Bhagwad Gita - The fountainhead of knowledge.

Its a pity that we, as the English speaking elite Indians, do not know a shred or quote a quote from where the world has drawn heavily for its knowledge. I was reading this site on the translation of the Bhagwad Gita by a Frenchman, and his extensive research on how it inspired TS Eliot, Goethe,Thoreau and other poets/writers of the Western world. I thought I would share the introduction to his book with you. May be this would also be useful in your essay quotes ! These are less cliche'd than the "earth is flat" humdrum. You could mail me dn_joshi@hotmail.com (thats an underscore) and I could send you this incredible file as an attchment.