[Assam] an article about my mission in Iraq
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news-impact/2011/05/not-the-war-umesh-sharma-expected/?issue=15 Umesh Sharma 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Harvard/MIT/Wharton classmates: Initiating startups
Hi, Just now I was looking up some old classmates' professional profiles on Linked In - now that we are becoming wired - old faces, long lost or deliberately hidden from view are coming to the fore - unable to resist the network. The world has become flat. Found that two of my high school classmates just finished their MBAs from MIT's Sloan and Upenn's Wharton respectively - great friends from old times. The MIT grad in Cambridge area during the same time I was studying at Harvard. The Wharton grad was a surprise -seeing that he had been in the US since 1993 (for MS) and suddenly decided to go for MBA from top school. They both joined MBA programs in the same year (2004) and graduated the same year (2006). Both are President/CEOs of their US based companies or something like that. Thats quick. Coming from a small town I can relate to their experience that friendship matters a lot - peer learning and peer pressure create bonds and cohesion and competitiveness. Here is a company founded recently, a startup - I happen to know one of the senior guys (as I mentioned). http://www.internationalgrowth.com/index.html The concept could be replicated by Many qualified Assamese professionals in the US (we have amongst us the Dean of Kellog Business School, etc etc) Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Harvard MBA Newsletter: Indira - How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs
We can all learn from individuals who are trying to improve their career skills - and women as a group (50% of the population are doing that better than the rest). Indira Nooyi (originally from India who came to the US to do MBA) is now the highest paid woman executive in the US. Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Mon, 4/8/08, HBS Working Knowledge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: HBS Working Knowledge [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Newsletter: How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, 4 August, 2008, 11:52 AM HBS Working Knowledge Newsletter Highlights this Week How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs Op-Ed: Why the U.S. Should Encourage FDI Working paper: Communication (and Coordination?) in a Modern, Complex Organization What Do You Think? Has the Time Come for Stretch in Management? == New on the Site How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5949.html Women who are star performers on Wall Street tend to fare better than men after changing jobs. Why? According to HBS professor Boris Groysberg, star women place greater emphasis than men on external business relationships, and conduct better research on potential employers. Plus: Businesswomen asked to share career experiences. Op-Ed: Why the U.S. Should Encourage FDI http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5984.html American financial executives are courting foreign direct investors, particularly sovereign wealth funds, for new investments. Should these investments draw increased scrutiny from U.S. regulators? Harvard Business School professor Mihir Desai argues that most of these deals work out in America's best financial interest. Working paper: Communication (and Coordination?) in a Modern, Complex Organization http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5991.html Download the PDF. Coordination, and the communication it implies, is central to the very existence of organizations. Despite their fundamental role in the purpose of organizations, scholars have little understanding of actual interaction patterns in modern, complex, multiunit firms. To open the proverbial black box and begin to reveal the internal wiring of the firm, this paper by Harvard Business School's Adam M. Kleinbaum, Toby E. Stuart, and Michael L. Tushman presents a detailed, descriptive analysis of the network of communications among members of a large, structurally, functionally, geographically, and strategically diverse firm. What Do You Think? Has the Time Come for Stretch in Management? http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5989.html Online forum OPEN until August 27. The leadership of General Electric introduced the management concept of stretch—setting seemingly impossible goals—in the 1990s, writes HBS professor Jim Heskett. Does stretch still make sense as an organizing principle? What, if anything, should be done to ensure that stretch is allowed to flourish in companies today? First Look: New Research by HBS Faculty http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5994.html New in publications and case studies: Who spans boundaries most in large, complex organizations? ... Rental housing gains a second look ... The revival of family business networks in China.. Most Popular Stories Creating a Positive Professional Image http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/4860.html Sharpening Your Skills: Balanced Scorecard in Action http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5964.html Has the Time Come for Stretch in Management? http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5989.html Making the Decision to Franchise (or not) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5962.html Working paper: Communication (and Coordination?) in a Modern, Complex Organization http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5991.html Best of Faculty QAs Industry Self-Regulation: What's Working (and What's Not)? http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5590.html Self-regulation has been all over the news, but are firms that adopt such programs already better on important measures like labor and quality practices? Does adopting a program help companies improve faster? In this QA from 2007, HBS professor Michael Toffel gives a reality check and discusses the trends for managers. Elsewhere at Harvard Business School Join the Conversation: The Future of Social Enterprise http://www.hbs.edu/centennial/conversation/futureofsocialenterprise/ Web forum with HBS professor V. Kasturi Rangan and Susan McDonald. Private Equity and Venture Capital - China http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/pevcch_wk/ HBS Executive Education Program October 15–18, 2008 Corporate Social Responsibility http://www.exed.hbs.edu
[Assam] YT: WOrld's Heaviest MotorBike
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xyxODCSp-0feature=dir that is Industrial Revolution, how about the innovative Assamese Rickshaw Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Pics: Paradise on Earth - Arunanchal Pradesh
http://www.rjadventures.org/Photo-Album.php?pageType=imagecurrDir=./Arunachalimage=Arunachal_-_paradise_on_Earth.jpgstartFrom=0 pics from Bikash-da's website http://www.rjadventures.org/Photo-Album.php on Arunanchal Pradesh Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] [Posoowa] July 2008 issue of Posoowa published (Volume 35, Issue No. 10)
might like the articles on Non Grumbling Game and against Floods Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Fri, 1/8/08, Posoowa Magazine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Posoowa Magazine [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Posoowa] July 2008 issue of Posoowa published (Volume 35, Issue No. 10) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, 1 August, 2008, 11:28 PM Problems viewing the Newsletter? Read it here: http://www.posoowa.org/ann www.posoowa.org VOLUME 35, ISSUE NO. 10 :: July 2008 Table of Contents Great Entertainment at Assam 2008Assam 2008 Videos Assam 2009 gratefully acknowledges commitment by Biraj Bhuyan The joy of seeing and doing ordinary things One Minute Outcry of Anguish stop the floods The Indo-US Civilian Nuclear Cooperation (The 123 Agreement) GLORY OF INDIA AWARD to Dr. Dinesh Chandra Kakati Response to appeal for Parijat Academy Library A Non-Grumbling game Read more at www.posoowa.org We invite contributors from all over the world. We appreciate your valuable feedback, comments suggestions, and of course, news from your part of the world for inclusion in the coming editions. Please include an image of the author. We also request you to submit other pertinent photographs if possible. Comments? Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] d Download PDF Edition Assam Times, an online news portal, is looking for dynamic people in every nook and corner of Assam as well as outside Assam as reporter/writer. Please send your news/articles/photographs for publications to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] New reporters/writers, please send your one small picture and your resume with contact information. Subscribe to Posoowa announcement list here or send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Posoowa mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/posoowa_assamnet.org __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Glocal Skills: Bears, Car Driving First Time -18 miles in Atlantic ocean : Makrana Marble to Viriginia Beach
-95. He found a way around my problem - that even though I was not carrying my learner's permit I could still drive and the police would not catch me - they could look up my name on their car computers. However, I was not very sure if it had not expired - I recall it was till the end of my visa period (ending Oct1st, 2008). I drove at 40 mph initially and within 30 minutes was driving at 70mph just once - about 110kph - my fastest ever) More or less I drove between 50-60 mph all the way to North Carolina state. Since it was night time - traffic wasn;t a problem.. I learned this concept of looking at blind spots and how the Indian practice of suddenly changing lanes or turning the corner may attract the cops - who would assume that I was drunk !!! and would make me walk steadily, count to ten etc etc. I drove thru a 4 miles long tunnel under the bay/ocean also!! Speed has never been my problem - mostly bumper to bumper traffic (or dogs, pigs, cows etc on the road) - so I didn't drive during daytime at all. Itis a bad habit (potentially fatal one) when you are driving and totally sleepy ( surviving on caffiene espresso coffee shots) and looking up You Tube for songs on your cellphone/blackberry style ATT phone - and cursing that Verizon was perhaps better -when the song stops midway - no internet connection. I was busy fighting sleep to make sure JT didn't veer off the road - God is Great!! We made it home. Umesh Sharma PS: HIGH SPEEDS LACKING? My high school friends in India were aghast when they asked if I drove at 300kph (200mph) on the highway (at 2am here it was Sunday afternoon there) and I told them it was a mere 110kph (70mph - the legal speed limit was only 65mph).. With super charged imported cars now Indian car owners hog the highways at speeds above 200kph (130mph) I am told. I have seen people go well above 100 mph (150kph) myself on India roads - but then u see atleast one fatal accident when you travel 200 miles - I saw none on my first car drive of 500 miles. - I mean first time I drove a car. Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] 500; High School Teacher teachin like Elementary School teacher
Hi, When we are talking about various kinds of teachers and tutors - Obama and ndira Gandhi etc here is my info . I teach/tutor the followng subjects: Teach/tutor grades 1-12 students, following Advanced Placement [AP] college course:Calculus, Chemistry,Statistics; some parts of the following courses: Physics, Psychology, World History, following regular/honors level: some biology, environment science; ALL middle school and elementary school courses; SAT: Reading, Writing, Math I also taught Financial Accounting to a college student sometime back. That covers almost everything - and as my roommate (now staying one block from Times Square , NYC, for $260 per night -what I used to pay month when I joined him at our apartment) last month --- You are like an elementary school teacher - at high school level - teaching all the subjects. He taught Java language to college students (incl a current colleague of mine) at www.gmu.edu. My RoomMate and Neighboring students: A great juggler himself - he completed his MS Computer Engg with A grades, while he worked full time (on H1B work visa which he acquired AFTER he landed in the USA as a student. He had worked with Infosys for 2 years before that.Many students in his classes passed with Cs despite studying only-full time. He hardly slept, juggling with 50-60 hours work week. .In a enviornment with such 500 students , I got motivated too and studied all night sometimes - to fill gaps in my knowledge - anyway all night you could hear Indian languages (many which I do/did not know) outside or students roaming in the corridors (including girls with laptops in stairs and on the corridor floors) Needless, that time was a great learning experience - not only about US education but also about India-students from various metros including a girl who graduated from Assam Engineering College and worked with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) India's bigest IT services company.. Now with 90% of school course done, focusing on legal and financing issues - visa due for renewal after 2 years, maybe buy a house (seeing that some house prices have become one-fourth of previous levels) -rent just a wee bit less than monthly payment-initial funding thanks to friends-maybe later price rise will ay off my $35,000 student loan - all info from friends... Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Antartica - the New New World?? Documentary: penguins and bike rides : Funny cultural shocks to host country folks
Hi , I just saw this documentary End of the World about a man's journey in Antartica and that it is bigger than n=continental North America. Now iwth global warming on the cards Antartica might replace Americas as the New World in history books. Where are the Indians? http://www.roadlesstravelled.com.au/antarctica-encounters-at-the-end-of-the-world-documentary/ Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Sat, 21/6/08, umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: penguins and bike rides : Funny cultural shocks to host country folks To: assam@assamnet.org Date: Saturday, 21 June, 2008, 3:38 PM Hi, After last night's reaction from roommates (2 from Indian metros, one American who has lived/worked for pay for 5 months on Antartica, a Russian -Moldovian) regarding my riding bicycle on Freeway Route 66 and then onto Route 495 (which is like a Ring Road) and then been stopped by a cop(police car - without outer appearance) while I was trying to get back onto safer roads- they declared it was insane to try to do that. The American accepted my version that in India it is common to ride bicycle on the highways (even bullock/camel carts) and that even in Delhi I have traveled the ring road's 40 miles (60 kms) at night on a bicycle in college days. Ofcourse, I had not mentioned that in 2002 (a precursor to my planning t o com e to the US ) i had cycled for 12 hours -starting on a moonless night on the national highway - total 100 miles . The Russian then chimed in about how cold it is in Russia. Some Russians went to India (which is much warmer) in winter time. The Indians were astounded and called them crazy when these guys went into the open air pool for a swim (when Indians were chattering in their jackets. It was quite warm for the Russians:-) The American guy who speaks Russian and works for a non-profit , I found, had worked in Antartika for 5 months - he got the job since he knew Russian and had a friend there who referred him. There are 1200 people on that base. Russians are there too. US govt gives a medal to all those who serve in Antartica - he got one too. I learnt that discoverer on SOuth Pole - Amundsen was able to win against Scott (my father's favorite story about planning ahead) becos he understood local conditions better - ate penguins and used dogs. Scott (of UK) used horses who died on the first day - his dogs were not used much- he did not eat penguins. moral of the story: if in Antartica then eat penguins?? Umesh PS: Driving in US is so boring, so many rules! Funny that even Delhi guys find US roads dangerous - I would have thought the other way round Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] international students seeking own support - love separate
