "Costamolino" Vermentino. Anything but pricey, yet it's always the definition of crystalline balance and minerality.
And speaking of rivers, on River by Sarah McLachlan (or Joni Mitchell on by Jen Slocumb of Martha's Trouble on their Christmas Lights CD. "Oh tidings of comfort and joy." And what could more comforting than a perfectly made Napa Cabernet Sauvignon? I was absolutely wowed, yet silenced by the 2007 Grgich Hills Napa Cabernet Sauvignon. More Bordeaux-like with finesse and elegance.
How can one celebrate the holidays without great Champagne? And the music in the background? Do You Hear What I Hear, crooned by the incomparable Carole King. "Said the little lamb to the shepherd boy…Do you hear what I hear?" What we hear is the clinking of Champagne flutes, so I recommend one old favorite and one new discovery. Veuve Clicquot "La Grande Dame," when tasted recently, it was just as rich, toasty and satisfying as ever (and available BTG at Ocean through the Holidays). Or for the lesser known option, a Grower's Champagne: N.V. Jean Milan Brut "Special". Henry Milan, who is considered one of the true visionary growers in the small village of Ogers, creates cuvees that are penetrating and powerful.
One of the most revered voices of our time is that of Andrea Bocelli, who warms us with his rendition of White Christmas, "May your days be merry and bright and may all your Christmases be white." And may all your favorite whites be White Burgundy! If you can find it, don't pass up the 2008 Girardin Chassagne-Montrachet "Vieilles Vignes" . It gives a new meaning to Chardonnay.
"Chestnuts roasting on an open fire" begins The Christmas Song sung by Andrea Bocelli (with Natalie Cole) on his My Christmas CD. So what does one drink with said chestnuts? Why not a 2001 Felsina Vin Santo? This dessert wine as described by Robert Parker: "Dried figs, plums, prune, cinnamon, licorice and dried flowers are woven together in a fabric of unmistakable class."
Harry Connick Jr. does a beautiful rendition of Song For The Hopeful on his What A Night CD, and I had to include it as a hopeful prayer for the New Year that is nigh upon us. A snippet of the lyrics: "nothing can shade a seasoned soul; it's all the loss that makes it whole; this is a song for the hopeful; this is a song for the faithful." So what to pair with these lovely words? A lesser-known bottling worth the search: 1991 Viña Tondonia Gran Reserva Rioja. The quintessential beauty of this wine is inherent in their philosophy: "For us, tradition and conviction are life-long attitudes. By 'tradition', we do not mean immobility and opposition to change; rather a dynamic and aesthetic concept in maintaining eternal principles and criteria." They walk their talk and the wine is pure and divine.
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