Hi, recently I heard a true tale of a guy who swept an American girl's feet - I mean - swept her off her feet. He has decided not to seek her help in getting permanent residence . He did not need her help in getting here. He risked his life in three countries in two continents (including a country which houses Mount Everest) and married her - Romeo and Juliet could not do it - they did it. No details please. If one risks his or her life - like they did no need to dilute the lofty feelings by well I cannot describe further without diluting the experience (ineffable ...as I was explaining an SAT word to a student - undescribable). Any comments? Umesh PS: No hard feelings to those who believe in www.shaadi.com Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Green Leaf eating: pleasing Ms Ambika Shukla , Sonia Gandhi's relative
Bikash-da, Glad to hear about your views on trees and forests and love for them. Further, even if you send me the poetry in Portuguese I will not understand, might have to send it to a classmate in Brazil for translation. It might have a translation in English on internet though. Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Fri, 25/7/08, DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Assam] Green Leaf eating: pleasing Ms Ambika Shukla , Sonia Gandhi's relative To: assam@assamnet.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, 25 July, 2008, 12:27 AM Well wrote Umesh.Those was the days, which will never come back.The physical health of Maneka or Ambika will reveal what deficiencies they do have in the body.What they do mean to talk without any research activities.None of them belong to scientist category to undergo research. JC Bose did research, but what those Amazon rain forest people,peoples of coorg,North east, who lives in the jungles, thus praying only jungle as their God and shelter? Even in my childhood, I was told by parents not to damage a tree, not to pluck leafs at night as this will cause them pain etc.We used to climb up and hugg trees with loves( You might remember the portuguese poetry I translated into Assamese and mailed you long ago, unfortunately I thought you was an assamese, so it was in my language, I will mail you the original portuguese one then). Sorowfuly people living with TRUST/NGO money only think of their well being and living.Its a good monkey business. .Bikash Did you know? You can CHAT without downloading messenger. Go to http://in.webmessenger.yahoo.com/ ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Dalit girl as PM- HT: Indian Monica Lewinsky who brought down a top politician
Bikash-da, I will forward it to Ambika right away - that email about her sister Menaka's yellow journalism. Even as a child I recall two slogans in Hindi ( I will translate). Gali Gali Main Shor Hai Indira Gandhi Chor Hai (in every street there is outcry/noise that Indira Gandhi - then India's Prime Minister (PM) - is a thief) and the very same people ridiculed the caste of JagJeewan Ram Gali Gali Main Maar Hai JagJeewan Ram Chamaar Hai (in every street there is noise/outcry that JagJeevan Ram is a Chamaar - a leather worker caste member) JagJeevan Ram was India's deputy PM. Now political party BSP and their chief -a never married woman- Mayawati is from JagJeevan Ram's caste. She wants to be PM. http://in.news.yahoo.com/48/20080723/814/tnl-maya-alleges-upa-nda-conspiracy-says.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamar Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Fri, 25/7/08, DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Assam] HT: Indian Monica Lewinsky who brought down a top politician To: assam@assamnet.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, 25 July, 2008, 1:45 AM Great work Umesh.Atleast you got something.Still I am hunting Ambika and her Huby Shukla jee. Wish you also mail this publication to Ambika.Let her have some morale punishments like this.Keep forwarding all mails that related to her and them.I fear if the whole family had some big trauma in private life that made them to stay with dogs!!! Am I wrong?? Sometimes psychiatric symptoms do flow from each of familys blood and go on generation wise.Somewhere Varun is fit.Because he is with Rahul. Bikash --- On Fri, 25/7/08, umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Share files, take polls, and make new friends - all under one roof. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/ ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Dalit girl as PM- HT: Indian Monica Lewinsky who brought down a top politician
More from Khushwant Singh , India's premier journo about the photo-ops http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/specials/proj_tabloid/khushwant.shtml Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Fri, 25/7/08, DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Assam] Dalit girl as PM- HT: Indian Monica Lewinsky who brought down a top politician To: assam@assamnet.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, 25 July, 2008, 11:43 AM Umesh, Right, this is the reason that Indira Gandhi being PM did a street fight with Maneka openly.She caught hold her long hairs and chashed her out of Delhi PM residence.Till then she was with Indira only.that agony made her to cry foul for the remaining life.. Now I am looking for Ambikas hubby details, hope within a week i will get and so our new General Deepak Kapoor will be happy enough to take actions.Those stupids should never be excused,better be executed in uniform brutally.Because of them Indian Armed Forces carry bad name in NE region.And their Ambika like wives.. Let me see if I could ever get that English version poem. regards. Bikash From Chandigarh to Chennai - find friends all over India. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/citygroups/ ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Harvard Prof : Terrorism, War, Education, and Peace: 2002 Ed Week article
emphasis on textbook content to more comprehensive and effective approaches. It should enable American educators to learn from what goes on in schools around the world, from how children are taught, and from what they are taught. Finally, UNESCO should use current telecommunication technologies to facilitate exchanges between teachers and students throughout the world, all the while knowing that this will be resisted by governments who fear the freedom of their people to think for themselves and act independently. As a supranational organization, it cannot depend exclusively on the will of national states to implement international covenants and treaties, particularly its mandate to advance universal human rights and promote international understanding and peace. This new era of educational dialogue will enable the full integration of American educators into the world community. This will achieve two goals. It will demonstrate to a large number of teachers throughout the world that Americans truly believe that all people are created equal and are ready to join in the struggles of those who labor to make societies open and just for all. More importantly, it will contribute intellectual resources to UNESCO's yet-unachieved goal: to build the defenses of peace in the minds of people, making sure that our children—indeed, all children—learn to understand our interdependence. At the beginning of the 21st century, we are living in treacherous times that call for moral clarity. The means of destruction available to nations, groups, and individuals have grown in horrific ways, but they are not greater than our means to mobilize persons of goodwill in making the peaceful coexistence of all people a reality. It is high time to push aside the corrosive effects of cynicism, moral relativism, and corrupt authoritarianism and go forth in a renewal of the purposes of schools, so that they empower all of us to be free, to have equal options in life, and to be able to live in peace with one another. Fernando Reimers is an associate professor of international education policy at Harvard University's graduate school of education, in Cambridge, Mass. Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Industrial development in Assam-— KK Se n (The Assam Tribune,25.07.2008)
Ofcourse, industrial development is necessary --Chennai is the Detroit of India - IT etc are secondary. But how to overcome the distance problem to main markets in India. How about the road to Thailand orChina? Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Thu, 24/7/08, Buljit Buragohain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Buljit Buragohain [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Assam] Industrial development in Assam-— KK Sen (The Assam Tribune,25.07.2008) To: assam@assamnet.org Date: Thursday, 24 July, 2008, 9:58 PM Industrial development in Assam — KK Sen India, which is considered as an industrially backward country despite its availability of huge reserve of natural resources was not stagnant during ‘pre-British period and was even more advanced as compared to west European countries. Most of the industries were subsequently destroyed by the British rulers dominated under colonial rule. Industrial revolution in England and Trade Policy followed by British rulers dealt a severe blow to the traditional Indian industries. During two hundred years of British colonial rule no effective effort was initiated by the British to develop the basic and heavy industries. Since independence our country was striving to change this dismal scenario with an aim of building up sound industrial base and only during mid-nineteenth century much headway was made in developing tea, jute, textile and coal industries. Economic planning of the country envisaged a revolutionary attempt in developing various industries in post-independence period and the State of Assam played a prominent role through installation of first oil refinery, first tea plantation industry and first coal field in the country. Considerable improvement in the development of industries in the country is noticeable from the fact that Index of Industrial Production (IIP) of the country rose to 65.3 in 1970-71 from 18.3 in 1950-51 accelerating to the extent of 204.08 in general, 214.6 in manufacturing, 153.4 in mining and 181.5 in electricity during 2004-05 from 167,172.7, 131.9 and 159.2 respectively in 2001-02 against which IIP in the State moved up to 159.1 in 2005-06 from 142.2 in 2004-05. Growth rate of 10.8 per cent in industrial sector at national level during April to December, 2006-07 as against 8.2 per cent in the corresponding period of 2005-06 is attributed mainly to the encouraging achievement of 11.5 per cent in manufacturing sector, moderate growth of 3.8 per cent and 7.3 per cent respectively in mining and electricity. Automobile Industry witnessed a significant performance through its growth of 18 per cent in 2006-07 as against 15 per cent in 2005-06. Impressive growth rate has also been revealed in basic metal and alloy industry (20.4%), transport equipment (16.3%), non-mettalic mineral product (13.7%), cotton textile (13%), machinery and equipment (14.1%). On the contrary contribution of these sectors to state economy was not much encouraging as growth of manufacturing sector in Gross state Domestic product (GDP) has been estimated at only 5.4 per cent and 12.3 per cent at constant and current prices respectively during 2006-07 over the previous year. Public sector industries comprising units of coal, steel, light, heavy engineering goods, power, petroleum, mineral, fertilizer etc, are now functional parallelly with the private sector engaged in manufacturing of textile, metal products, electronics, leather goods, agro based industries etc. Except Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh no other States could dominate in establishing a strong industrial base. The state of Assam also failed to attain its predominance in industrial background as it possesses less than 2 per cent of country’s medium and large scale industries. However the state occupied a prominent place in the map of sericulture industry through its production of silk like Eri, Muga and Mulbery to the tune of 99 mt, 665 mt, and 9 mt respectively during 2006-07. Handloom, Khadi and village industries of the state also provided much scope for uplift of the rural economy. Tea being the traditional industry of the country took its birth in the state in 1933 and achieved a remarkable record throughout the world for its recorded production of 892.7 thousand tonnes in 2005-06 of which contribution of the state is more than 50 per cent. Much emphasis has been laid on development of tea industry during 5 year plan period in view of earning much foreign exchanges. Special package is now being announced for the uplift of ailing tea industry and to remove loss of state revenue. Assam Industrial Development
Re: [Assam] Green Leaf eating: pleasing Ms Ambika Shukla , Sonia Gandhi's relative
In college days I saw a French film where a guy gets energy by putting his head against the trunk of large trees. Maybe it was based on based on Bose's logic. Should we stop eating plants and now live on vitamins and chemicals from chemicals alone. what would please Ambika Shulka? Umesh Bose: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagdish_Chandra_Bose Don't torture the plants: His experiments showed that plants grow faster in pleasant music and its growth retards in noise or harsh sound. This was experimentally verified later on [citation needed]. His major contribution in the field of biophysics was the demonstration of the electrical nature of the conduction of various stimuli (wounds, chemical agents) in plants, which were earlier thought to be of chemical in nature. These claims were experimentally proved by Wildon et al (Nature, 1992, 360, 62–65). He also studied for the first time action of microwaves in plant tissues and corresponding changes in the cell membrane potential, mechanism of effect of seasons in plants, effect of chemical inhibitor on plant stimuli, effect of temperature etc. He claimed that plants can feel pain, understand affection etc., from the analysis of the nature of variation of the cell membrane potential of plants, under different circumstances. According to him a plant treated with care and affection gives out a different vibration compared to a plant subjected to torture. Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Wed, 23/7/08, umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Green Leaf eating: pleasing Ms Ambika Shukla , Sonia Gandhi's relative To: assam@assamnet.org Date: Wednesday, 23 July, 2008, 11:36 PM I just ate Kale leaves alongwith Italian Zesta sauce (made by Kraft foods) killing two birds with one stone. Leaf eating makes Ambika Shukla happy, Italian sauce makes Sonia Gandhi happy. (both sisters-in-law happy). Now onto Italian pasta with pasta sauce. I wonder if Shukla would like to ban dairy farming too - since that might be exploitation of cows, making them give too much milk and for no use to their calves. Ofcourse, some Jagdish Chandra Bose, a Bengali scientist, had said that plants also have sensory feelings like animals ( I read that in Autobiography of a Yogi when I was graduting from 10th grade) --so don't kill plants and eat them either?? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagdish_Chandra_Bose Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ Not happy with your email address? Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Harvard MBA Newsletter: Creating Positive Professional Image; Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
Some Assam/NE India organizations are trying to improve professionalism -how to appear for job interviews, make resume etc - this might help. http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/4860.html Create a Positive Professional Image (to counter negative stereotypes) Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Mon, 14/7/08, HBS Working Knowledge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: HBS Working Knowledge [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Newsletter: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, 14 July, 2008, 10:07 AM HBS Working Knowledge Newsletter Highlights this Week HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina Starbucks' Lessons for Premium Brands What Do You Think? Are Followers About to Get Their Due? == New on the Site HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5826.html The New Orleans public school system, ravaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, is now getting a boost from charter schools—today about half of the city's 80 schools are charter schools, says HBS lecturer and senior researcher Stacey M. Childress. She explains what New Orleans represents for entrepreneurial opportunities in U.S. public education. Starbucks' Lessons for Premium Brands http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5973.html After building a great franchise offering a unique customer experience, Starbucks diluted its brand when it overexpanded and offered too many new products. Harvard Business School professor John Quelch thinks the trouble began when the company went public. What Do You Think? Are Followers About to Get Their Due? http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5960.html Online forum OPEN until July 23. Leadership may be much-discussed, but followership merits equal attention, suggests HBS professor Jim Heskett. As a follower, what advice would you give other followers who want to have an impact on their jobs and organizations? As a leader, what do you do to foster good followership? First Look: New Research by HBS Faculty http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5972.html New in publications and case studies: Long tail theory aside, blockbusters still reign in the music and home-video industries ... What do nongovernmental organizations do? ... Defining communities in open source innovation. Most Popular Stories Starbucks' Lessons for Premium Brands http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5973.html Creating a Positive Professional Image http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/4860.html Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5950.html What Do You Think: Why Don't Managers Think Deeply? http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5952.html Working paper: The Future of Social Enterprise http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5963.html Best of Faculty QAs How Women Can Get More Venture Capital http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/3865.html What is it like for female entrepreneurs in their quest for venture capital funding? In an interview from 2004, professor Myra M. Hart shares her latest research and ideas. Elsewhere at Harvard Business School Join the Conversation: The Future of Social Enterprise http://www.hbs.edu/centennial/conversation/futureofsocialenterprise/ Web forum with HBS professor V. Kasturi Rangan and Susan McDonald. Corporate Governance Portfolio http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/cgp_wk/index.html HBS Executive Education Program July 23–31, 2008 Strategies for Protecting and Monetizing Intellectual Property http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/ip_wk/index.html HBS Executive Education Program July 27–30, 2008 General Management Program http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/gmp_wk/ HBS Executive Education Program August 2008—November 2008 Session Families in Business: From Generation to Generation http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/fib_wk/ HBS Executive Education Program October 26–31, 2008 Harvard Business Online http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/home/index.jhtml?_requestid=23929 Visit Harvard Business Online, the Web site of Harvard Business School Publishing. Here you'll find articles from the latest issue of Harvard Business Review, new book releases from Harvard Business School Press, HBR IdeaCast—the biweekly podcast featuring breakthrough management ideas and commentary from the editors and authors of Harvard Business School Publishing—HBS case studies, and much more. About this Newsletter Subscribe/Unsubscribe Information You can sign up for HBS Working Knowledge, change your e-mail address, or unsubscribe on our newsletter subscription page: http://hbswk.hbs.edu
[Assam] HT: Indian Monica Lewinsky who brought down a top politician
I was searching more info about Menaka Gandhi on Wikipedia and came across her journo skills shown in this piece. It seems Delhi Univ had its share of Monicas before I studied and stayed there. No wonder my uncles etc advised me to be very very very very careful there -esp AIDS and drugs. that was early 1990s! http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/specials/proj_tabloid/politics.shtml The politician who suffered for his son's excesses could have become India's first Dalit Prime Minister. Good work by Sikh turned Brahmin daughter-in-law Menaka ?? Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Green Leaf eating: pleasing Ms Ambika Shukla , Sonia Gandhi's relative
I just ate Kale leaves alongwith Italian Zesta sauce (made by Kraft foods) killing two birds with one stone. Leaf eating makes Ambika Shukla happy, Italian sauce makes Sonia Gandhi happy. (both sisters-in-law happy). Now onto Italian pasta with pasta sauce. I wonder if Shukla would like to ban dairy farming too - since that might be exploitation of cows, making them give too much milk and for no use to their calves. Ofcourse, some Jagdish Chandra Bose, a Bengali scientist, had said that plants also have sensory feelings like animals ( I read that in Autobiography of a Yogi when I was graduting from 10th grade) --so don't kill plants and eat them either?? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagdish_Chandra_Bose Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] IE: corruption in the parliament
http://www.indianexpress.com/story/339269.html Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Fwd: Murder most foul By Ambika Shukla
Raj-da, You cannot compare a cock or goat to a dog. Dog is man's best friend, cock or goat is not. Just kidding. Good piece. Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Mon, 21/7/08, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Assam] Fwd: Murder most foul By Ambika Shukla To: assam@assamnet.org Cc: rajbuzz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, 21 July, 2008, 3:39 PM At 12:16 PM -0700 7/21/08, rajbuzz wrote: Dear Mr Mahanta, Been following the thread on Assamnet on the issue and the daft attitude of Ms Shukla to yours and various other members intelligent debates. Wanted to contribute a piece which will probably appeal to her sensibilities more. Leaving it entirely to your discretion, to decide whether its worth posting. regards, raj Dear readers, I totally agree with Ms Ambika Shukla's stand on the issue regarding cruelty to animals. It is infact a very reprehensible act conducted by the cruel North easterner. How dare he kill an animal to eat, even if that happens to be his delicacy. And that too an educated Phd student like him eating animals! I can totally understand Ms Shukla's sensible outburst as i too was a witness to a very similar situation like the one she was a close witness to. A north easterner friend had a pet Cock, a very amiable one, which would sincerely rise up and grow..oops crow, almost every morning to his gentle stroking. But one day a north Indian bhaiyya and his 2 other bhaiyya friends caught hold of it and started stroking it in a vigorous manner. It was quite evident from their strokes that they wanted it to be their lunch, as the Cock had become limp and was not crowing at all. Apparently most bhaiyyas eat cocks. So it was proof enough of their intentions. I am not a journalist, and i wasnt around when the incident happened, but you still have to believe it. I recommend the severest punishment for this bhaiyyas, that their 10th pass certifcates be taken back. Ps: And to quote a friend, dogs are off the menu in China during the Olympics J ! Cheers ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Fairbank Scandal - White Slave's bidding ; Book: Lincoln by Gore Vidal
This is a conversation between Mary Todd Lincoln (16th US President Abraham Lincoln’s wife) and Chase (who became US Treasury Secretary under Lincoln). The shocking aspect is how women slaves were treated - even those who looked white but had only 98% white blood - I mean were one-sixty fourth Black (African American). That person with 98% White ancestry would look totally White. So imagine a situation of a white slave been sold at auction (page 95, Lincoln by Gore Vidal, 1984, 14th reprint,1990): “Chase was serene. ‘The Cabinet is as one behind the President, in every way.’ What, he wondered, would the votes be tonight? ‘I was involved in the so-called Fairbank Scandal, which nearly started a civil war in Lexington. That was close to twenty years ago.’ Mary was suddenly alert. ‘Calvin Fairbank, sir? The minister?’ ‘That’s right. A group of us in Ohio would raise money so that we could buy slaves and then free them. Mr Fairbank was a sort of agent of ours.’ ‘Eliza!’ Mary exclaimed. ’I was there that day, at the slave auction, in the courthouse square.’ ‘I am told that no one who was there has ever forgotten what happened .’ ‘So you, sir, were behind Mr Fairbank?’ ‘I was indeed. When I heard of Eliza’s case, I gave him the money to buy her.” ‘I never knew that, sir.’ For the first time, Mary looked at Chase with something close to admiration. The girl Eliza had belonged to a well-to-do family; she had been gently treated and well educated. When the family died out, she was put up for sale by their distant heirs. Ordinarily, this would have been a familiar if depressing story, but the case of Eliza was much discussed in the press because she was a lovely white girl of eighteen who happened to be one sixty-fourth Negro. At the auction, the Reverend Fairbank had bid against a Frenchman from New Orleans who, it was rumored , kept a brothel. The courthouse square was crowded. People had come from miles around. Abolitionists had threatened violence. With some horror Mary watched the bidding. . She herself was only a few years older than the girl who stood, shuddering, on the block, the tall auctioneer beside her. When the Frenchman’s bid began to flag---the price had gone to a thousand dollars ---the auctioneer had shouted,’ Come on, you mean hearted gentlemen! Look what I have got!’ With that he pulled down the girl’s blouse. Mary could still remember the horrified gasp from the crowd. Many ladies hurried away. Yet when a black woman was stripped , no one had ever noticed. The bidding resumed; then flagged again. This time the auctioneer pulled up the girl’s skirts to show her naked thighs. There were now shouts of anger from a part of the crowd; and raucous shouts and whistles from the other. Finally, the girl was sold to the Reverend Fairbank for one thousand four hundred eighty-five dollars---Mary could still hear the auctioneer’s voice intone, ‘Fourteen eighty-five, going, going, gone! And sold damned cheap.’ When Fairbank came to take the weeping girl down from the block , a loud voice shouted, ‘ What’re you gonna do with her now?’ ‘I’, going to set her free!’ shouted Fairbank. There was almost, as Chase had noted, a civil war right then and there in Lexington’s courthouse square.” (end page 96, Lincoln by Gore Vidal, 1984, 14th reprint,1990) Not much different than the treatment of Dalit brides not so long ago by village landlords in UP and Bihar - north India - I would say this (slavery in Lincoln's time) was much worse. Any comments? Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Harvard research : removing bias against North East India through education
articles by Harvard professors --shwoing how to remove bias in society through education http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/07/2_pollock.php Everyday Anti-racism - helping teachers http://reimersglobaleducation.blogspot.com/2008/07/educating-for-global-competency.html Educating for global competency - improving curriculum etc - before global competency Indian need knowledge of cultures within India! otherwise Samuel Huntington' prophesy may become true even within India For Indians first they have to teach about different regions of India - even so-called educated elite , who have stayed in NE India seem to be blissfully biased - Ambika Shukla seems a case in point. Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Fwd: Murder Most Foul - Pets
FYI --- On Fri, 18/7/08, umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Assam] Fwd: Murder Most Foul - Pets To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world assam@assamnet.org Cc: ambika shukla [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, 18 July, 2008, 12:03 PM Umesh Sharma Ms Shukla, When you repeatedly try to create division in the society - Indian or otherwise (as you are doing now) you create anger. Anger among people who are already hurt by the lack of development in various parts of India. JNU is full of naxal supporters , who for some reason believe that violence is okay to punish the guilty and uplift the poor. I am very much an Indian citizen - no NRI -just like Mahatma Gandhi was despite is 21 years in South Africa. This is no lecture. It is advice about your safety. Stop dividing people. Stop labeling North Eastern Indians - as others , and the rest as Indians. Your small mindedness reeks of Indira Gandhi's attack on Golden Temple - the holiest place of Sikhs. Do not abuse freedom of speech. People in Delhi (where you reside) killed 4,000 innocent Sikhs - do not create hatred against North Eastern Indians. Umesh PS: My father served for three years as part of the Indian army (as a Major in 5th Grenadiers) in Nagaland and Arunanchal Pradesh (1975-1978) and yes, many in Nagaland do eat dogs. My father brought home (to Jaipur) 2 pups who were my best friends till high school. However, I do not see anything wrong if anyone eats dogs or cats or pigs or goats or sheep. Last Saturday, I was at an amusement park in Los Angeles and alongwith little kids (yes NRIs - American born) was petting sheep kept there as pets. Later they might be killed and eaten - nothing wrong. If you are a vegetarian (like my parents) - then keep it to yourself. Blame other north Indians like yourself - don't act like a high brow Brahmin - which your last name denotes. Do you know that even in the North East tribals like Nagas were discriminated by Brahmins like yourself? FYI: I did my BA Economics from Delhi Univ . KMC. Don't ruin the names of Delhi's Univs - JNU and DU etc - by such petty actions. This is not a lecture - treat it as an advice. The other day a NE girl slapped a court case against a club in Delhi for racial discrimination - saying things against tribals/Dalits might put you in jail. Think about it. Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Fri, 18/7/08, Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Assam] Fwd: Murder Most Foul - Pets To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world assam@assamnet.org Date: Friday, 18 July, 2008, 8:57 AM This is the response from Ms. Shukla -- Forwarded message -- From: ambika shukla [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Jul 18, 2008 7:40 AM Subject: Re: Murder Most Foul - Pets To: Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is nice to get a lecture from some NRI on the history and geography of India! You should however try and focus on the issue and not waste so much 'earning' time going off on all sorts of tangents. Yoronso did not just kill a dog -- though that is bad enough-- he tortured an animal to death. Not only is what he did illegal , it is also morally reprehensible. It cannot be defended as tradition or custom. He is as much a danger to his own kind as he is to others. It is perverted minds with a taste for cruelty that are a threat to society as a whole. This is why Nagas and other North Easterners must join with all Indians in demanding punishment for one who brings shame not only to himself but to his community , race and species. No human can and should condone barbarity. P.S. The right spelling is vegetarian. --- On *Tue, 7/15/08, Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED]* wrote: From: Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Murder Most Foul - Pets To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: assam@assamnet.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2008, 8:59 PM Dear Ms. Shukla, I was agast to read your article Murder most
Re: [Assam] Murder Most Foul - Pets ( URGENT PLS)
Good initiative!! Bikash-da. Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Fri, 18/7/08, DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Assam] Murder Most Foul - Pets ( URGENT PLS) To: Assamnet assam@assamnet.org Date: Friday, 18 July, 2008, 12:29 PM Friends, I would love to have the details of Ambika's Army officer husband's Name,Rank,Unit/Location to file official complaint to the chief of Army Staff Gen.Deepak Kapoor, Supreme comander of the armed forces her excellence President of India, to initiate summary of evidence ( the first state of GCM- General Court Martial) to go for GCM by the Army HQ(Sena Bhavan)New Delhi for his mis-use of army officer role in the north east and ill treating people of NE, torturing people for his dog, Taking law in his hand defying law of the land,His wife writing against people of NE, NRI's openly with dire consequences, in the cover of Indian journalism sitting at Delhi. I know India dnt need such oficers, they are to be jailed by RI in the naga jails only at the max and to be court martialed there only( HQ.No.3 Corps Dimapur). Anyone could help to to have the informations. I am also adamant to teach a good lession to her and him.No more mercy now.I can do this.Already because of my initiative one Maj Gen had taugh time while he was shown in TV for mis use of uniform for an ad. Bikash Kumar Das. Bangalore 09480618880 From Chandigarh to Chennai - find friends all over India. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/citygroups/ ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Twisted Logic
Pradip-da, Do you have anything to say on the topic Murder Most Foul. You post many article on various issues on AssamNet. I am eager to know if you have any feeling for this issue of racial discrimination in Delhi. Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Fri, 18/7/08, Pradip Kumar Datta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Pradip Kumar Datta [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Assam] Twisted Logic To: assam@assamnet.org, NorthEastIndia [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, 18 July, 2008, 8:00 AM Twisted Logic Asom Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has said in the State Assembly that since big companies are reluctant to invest in the State because there is no market to sustain them, his government has laid stress on small investments. Moreover, as he said, big investors can doubtless raise the per capita income in the State but that will not benefit the poor people. This is twisted logic — or no logic at all. The Chief Minister would do well to know the meaning of per capita income and the impact of big investments on it; in other words, the impact of bigmore details here: http://newsonnortheast.blogspot.com/2008/07/twisted-logic.html Workshop on Asomiya folk song Indian sovereignty in jeopardy Punish the guilty police commando Amusement park in Guwahati On Illegal Immigration Asom Army officer dies in JK Restoring Manas ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Assam2008 Video Link
Mridu's dance is also good http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=4-UTY0Y0x0Efeature=related Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Fri, 18/7/08, umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Assam2008 Video Link To: assam@assamnet.org Date: Friday, 18 July, 2008, 12:33 AM some would like the various performances. I liked the songs and dances by Mridu (the college student from New Jersey) and Rick and Nick (the high schoolers from New Jersey). my favorite http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=nPCfrdctrXQfeature=PlayListp=F77497E99E0A0F63index=10 Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Fri, 18/7/08, Assam 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Assam 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Assam2008 Video Link To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, 18 July, 2008, 12:14 AM Pl enjoy these entertaining videos from Assam2008. http://in.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F77497E99E0A0F63 Not happy with your email address? Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Her Reply to Me: Murder Most Foul
Now she is blaming the education system of North East India. For the record, killing and eating animals is different from treating them bad --- look at how cows roam in Delhi and places in North India - and die after eating plastic bags since they have nothing else to eat. How mangy dogs roam around in Delhi - during my college days , I took one dog -from my hostel in Kirorimal College in 1991 (whose feet was crushed under some vehicle) first to a vet, and when it didn't improve - to the municipal office - to be put to sleep. I think that was a kind act - Ambika may not agree. Many did not agree even then. They said, let the poor dog alone, perhaps it may get healed. FYI: Indian army (my father was in it RIMC, NDA, IMA graduate) puts its army dogs and horses (61st cavalry - I have a school friend there - a polo player) to death/sleep one they become old - rather then letting be treated cruelly by others or not well enough. What is right? I will not stoop to her level and blame her education and her teachers for her narrow views. Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Fri, 18/7/08, ambika shukla [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: ambika shukla [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Assam] Murder Most Foul To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, 18 July, 2008, 9:09 AM It is frightening to have someone like yourself whose views suggest such a small heart and mind to be associated in any way with a teaching institute. Perhaps Yoronso was exposed to the same sort of faculty resulting in the kind of savagery he displayed towards a helpless being. It was Mahatma Gandhi who said , the civilisation of a nation can be judged by the way it treats its animals. By that yardstick , you fall woefully short. --- On Wed, 7/16/08, umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Assam] Murder Most Foul To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world assam@assamnet.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2008, 9:17 AM Ambika-ji, Now people seem to go beyond cow protection and even protect stray dogs (called campus dogs!! - seems amazing how everyone seems to accept them as their best friend - even if the dogs are not theirs). I would say all dogs on the streets roaming around should be eaten or dispatched -as in the USA. Why not protect pigs also - pig eating is banned in most Arabian countries and dog eating is banned in the US, cow eating banned in India. Does JNU have nothing better to do than protect stray dogs? I think otherwise. JNU's reputation is not built on dog protection, is it? I thought it was the job of dogs to protect humans. Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Tue, 15/7/08, Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Assam] Murder Most Foul To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world assam@assamnet.org Date: Tuesday, 15 July, 2008, 11:32 PM Excellent C'da. On 7/15/08, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Amazing tale! And even more amazing is the state of Indian journalism and its 'democracy' . Allow me to introduce myself: I am an ethnic Assamese , living in the USA and an observer of Indian Institutions of democracy, its 'journalism' and the role of its intelligentsia ( or more precisely its absence from) in shaping them. The author opens up on Nagas with her military husband's terrorizing a Naga village head-man, that produced her missing Irish Setter in twenty minutes! Where did this military man get the power to terrorize the village? What was the cause? It was an Irish Setter, a pet dog, missing for less than twenty minutes. Imagine that! Imagine the state of due process, imagine the power of the occupation forces, imagine accountability of the military--the wife of a two bit two-bit military officer can brag about it in the national media, imagine the professionalism of the Indian army that its apologists never fail to wave at the world! Now let us look at the professionalism of the Deccan Herald, its journalistic ethics, its editorial responsibility and its role as a watchdog of democracy that chose
[Assam] Above Law - Ambika Shukla - sister of Maneka Gandhi
Ambika Shukla, event coordinator of People for Animals, with theatre personality Sunit Tandon at a Halloween party in New Delhi on Thursday, October 31, 2002. Ambika is the younger sister of Maneka Gandhi. http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/nov/01pic2.htm http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=a2671524-7e12-4c51-a909-1421346e8375MatchID1=4603TeamID1=6TeamID2=7MatchType1=1SeriesID1=1157MatchID2=4574TeamID3=8TeamID4=2MatchType2=1SeriesID2=1147PrimaryID=4603Headline=Dogged+existence http://www.peopleforanimalsindia.org/pfa-hospitals.htm it seems that with such connections she thinks (rightly - given the Indian context) that she might be above law. Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Fwd: Murder Most Foul - Pets
Umesh Sharma Ms Shukla, When you repeatedly try to create division in the society - Indian or otherwise (as you are doing now) you create anger. Anger among people who are already hurt by the lack of development in various parts of India. JNU is full of naxal supporters , who for some reason believe that violence is okay to punish the guilty and uplift the poor. I am very much an Indian citizen - no NRI -just like Mahatma Gandhi was despite is 21 years in South Africa. This is no lecture. It is advice about your safety. Stop dividing people. Stop labeling North Eastern Indians - as others , and the rest as Indians. Your small mindedness reeks of Indira Gandhi's attack on Golden Temple - the holiest place of Sikhs. Do not abuse freedom of speech. People in Delhi (where you reside) killed 4,000 innocent Sikhs - do not create hatred against North Eastern Indians. Umesh PS: My father served for three years as part of the Indian army (as a Major in 5th Grenadiers) in Nagaland and Arunanchal Pradesh (1975-1978) and yes, many in Nagaland do eat dogs. My father brought home (to Jaipur) 2 pups who were my best friends till high school. However, I do not see anything wrong if anyone eats dogs or cats or pigs or goats or sheep. Last Saturday, I was at an amusement park in Los Angeles and alongwith little kids (yes NRIs - American born) was petting sheep kept there as pets. Later they might be killed and eaten - nothing wrong. If you are a vegetarian (like my parents) - then keep it to yourself. Blame other north Indians like yourself - don't act like a high brow Brahmin - which your last name denotes. Do you know that even in the North East tribals like Nagas were discriminated by Brahmins like yourself? FYI: I did my BA Economics from Delhi Univ . KMC. Don't ruin the names of Delhi's Univs - JNU and DU etc - by such petty actions. This is not a lecture - treat it as an advice. The other day a NE girl slapped a court case against a club in Delhi for racial discrimination - saying things against tribals/Dalits might put you in jail. Think about it. Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Fri, 18/7/08, Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Assam] Fwd: Murder Most Foul - Pets To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world assam@assamnet.org Date: Friday, 18 July, 2008, 8:57 AM This is the response from Ms. Shukla -- Forwarded message -- From: ambika shukla [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Jul 18, 2008 7:40 AM Subject: Re: Murder Most Foul - Pets To: Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is nice to get a lecture from some NRI on the history and geography of India! You should however try and focus on the issue and not waste so much 'earning' time going off on all sorts of tangents. Yoronso did not just kill a dog -- though that is bad enough-- he tortured an animal to death. Not only is what he did illegal , it is also morally reprehensible. It cannot be defended as tradition or custom. He is as much a danger to his own kind as he is to others. It is perverted minds with a taste for cruelty that are a threat to society as a whole. This is why Nagas and other North Easterners must join with all Indians in demanding punishment for one who brings shame not only to himself but to his community , race and species. No human can and should condone barbarity. P.S. The right spelling is vegetarian. --- On *Tue, 7/15/08, Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED]* wrote: From: Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Murder Most Foul - Pets To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: assam@assamnet.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2008, 8:59 PM Dear Ms. Shukla, I was agast to read your article Murder most foul in the Deccan Chronicle (July 15, 2008). Yes, I was agast as to how the poor JNU's campus dog was bludgeoned to death, but I was more agast of your rather poor knowledge of, and condescension toward the North Eastern states of India. It maybe that you perhaps first need an object lesson in geography, possibly history of India (you know - get to know your country), and not in the least, a good lesson in humility. First of all, you ought to know that the North Eastern States comprises of many other states. In Assam, a North-Eastern State, for example, there are many vegitarians
Re: [Assam] Racial profiling at a Delhi club, North-East girl denied entry
racial discrimination now coming out in the open. Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Thu, 17/7/08, mc mahant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: mc mahant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Assam] Racial profiling at a Delhi club, North-East girl denied entry To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world assam@assamnet.org Date: Thursday, 17 July, 2008, 1:53 PM Why do parents having rolls of easy money send their wards to Delhi for (What Special?) EDUCATION? MM From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: assam@assamnet.org Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:40:24 -0400 Subject: [Assam] Racial profiling at a Delhi club, North-East girl denied entry Good she send the club a legal notice . At least in Delhi students from NE can fight these sort of incidents unitedly and fight back legallyvideo http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/67796/racial-profiling-at-club-northeast-girl-denied-entry.html report http://www.ibnlive.com/news/racial-profiling-at-club-northeast-girl-denied-entry/67796-3.html _ Stay in touch when you're away with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_messenger2_072008 ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _ Chose your Life Partner? Join MSN Matrimony http://www.shaadi.com/msn/matrimony.php ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Assam2008 Video Link
some would like the various performances. I liked the songs and dances by Mridu (the college student from New Jersey) and Rick and Nick (the high schoolers from New Jersey). my favorite http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=nPCfrdctrXQfeature=PlayListp=F77497E99E0A0F63index=10 Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Fri, 18/7/08, Assam 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Assam 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Assam2008 Video Link To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, 18 July, 2008, 12:14 AM Pl enjoy these entertaining videos from Assam2008. http://in.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F77497E99E0A0F63 __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Yoga at Harvard, MIT, Kellog Business Schools
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Features/Special_Pages/Yoga_makes_headway_in_business_schools/articleshow/msid-3244736,curpg-1.cms But they haven't really applied the literal meaning of Yoga, it seems. Any comments? Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] citizen ambassadors; Gandhis to Gandhi - Washington DC meet at Indian embassy
More info. This meet was organized with the help of one Mr Hazarika, who knew Mr Jassal for a long time. Partha-da coordinated the whole event. I only attended the dinner (or just reached when they were removing everything. I was the only guest there at that time (9:30pm ) so got VIP treatment and talked to the Minister (a Mr Sinha) of the embassy who had organized the whole thing. I got late despite walking 3 miles from workplace (at 7:30pm) to pick up luggage to go to Los Angeles right after the party. The embassy is wedge shaped - looks small from outside but spreads out like a cake slice - in the inside. Lavishly decorated. I had already talked to the Indian ambassador at Harvard (in 2005 I think, he was talking in the Fong auditorium which I was supposed to clean afterwards as member of www.Dormcrew.com but ended up asking him questions about globalization and lack of green cards etc). Mr Jassal , the deputy Indian ambassador was the speaker in 2005 again (July I think, in www.umd.edu organized by DesiUMD as Indo-Israeli get together. That was my best Indian meal on the East coast. It was good to meet the staff of the embassy - so courteous!! From different parts of India. So attentive! Aren't we all citizen ambassadors? At work , at the tutoring center, I had been working with some Gandhis (not my ex-roommate having the last name) and then saw the statue of Mahatma Gandhi just outside the embassy -- Gandhi to Gandhi!! That plane flight at 6:50 am the next day (I was awake the whole night at the airport) was planned long back, tickets booked in the first week of June. It was my first flight since Sep 2006, when I flew in from Vancouver, Canada , after exchanging my Harvard student visa for a H1B work visa. Maybe , a new meeting could be arranged , whereby we all could meet and have a agenda too? Umesh --- On Sat, 12/7/08, umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Washington DC meet at Indian embassy To: assam@assamnet.org Date: Saturday, 12 July, 2008, 2:36 AM Hi, Just FYI. There was a meeting of the deputy Indian ambassador Mr Jassal on Thursday, July 10th - with NE India community leaders. About 75 members of the North East India community attended. There was no agenda , just a friendly get together with dinner. I was a bit late but did enjoy the delightful food including an Assamese dish. Partha-da was a key figure in arranging it. Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ Not happy with your email address? Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Murder Most Foul
Ambika-ji, Now people seem to go beyond cow protection and even protect stray dogs (called campus dogs!! - seems amazing how everyone seems to accept them as their best friend - even if the dogs are not theirs). I would say all dogs on the streets roaming around should be eaten or dispatched -as in the USA. Why not protect pigs also - pig eating is banned in most Arabian countries and dog eating is banned in the US, cow eating banned in India. Does JNU have nothing better to do than protect stray dogs? I think otherwise. JNU's reputation is not built on dog protection, is it? I thought it was the job of dogs to protect humans. Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Tue, 15/7/08, Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Assam] Murder Most Foul To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world assam@assamnet.org Date: Tuesday, 15 July, 2008, 11:32 PM Excellent C'da. On 7/15/08, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Amazing tale! And even more amazing is the state of Indian journalism and its 'democracy' . Allow me to introduce myself: I am an ethnic Assamese , living in the USA and an observer of Indian Institutions of democracy, its 'journalism' and the role of its intelligentsia ( or more precisely its absence from) in shaping them. The author opens up on Nagas with her military husband's terrorizing a Naga village head-man, that produced her missing Irish Setter in twenty minutes! Where did this military man get the power to terrorize the village? What was the cause? It was an Irish Setter, a pet dog, missing for less than twenty minutes. Imagine that! Imagine the state of due process, imagine the power of the occupation forces, imagine accountability of the military--the wife of a two bit two-bit military officer can brag about it in the national media, imagine the professionalism of the Indian army that its apologists never fail to wave at the world! Now let us look at the professionalism of the Deccan Herald, its journalistic ethics, its editorial responsibility and its role as a watchdog of democracy that chose to publish this gem of an article: The writer not only publicly accuses this man, the Naga PhD student , Yoronso, of a crime, but also convicts him and then recommends punishment. And the Deccan Herald goes right along with this prosecutor, judge, jury and executioner all neatly packed into one, in the perfect image of the Indian military's half century old occupation and terrorism in the northeastern states and publishes it. Why shouldn't it? The writer provided all the proof, didn't she? Of course the writer had all the proof she ever needed, right? Must have had a hidden video camera in the room to record all the gruesome details. Or could it have been confessions of the accused extracted by someone like her military husband ? They sure know how to get those confessions. Just ask the dead Ajit Mahanta of Kakopothar, Assam who was taken by the army from his wife and little baby, sodomized with bamboo poles causing massive internal injuries before beating him to death and then dumping the body on the roadside, merely on suspicion that he was an ULFA 'collaborator'. Did Ajit Mahanta get any justice? Of course, the commanding general apologized. What more can anyone ask? No wonder the Indian intelligentsia and its renowned journals never found it necessary to write expose's about such forgettable events. But a dog at JNU--that is different. A Naga killed it! And you expect its intelligentsia and its press to let it go with a wink and a nod? Not in desi-demokrasy! Apparently North-Eastern students at JNU regularly lynch and barbecue dogs. Kali's mother, Leela, was an earlier victim. The truth be told! These damn northeasterners! Them slant eyed, dog-eating, independence seeking sub-humans are a murderous lot! Rein them in, and not a moment too soon! And who better to educate the right-proper Indians about them than a military wife once posted in Nagaland? Don't even think of trying to muddy the picture by trying to tell them that there is no such race of people as northeasterners, or that there is political or geographical entity as the Northeast. , that it is a convenient creation of Indian intellectual sloth and colonial mind-set to avoid getting headaches of the headless by learning
Re: [Assam] Success Story: Greenwood Resort owned by Asha Bora
who needs to inquire when you are approving it, Alpnana-ji? Seems good. treating employees well is good, but not make 'em spoilt brats either :-) Just kidding. Resort seems the place to go to!! Umesh Sharma (right now in Los Angeles) Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Sun, 13/7/08, Alpana B. Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Alpana B. Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Assam] Success Story: Greenwood Resort owned by Asha Bora To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Girish Sarma [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: assam@assamnet.org Date: Sunday, 13 July, 2008, 4:41 PM I forgot to mention their web sites which say it all: http://greenwoodresort.in/ http://greenwoodresort.in/ “In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree and humble like a blade of grass.” Write to Asha Bora of Guwahati. She has a business (very successful multiple business projects in the same place). It's a beautiful hilltop resort called Greenwood Resorts Pvt. Ltd., which have different huts in the compound with restaurant tables (like many 'dhabas' they have in Assam now near Khanapara). The food, service, and the ambiance are just out of this world. She has a house there with several looms that produce beautiful (with broad Saadors) Assamese silk and muga mekhela-saador (with the border weaved in with the sets), stole, etc. They also produce beatiful shoes and menswear as well - many are with the specialty Assamese Eri-Muga silk and cotton. She said she would send orders to the US as well, if I remember correctly. Asha also has a bakery and a green house with a variety of orchids in the compound. The spic 'n span bakery produces delicious breads, biscuits, cakes and pastries that can very well be compared with the Sheikh Brother's. She treats her employees like family, it seemed she knows the names of all the employees there. They live in the neighboring area and their children attend the school that she has started as a dedicated social worker. This is called a successful business by a very brave, hard-working and dedicated WOMAN. Her email is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 91 361 2331054. “In order to make spiritual progress you must be patient like a tree and humble like a blade of grass.” Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2008 07:55:48 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: assam@assamnet.org Subject: Re: [Assam] Washington DC meet at Indian embassyLet me put it on AssamNet. someone might know. Umesh --- On Sat, 12/7/08, Girish Sarma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Girish Sarma [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Assam] Washington DC meet at Indian embassy To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, 12 July, 2008, 9:15 AM Can anyone tell me where I can buy Assamese Mekhela-Sadar in USA? I would appreciate receiving the name, phone number and address of the contact person. Thanks. Girish __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _ Need to know now? Get instant answers with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_messenger_072008 ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _ The i’m Talkaton. Can 30-days of conversation change the world? http://www.imtalkathon.com/?source=EML_WLH_Talkathon_ChangeWorld ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Book: Learning from Lincoln: Gore Vidal
Hi, I found a tattered, yellowed book under a payphone at Los Angeles airport as I was about to come to Washington DC. Here was this book (Lincoln by Gore Vidal) left lovingly, it seemed , by someone who did not want to trash it. I read 10 chapters on the plane and also while taking the train ride home http://www.amazon.com/Lincoln-Novel-Gore-Vidal/dp/0375708766 Lincoln is arriving in Washington DC (in the second page of the book) as President-elect, in a city carved out of Maryland, a Southern state. Talks are on about shifting the US capital from DC to Pennsylvania - if Maryland and Virginia leave the Union . DC itself is not yet the polished city, it now is. But has all the intrigues on reads in the current newspapers including DC Madams. A very different perspective on Lincoln - who is also a character in the story (fictional account) and speaks for himself - unlike Lincoln The Unknown, wrtitten by Dale Carnegie , which I read when at college, trying to improve my personality. Any comments on Lincoln? Umesh Sharma (I also did a crossword -spotting words - on US presidents, thanks to my fellow passenger, Ashley, who is a fashion-photographer/undergraduate student returning from LA after working there in a fashion company) Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Washington DC meet at Indian embassy
Hi, Just FYI. There was a meeting of the deputy Indian ambassador Mr Jassal on Thursday, July 10th - with NE India community leaders. About 75 members of the North East India community attended. There was no agenda , just a friendly get together with dinner. I was a bit late but did enjoy the delightful food including an Assamese dish. Partha-da was a key figure in arranging it. Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Washington DC meet at Indian embassy
Let me put it on AssamNet. someone might know. Umesh --- On Sat, 12/7/08, Girish Sarma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Girish Sarma [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Assam] Washington DC meet at Indian embassy To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, 12 July, 2008, 9:15 AM Can anyone tell me where I can buy Assamese Mekhela-Sadar in USA? I would appreciate receiving the name, phone number and address of the contact person. Thanks. Girish __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Why Indian high schoolers do not go to Oxford-- but try for Harvard
I was looking at an article in New York Times on Oxford shirt. Then went to the oxford website and am amused to learn than Oxford (true to its tradition) is in old world style - demarcating students based on their nationalities - poor nations have it harder. Never mind that in the world of globalization , even Chinese and Indians and perhaps South Africans can take SAT exams (Oxford thinks that only USA students can take SAT - thus only US students are allowed to take SATs ). Harvard allows Indian students (and of other nations to apply on the basis of their SAT scores). SAT 1 scores of at least 1,400 in Critical Reading and Mathematics and preferably also 700 or more in the new Writing Paper, giving a combined score of at least 2,100. OR ACT with a score of at least 32 out of 36. AND Grades 4 or 5 in two or more Advanced Placement tests in appropriate subjects OR SAT II in a good spread of three or four subjects at 700 or better. http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate_courses/international_students/international_qualifications/index.html Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] BBC E-mail: Bomb rocks India embassy in Kabul
Its high time Taliban and its supporters in Pakistan's establishment were given there due - US should enter West Pakistan (just like it did Afghanistan)-where Taliban supporters rule. Should it? Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Mon, 7/7/08, manoj das [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: manoj das [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Assam] BBC E-mail: Bomb rocks India embassy in Kabul To: assam@assamnet.org Date: Monday, 7 July, 2008, 1:11 PM manoj das saw this story on the BBC News website and thought you should see it. ** Bomb rocks India embassy in Kabul ** A suicide bomber rams a car full of explosives into the Indian embassy in the Afghan capital, killing 41 people. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/south_asia/7492601.stm ** BBC Daily E-mail ** Choose the news and sport headlines you want - when you want them, all in one daily e-mail http://www.bbc.co.uk/email ** Disclaimer ** The BBC is not responsible for the content of this e-mail, and anything written in this e-mail does not necessarily reflect the BBC's views or opinions. Please note that neither the e-mail address nor name of the sender have been verified. If you do not wish to receive such e-mails in the future or want to know more about the BBC's Email a Friend service, please read our frequently asked questions. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/4162471.stm ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Business Week : Indian economy: Hero to Zero?
http://www.rediff.com/money/2008/jul/07pm.htm Indian Prime Minister blames rich countries - blame others but suffer yourself?? My father says that if you meet with an accident and get hurt , then it does not matter who was at fault in driving , what matters is that you got hurt so you were at fault. Why didn't you take precautions? Why didn't you look both ways and every which way, why didn't you drive slower etc etc. My FAULT ONCE: Thanks to his advice I avoided hitting anyone and getting hit by anyone (except once when in Bhopal [ I had recently met a girl at Bhopal, and was day dreaming on an empty road on a Sunday while driving my Yamaha RXG 135 - then India's fastest pickup bike,] and a guy talking to a woman sitting behind him twisted his scooter's handle and just came into the opposite lane and hit me. He was knocked out. I limped some distance to the bike mechanic's place. Limped for a month. The bike's leg guards saved my leg - the footrest and the brake's section was a mangled mass). That was my fault. Why was I driving so slow? Had I been faster I could have accelerated and and avoided the scooter, like I once did in Delhi empty ridge road , when a car from the opposite lane, bumped across the divider and came charging like a tank at me. I accelerated my then Black Enfield Bullet bike, and escaped . Why was I day dreaming? It is immaterial that that guy was totally at fault (all passersby sympathesized with me). It seems Indian PM, despite his excellent economy-driver skills is day-dreaming about some forbidden romance. Or perhaps like the time when I was trying to get a teaching job in the US (while in India Jan 5, 2003) mind was filled with too many angles and issues and just bumped on the cold severe winter road (must be below freezing - with wind chill) at midnight. Maybe he has too many things on his mind - like the nuclear deal - which is no use for the Indian economy, is it? Umesh PS: Was it a coincidence that the Bhopal girl started limping a week after I did, her Kinetic Honda scooter skidded while she tried to avoid a dog on the road. Who was to blame? :-) --- On Sun, 6/7/08, umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Business Week : Indian economy: Hero to Zero? To: assam@assamnet.org Date: Sunday, 6 July, 2008, 3:07 PM http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/jul2008/gb2008071_743900.htm?campaign_id=mag_Jul3link_position=link18 Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ Not happy with your email address? Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Business Week : Indian economy: Hero to Zero?
http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/jul2008/gb2008071_743900.htm?campaign_id=mag_Jul3link_position=link18 Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] advertisement for plots at Greater NOIDA- GOOD INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY
Manoj-da, seems good example of housing - any message for NE India Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Sat, 5/7/08, Manoj Das [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Manoj Das [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Assam] advertisement for plots at Greater NOIDA- GOOD INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world assam@assamnet.org Date: Saturday, 5 July, 2008, 12:06 AM http://www.greaternoida.com/ressch/advt.jpg -- Manoj Kumar Das C 172 GF, Sarvodaya Enclave New Delhi 17 India 0091 9312650558 (HP) 9910972654 ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Grumbling GAME-Swapnil Bharali (Horizon, The Assam Tribune, July 05, 2008)
Swapnil-da, You have certainly proved that you are a chip of the old block - when it comes to making sarcastic remarks - like many of us on AssamNet (from time to time). Only this time it is directed at AssamNet members. May I ask you which village of Assam your family originally hails from? Why don;t you go back to the village of ancestors? Ofcourse, you would say there are more opportunities in the city and your children were born in the big city and you were too (?). Your kids will not tolerate village education and infrastructure etc. Going from a less developed place to a more developed place is a natural progression. However, that does not mean you sitting in the big city do not think of your native village (or those NRAs sitting in the bigger cities across the globe) do not think of the same native village By the way, what have you done for Assam sitting within it? Even Gandhiji came back to India after 21 years in India (from South Africa) - without him 30 million nativeIndians couldn;t get rid of untouchability and racist British rule. Hope I did not seem sarcastic. Regards. Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Sat, 5/7/08, Buljit Buragohain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Buljit Buragohain [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Assam] Grumbling GAME-Swapnil Bharali (Horizon, The Assam Tribune, July 05, 2008) To: assam@assamnet.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, 5 July, 2008, 2:01 PM regret ending an article of mine titled ‘Caring NRAs’ (Horizon, February 9, 2008) on a pessimistic note. A subject that I always want to give due credence purely because I am beginning to slowly realize that the best of Assam today resides outside Assam and that the present populace of Assam, including its current political leaders, students, bureaucrats, sportsmen, artists, terrorists, you and me, borders on a quality that hardly makes an impact on the national scene. The article ended thus: “If NRAs (non-resident Assamese) have to be contributive to Assam, they have to do so with deeds and not words. They have to burn their bridges on their way back and try and work things from the soil of Assam, against the seemingly insurmountable odds” (instead of just giving front-page interviews while on their brief holidays here, else) “they may please remain in their comfort zones and not be bothered about Assam...” (and in which case) “all I can do is quote Clark Gable from Gone with the Wind: ‘Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.’” Well (sigh!)…Actually I do give a damn. And I cannot help it that I do. This feeling of mine stems from my past experiences and my various interactions with a number of NRAs on an internet discussion forum called Assam Net (1998-2000, if I remember right). I had watched, observed and sympathized with the large number of expatriate Assamese people, the sole topic of concern being Assam. Often, it had appeared to me that these people had indeed missed out on the love for their soil by becoming so career-centric that their desire to earn in dollars/pounds rather than rupees after acquiring their impressive education and skills led them to become expatriates. It had also often crossed my mind, especially seeing the huge amount of time these people spent discussing Assam, that in the process of earning all those dollars/pounds, they had sorely missed being in Assam and were indeed truly concerned that Assam, except for its tea, terrorism and corruption, did not find any worthwhile place on the world’s physical, political or commercial map. Factually speaking, the NRAs were, at that stage in time, very concerned about the terrorism problem of Assam. Not that they aren’t now, but I haven’t had the good fortune to visit ‘Assam Net’ in long years and so commenting on this might just be a mistake. At that stage though, they were so troubled that a few of them, torn as they were between their love for their motherland and their thriving careers in the western world, took an extremely laborious initiative to draft out a lengthy ‘Appeal-for-Peace’ and direct it to all who they thought were part and parcel of the terrorism business in Assam. It was a noble gesture no doubt but to all obvious appearances, a futile wish for peace. I couldn’t blame the NRAs. They were far too removed from the ground realities of Assam to realize the intricacy of its problems and that their appeal would get Assam nowhere on the peace front. Nonetheless, while the appeal was being given shape, there were enquiries galore and e-mails flew — the NRAs wanted the newspapers of Assam to publish the appeal so that the ULFA would read
[Assam] Ship of Hope
http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnewsid=65174 Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] [Posoowa] June 2008 issue of Posoowa published. Please download the PDF magazine visit the website
Great article by Ankur Bora on Dolphins - I remember seeing some as a kid when boating/ferry in the Ganga (Ganges river). But they were not so huge as in the pic of Brahmaputra dolphins. Article on Parijat Library, baseball boy, brothers and others seem good. Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Thu, 3/7/08, Posoowa Magazine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Posoowa Magazine [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Posoowa] June 2008 issue of Posoowa published. Please download the PDF magazine visit the website To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, 3 July, 2008, 11:43 AM Problems viewing the Newsletter? Read it here: http://www.posoowa.org/ann www.posoowa.org VOLUME 35, ISSUE NO. 9 :: June 2008 Table of Contents An Early-life Portrait of My Brother Sheelabhadra Swim with the Dolphin, The Brahmaputra Beckons Rare baseball accomplishment of Assamese boy A FASS Project: Cultivation of Ginger and Turmeric at Garbhanga Rongali Bihu Celebration in London 2008 Parijat Academy Library Seeks Your Support Read more at www.posoowa.org We invite contributors from all over the world. We appreciate your valuable feedback, comments suggestions, and of course, news from your part of the world for inclusion in the coming editions. Please include an image of the author. We also request you to submit other pertinent photographs if possible. Comments? Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] d Download PDF Edition Assam Times, an online news portal, is looking for dynamic people in every nook and corner of Assam as well as outside Assam as reporter/writer. Please send your news/articles/photographs for publications to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] New reporters/writers, please send your one small picture and your resume with contact information. Subscribe to Posoowa announcement list here or send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Posoowa mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/posoowa_assamnet.org __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] [Iepgraduates-list] DC Information Session Harvard IEP Program This Sunday June 29 from 4-6pm in Washington DC
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/07/1_reimers.php This was the main event (National Education Association), the alumni meet and new students info was an adjunct event. However, now Assam group members evinced interest in inviting Professor Reimers to Asaam and rest of India. Any comments? Umesh --- On Sun, 29/6/08, umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Assam] [Iepgraduates-list] DC Information Session Harvard IEP Program This Sunday June 29 from 4-6pm in Washington DC To: assam@assamnet.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, 29 June, 2008, 11:22 PM It was great to meet a second generation Assamese in America at the meeting, Sid, who is committed to development and very interested in education's relation to development. He is interning at a top non profit in DC after a year in India in development work. some might like these papers which Sid also liked. http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/jeea.2005.3.2-3.658 teacher absenteeism in India http://www.hks.harvard.edu/pepg/PDF/events/MPSPE/PEPG-05-15geeta.pdf private versus public education in India Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Thu, 26/6/08, umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Assam] [Iepgraduates-list] DC Information Session Harvard IEP Program This Sunday June 29 from 4-6pm in Washington DC To: assam@assamnet.org Date: Thursday, 26 June, 2008, 11:52 PM Any members in DC area interested in education and development are welcome to attend. Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 --- On Thu, 26/6/08, Fernando M. Reimers Fernando_Reimers wrote: From: Fernando M. Reimers Fernando_Reimers Subject: [Iepgraduates-list] Information Session Harvard IEP Program This Sunday June 29 from 4-6pm in Washington DC To: iepgraduates-list@ Date: Thursday, 26 June, 2008, 8:23 PM This Sunday June 29 from 4.00-6.00pm I will lead an information session on Harvard's International Education Policy Masters Program for prospective students. This session will take place at the Continental Room at the Capital Hilton, 1001 16th Street NW, Washington, District of Columbia, United States 20036 If you know good prospective students to our program please feel free to invite them to attend this session. More information about the program is available at http://www.gse.harvard.edu/academics/masters/iep/index.html Thanks for your help recruiting the next generation of global education leaders. Sincerely, Fernando Reimers Ford Foundation Professor of International Education Director of International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education ___ Iepgraduates-list mailing list Iepgraduates-lis http://gse.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/iepgraduates-list __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org Not happy with your email address? Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Counterpoint: elite college education
http://www.news.harvard.edu/worldmedia/botswana/stories/students.html study abroad takes students to see AIDS patients in Africa, why not India - 5 million AIDS/HIV patients - second highest in the world!! Is that something to be proud of (for India)? Umesh --- On Sun, 29/6/08, umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Counterpoint: elite college education To: assam@assamnet.org Date: Sunday, 29 June, 2008, 3:07 AM http://www.theamericanscholar.org/su08/elite-deresiewicz.html interesting perspective , though not always true. However, there are indeed a few, I have encountered , in person or thru online interactions, who fit the bill, perfectly. you will find them in old boy networks of any region's elite , even Delhi, Jaipur and perhaps Guwahati, and you will feel like complaining only if you have occasion to be at the receiving end. joining the elite liberates you- was that Amartya' Sen, the Nobel laureate's message when he said the education is freedom? any comments? Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ Not happy with your email address? Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Harvard MBA Newsletter: Future of Social Enterprise; Rethinking Retirement Planning
Join the Conversation: The Future of Social Enterprise http://www.hbs.edu/centennial/conversation/futureofsocialenterprise/ join it? Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Mon, 30/6/08, HBS Working Knowledge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: HBS Working Knowledge [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Newsletter: Rethinking Retirement Planning To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, 30 June, 2008, 10:31 AM HBS Working Knowledge Newsletter Highlights this Week Rethinking Retirement Planning Summing Up: Why Don't Managers Think Deeply? First Look: The latest research by HBS faculty Join the Conversation: The Future of Social Enterprise == New on the Site Rethinking Retirement Planning http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5911.html Many of us are relying on defined contribution plans to help fund retirement. But Harvard Business School professor Robert C. Merton believes today's plans are not sustainable. So what's next? A new way to look at the problem. Summing Up: Why Don't Managers Think Deeply? http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5952.html What is your organization—and what are you—doing to bring more deep thinking into work and life? According to respondents to this past month's column by Jim Heskett, providing time to reflect, particularly in an era of multi-tasking and the tyranny of technology, was most frequently suggested as an antidote to the dearth of deep thinking. (Online forum now closed.) First Look: New Research by HBS Faculty http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5961.html New in publications and case studies: How foreign aid could better reduce worldwide poverty ... Managing your boss (yes, it can be done) ... Strategy and competition in economies of the European Union. Join the Conversation: The Future of Social Enterprise http://www.hbs.edu/centennial/conversation/futureofsocialenterprise/ Web forum with HBS professor V. Kasturi Rangan and Susan McDonald. Most Popular Stories Seven Tips for Managing Price Increases http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5957.html Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5908.html What Do You Think: Why Don't Managers Think Deeply? http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5952.html Spending on Happiness http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5944.html Creating a Positive Professional Image http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/4860.html Best of Faculty QAs When Rights of First Refusal Are a Bad Deal http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5228.html Contracts that include a right of first refusal usually benefit the holder of that right. But not always. New research by professor Alvin E. Roth and colleague Brit Grosskopf explains when it's wise to say no, in this QA from 2006. Elsewhere at Harvard Business School Program for Leadership Development http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/pld_wk/index.html HBS Executive Education Program July 2008—January 2009 Session Strategies for Protecting and Monetizing Intellectual Property http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/ip_wk/index.html HBS Executive Education Program July 27–30, 2008 Changing the Game: Negotiation and Competitive Decision Making http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/dm_wk/index.html HBS Executive Education Program July 27–August 1, 2008 Corporate Governance Portfolio http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/cgp_wk/index.html HBS Executive Education Program July 23–31, 2008 Harvard Business Online http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/home/index.jhtml?_requestid=23929 Visit Harvard Business Online, the Web site of Harvard Business School Publishing. Here you'll find articles from the latest issue of Harvard Business Review, new book releases from Harvard Business School Press, HBR IdeaCast—the biweekly podcast featuring breakthrough management ideas and commentary from the editors and authors of Harvard Business School Publishing—HBS case studies, and much more. About this Newsletter Subscribe/Unsubscribe Information You can sign up for HBS Working Knowledge, change your e-mail address, or unsubscribe on our newsletter subscription page: http://hbswk.hbs.edu/forms/newsletter.html To subscribe to our RSS feed: http://hbswk.hbs.edu/rss.html Reprints and Linking If your Web site is interested in linking to stories on our site, go to http://hbswk.hbs.edu/aboutus/linking.html for instructions and to download the HBS Working Knowledge button for your home page. For reprint permission or to receive a list of linkable articles each month, contact the Publications Coordinator: http://hbswk.hbs.edu/forms/email-pubcoord.html Privacy Policy Read our
[Assam] Fw: [asom] Assam ranks as 'most corrupt' State
I remember a AssamNet discussion in the summer of 2005 where Santanu-da who teaches economics at UPenn (Ivy League) said that corruption can actually help overcome bad policies -by finding ways to grow , despite govt policies. In light of the new report on corruption, any pointers? Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Mon, 30/6/08, Dilip and Dil Deka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Dilip and Dil Deka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [asom] Assam ranks as 'most corrupt' State To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, 30 June, 2008, 10:45 PM Who prepared this report? :-) The latest India Corruption Study 2007 conducted jointly by Transparency International and Centre for Media Study and released by Vice President Hamid Ansari on Saturday is embarrassing news for Assam, where corruption level was described as ‘alarming’. Another attempt to make Assam state (a colony?) toe the line. :-) Dilip Deka - Original Message From: Dibya [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2008 10:11:10 AM Subject: [asom] Assam ranks as 'most corrupt' State Time for Gogoi sir with cronies to settle at Bangladesh.. - Monday, June 30, 2008 Assam ranks as 'most corrupt' State NEW DELHI, June 29 – Assam has earned the dubious distinction of being the most corrupt State in the country, on the basis of corruption in 11 vital services. Corruption level was alarming in four other States, as well. The latest India Corruption Study 2007 conducted jointly by Transparency International and Centre for Media Study and released by Vice President Hamid Ansari on Saturday is embarrassing news for Assam, where corruption level was described as ‘alarming’. The four States, which follow Assam include Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. The grouping of States on corruption reflects position of States in the context of eleven services. The eleven services included ‘basic services’ like PDS, hospital service, school education, electricity and water supply services and ‘need -based services’, like land records, registration, housing service, forest, NREGS, banking service and police service (traffic and crime)). The study does not include operational irregularities in the system and even corruption that does not involve citizens directly.The study covered all 31 States and Union Territories and is focused on the poorest and rural areas. It included below the poverty line people (BPL) in both rural areas and urban slums.The level of corruption in all the 11services studied in Assam and Madhya Pradesh was alarming. In Delhi and West Bengal, for example, corruption level was moderate in most services surveyed. Among smaller States of the north-east, like Nagaland and Goa, corruption level was alarming, whereas in Meghalaya and Sikkim, it was very high. In Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur the level was high, while in Tripura and Mizoram it was found to be moderate. The total bribe amount involved in a year in BPL households availing the eleven services is estimated at Rs 8,830 crore. Based on the incidence of bribe paid by sample BPL households, an estimate is made for the total amount paid as bribe by BPL households in the country during the last one-year in the eleven services. School education (up to class XII and government schools) among the 11 services studied stands last in the ranking meaning the level of corruption is the lowest among all. While police service stood number one. The land records and registration and house and plot, which are specially tailored for BPL households, stand at two and three respectively in the rank. The level and extent of corruption in police service was high in all States, as if it is universal – but the ranks of other services show variations across the States. Given the nature of need-based services, which are monopolistic or involve asset creation or volume, these services ranked high on corruption as compared to basic services.Releasing the report, the Vice president said the report brings to light the negative impact of competitive politics on targeted schemes aimed at the poor. It has reported instances of BPL, SC/ST and other vulnerable households of being told by political activists of a linkage between benefits and electoral preferences. “This, to the extent it is true, amounts to political corruption in its damaging form since it undermines the very institutions of democracy at all levels. A national consensus at its avoidance is thus imperative,” he opined. - http://bigindians.blogspot.com/2008/06/assam-ranks-as-most
Re: [Assam] Number of NRIs from Assam, NE in US insignificant
As Guru Gobind Singh said a Sikh is equal to Sawaa Lakh (One hundred and twenty five thousand ordinary people) . What is in numbers? Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Mon, 30/6/08, Pradip Kumar Datta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Pradip Kumar Datta [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Assam] Number of NRIs from Assam, NE in US insignificant To: assam@assamnet.org Date: Monday, 30 June, 2008, 9:49 AM Number of NRIs from Assam, NE in US insignificant By A Staff Reporter GUWAHATI, June 29 – The ‘Indian Diaspora’ has played a major role in shaping India’s political and economic history. They have played a key role in the current robust foreign exchange position of our country. This was the observation made by Ramgopal Sarangapani, a senior analyst of the Texas Workforce Commission, Austin, Texas, USA while delivering a lecture on ‘Entrepreneurship – The American Way of Life’ ...more visit:http://newsonnortheast.blogspot.com/2008/06/number-of-nris-from-assam-ne-in-us.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Counterpoint: elite college education
http://www.theamericanscholar.org/su08/elite-deresiewicz.html interesting perspective , though not always true. However, there are indeed a few, I have encountered , in person or thru online interactions, who fit the bill, perfectly. you will find them in old boy networks of any region's elite , even Delhi, Jaipur and perhaps Guwahati, and you will feel like complaining only if you have occasion to be at the receiving end. joining the elite liberates you- was that Amartya' Sen, the Nobel laureate's message when he said the education is freedom? any comments? Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Need support
He He , Bikash-da, that was new! ***I need some unique support( Sorry not Money) Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Fri, 27/6/08, DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Assam] Need support To: Assamnet assam@assamnet.org, Assamonline [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, 27 June, 2008, 6:58 AM Friends, I need some unique support( Sorry not Money). If anyone got good collection of photos from NE India, culture heritage, landscape,cultivation, traditions,people please email to me.I need for my web. Regards. Dr.Bikash Kumar Das Founder Dir Rhino Jungle Adventures www.rjadventures.org Karnataka, North East India. Bangalore( India) 0091-9480618880 Forgot the famous last words? Access your message archive online at http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Strange
Uttam-da, This approach by this ULFA 28 battalion seems much more reasonable and farsighted than that of its central leadership. comments about PCG seem interesting. We have Mukul-da amongst us who was a PCG member - maybe he can elaborate (though lately silent). Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Fri, 27/6/08, uttam borthakur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: uttam borthakur [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Assam] Strange To: assam assam@assamnet.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, 27 June, 2008, 3:44 AM Dear Umesh I may be mistaken. It may be momentary also. The events are as follows:- 1. Two battalions ULFA 'ceased fire' and wants dialogue without pre-condition as according them the realities of Assam changed since 1979. 2. The police chief said the persons 'ceasing fire' would be used to identify, apprehend or to eliminate those who have not. 3. The persons ceasing fire have said that some mediators (namely PCG members) did not meet their approval at anytime and has blamed the PCG's failure as the reason for their cease fire. 4. The package for cease fire includes a separate upper house in the assembly ( the question of a sovereign state goes out of the backdoor) 5. ULFA says it is a conspiracy of the indian state. There are many items in the list constituting the happenings and looking into the newspapers would give details. I feel, these events would affect Assam in a big way, and so the term momentous. If those fizzle out, then those are momentary. Uttam Kumar Borthakur --- On Fri, 27/6/08, umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Assam] Strange To: assam assam@assamnet.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, 27 June, 2008, 10:33 AM pl elaborate about the momentous happenings. Or shall we discus how to bring about such change - which is ofcourse a result of long term effort. Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Thu, 26/6/08, uttam borthakur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: uttam borthakur [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Assam] Strange To: assam assam@assamnet.org Date: Thursday, 26 June, 2008, 10:21 PM It is strange that there's almost no posting on the momentous happenings of Assam in the assamnet. There may be a few reasons. All the netters are busy, except me/ Somehow I am not getting into the discussion/ Or everyone has become tired of the related issue. If I am missing something due to my ignorance about browsing, will somebody show me the way please? Uttam Kumar Borthakur Explore your hobbies and interests. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/ ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org Not happy with your email address? Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! From Chandigarh to Chennai - find friends all over India. Click here. __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] [Iepgraduates-list] DC Information Session Harvard IEP Program This Sunday June 29 from 4-6pm in Washington DC
Any members in DC area interested in education and development are welcome to attend. Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 --- On Thu, 26/6/08, Fernando M. Reimers Fernando_Reimers wrote: From: Fernando M. Reimers Fernando_Reimers Subject: [Iepgraduates-list] Information Session Harvard IEP Program This Sunday June 29 from 4-6pm in Washington DC To: iepgraduates-list@ Date: Thursday, 26 June, 2008, 8:23 PM This Sunday June 29 from 4.00-6.00pm I will lead an information session on Harvard's International Education Policy Masters Program for prospective students. This session will take place at the Continental Room at the Capital Hilton, 1001 16th Street NW, Washington, District of Columbia, United States 20036 If you know good prospective students to our program please feel free to invite them to attend this session. More information about the program is available at http://www.gse.harvard.edu/academics/masters/iep/index.html Thanks for your help recruiting the next generation of global education leaders. Sincerely, Fernando Reimers Ford Foundation Professor of International Education Director of International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education ___ Iepgraduates-list mailing list Iepgraduates-lis http://gse.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/iepgraduates-list __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Strange
pl elaborate about the momentous happenings. Or shall we discus how to bring about such change - which is ofcourse a result of long term effort. Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Thu, 26/6/08, uttam borthakur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: uttam borthakur [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Assam] Strange To: assam assam@assamnet.org Date: Thursday, 26 June, 2008, 10:21 PM It is strange that there's almost no posting on the momentous happenings of Assam in the assamnet. There may be a few reasons. All the netters are busy, except me/ Somehow I am not getting into the discussion/ Or everyone has become tired of the related issue. If I am missing something due to my ignorance about browsing, will somebody show me the way please? Uttam Kumar Borthakur Explore your hobbies and interests. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/ ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] MIT OpenCourseWare Newsletter: Street-Fighting Mathematics, and more
street-fighting math-- could be useful in Bihar etc, really? I think some politicians are already masters of it. Umesh --- On Tue, 24/6/08, MIT OpenCourseWare Update [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: MIT OpenCourseWare Update [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MIT OpenCourseWare Newsletter: Street-Fighting Mathematics, and more To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, 24 June, 2008, 9:10 PM If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may see it online. June 2008 Newsletter Dear Umesh, New and Updated Courses 1.050 Engineering Mechanics I 5.33 Advanced Chemical Experimentation and Instrumentation 6.092 Introduction to Software Engineering in Java 7.343 The Radical Consequences of Respiration: Reactive Oxygen Species in Aging and Disease 9.15 Biochemistry and Pharmacology of Synaptic Transmission 11.942 Regional Energy-Environmental Economic Modeling 12.090 Special Topics: An Introduction to Fluid Motions, Sediment Transport, and Current-generated Sedimentary Structures 12.091 Basics of Impact Cratering Geological, Geophysical, Geochemical, Environmental Studies of Some Impact Craters of the Earth 12.425 Extrasolar Planets: Physics and Detection Techniques 12.810 Dynamics of the Atmosphere 14.384 Time Series Analysis 18.02 Multivariable Calculus 18.098 Street-Fighting Mathematics 18.310C Principles of Applied Mathematics 20.450 Molecular and Cellular Pathophysiology: DNA Repair 21H.206 American Consumer Culture ESD.04J Frameworks and Models in Engineering Systems / Engineering System Design SP.691 Studies in Women's Life Narratives: Interrogating Marriage: Case Studies in American Law and Culture See all courses Subscribe to the RSS Highlights for High School Summer is proving to be a busy time for the Highlights for High School team! We will be collecting and adding new content to the website over the coming months. We have lots of exciting new courses to add, including almost a dozen from the Educational Studies Program, courses taught by MIT students especially for high school students. Topics include probability, modern physics, and cognitive neuroscience to name just a few. We are also looking forward to capturing the summer outreach program run by the Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research at MIT. We encourage you to check back later in the summer to see whats new! In the meantime, we know many of you are probably out of school for the summer and have extra time on your hands, so we recommend checking out the fun Competitions section on the Highlights site. See materials from several MIT competitions including Robotic Programming and Design and Manufacturing. Visit Highlights for High School OCW Resources Translated Courses Through the generosity of OCW Translation Affiliates, more than 650 OCW courses are available in languages such as Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, and Thai. These translations help advance education in non-English-speaking parts of the world. Learn more about translations Views from Visitors The lectures are actually fun watching. (I've even seen most of them twice!) These lectures gave me a deeper understanding of the subject, and I'm pretty sure that if it wasn't for these OCW lectures, I would not have received my A in my local algorithms course. - Oystein, Norway Read more Tell us what you think of OCW at [EMAIL PROTECTED] We've just concluded our Spring fundraising drive and the response from our site visitors demonstrates the important role donations will play in OpenCourseWare's future. It's still not too late to show support with your donation. OCW is grateful for the support of: Become an OCW sponsor Privacy and Terms of Use MIT OpenCourseWare is located at: One Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142 This email was sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To ensure that you continue receiving our emails, please add us to your address book
[Assam] MIT OpenCourseWare Newsletter: Street-Fighting Mathematics, and more
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mathematics/18-098January--IAP--2008/CourseHome/index.htm learn about street smartness Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ --- On Tue, 24/6/08, MIT OpenCourseWare Update [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: MIT OpenCourseWare Update [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MIT OpenCourseWare Newsletter: Street-Fighting Mathematics, and more To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, 24 June, 2008, 9:10 PM If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may see it online. June 2008 Newsletter Dear Umesh, New and Updated Courses 1.050 Engineering Mechanics I 5.33 Advanced Chemical Experimentation and Instrumentation 6.092 Introduction to Software Engineering in Java 7.343 The Radical Consequences of Respiration: Reactive Oxygen Species in Aging and Disease 9.15 Biochemistry and Pharmacology of Synaptic Transmission 11.942 Regional Energy-Environmental Economic Modeling 12.090 Special Topics: An Introduction to Fluid Motions, Sediment Transport, and Current-generated Sedimentary Structures 12.091 Basics of Impact Cratering Geological, Geophysical, Geochemical, Environmental Studies of Some Impact Craters of the Earth 12.425 Extrasolar Planets: Physics and Detection Techniques 12.810 Dynamics of the Atmosphere 14.384 Time Series Analysis 18.02 Multivariable Calculus 18.098 Street-Fighting Mathematics 18.310C Principles of Applied Mathematics 20.450 Molecular and Cellular Pathophysiology: DNA Repair 21H.206 American Consumer Culture ESD.04J Frameworks and Models in Engineering Systems / Engineering System Design SP.691 Studies in Women's Life Narratives: Interrogating Marriage: Case Studies in American Law and Culture See all courses Subscribe to the RSS Highlights for High School Summer is proving to be a busy time for the Highlights for High School team! We will be collecting and adding new content to the website over the coming months. We have lots of exciting new courses to add, including almost a dozen from the Educational Studies Program, courses taught by MIT students especially for high school students. Topics include probability, modern physics, and cognitive neuroscience to name just a few. We are also looking forward to capturing the summer outreach program run by the Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research at MIT. We encourage you to check back later in the summer to see whats new! In the meantime, we know many of you are probably out of school for the summer and have extra time on your hands, so we recommend checking out the fun Competitions section on the Highlights site. See materials from several MIT competitions including Robotic Programming and Design and Manufacturing. Visit Highlights for High School OCW Resources Translated Courses Through the generosity of OCW Translation Affiliates, more than 650 OCW courses are available in languages such as Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, and Thai. These translations help advance education in non-English-speaking parts of the world. Learn more about translations Views from Visitors The lectures are actually fun watching. (I've even seen most of them twice!) These lectures gave me a deeper understanding of the subject, and I'm pretty sure that if it wasn't for these OCW lectures, I would not have received my A in my local algorithms course. - Oystein, Norway Read more Tell us what you think of OCW at [EMAIL PROTECTED] We've just concluded our Spring fundraising drive and the response from our site visitors demonstrates the important role donations will play in OpenCourseWare's future. It's still not too late to show support with your donation. OCW is grateful for the support of: Become an OCW sponsor
[Assam] Assam CM hails ULFA decision
http://www.thehindu.com/2008/06/26/stories/2008062650240100.htm Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ __ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] India beats UK in number of science PhDs
what also matters is how many people cite your research papers - I posted one such info earlier . India lag behind UK/USA a lot in that regard. How many people value your research. Umesh Pradip Kumar Datta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: India beats UK in number of science PhDs BANGALORE: India may have a long way to go before becoming a global powerhouse in science but there¢s some reason to celebrate. India has pipped the UK, a biotech power, and left far behind electronics giants South Korea and Taiwan in the number of science doctorates it ...more http://studyinindia100.blogspot.com/2008/06/india-beats-uk-in-number-of-science.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Harvard MBA Newsletter: Seven Tips for Managing Price Increases
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[Assam] penguins and bike rides : Funny cultural shocks to host country folks
Hi, After last night's reaction from roommates (2 from Indian metros, one American who has lived/worked for pay for 5 months on Antartica, a Russian -Moldovian) regarding my riding bicycle on Freeway Route 66 and then onto Route 495 (which is like a Ring Road) and then been stopped by a cop(police car - without outer appearance) while I was trying to get back onto safer roads- they declared it was insane to try to do that. The American accepted my version that in India it is common to ride bicycle on the highways (even bullock/camel carts) and that even in Delhi I have traveled the ring road's 40 miles (60 kms) at night on a bicycle in college days. Ofcourse, I had not mentioned that in 2002 (a precursor to my planning t o com e to the US ) i had cycled for 12 hours -starting on a moonless night on the national highway - total 100 miles . The Russian then chimed in about how cold it is in Russia. Some Russians went to India (which is much warmer) in winter time. The Indians were astounded and called them crazy when these guys went into the open air pool for a swim (when Indians were chattering in their jackets. It was quite warm for the Russians:-) The American guy who speaks Russian and works for a non-profit , I found, had worked in Antartika for 5 months - he got the job since he knew Russian and had a friend there who referred him. There are 1200 people on that base. Russians are there too. US govt gives a medal to all those who serve in Antartica - he got one too. I learnt that discoverer on SOuth Pole - Amundsen was able to win against Scott (my father's favorite story about planning ahead) becos he understood local conditions better - ate penguins and used dogs. Scott (of UK) used horses who died on the first day - his dogs were not used much- he did not eat penguins. moral of the story: if in Antartica then eat penguins?? Umesh PS: Driving in US is so boring, so many rules! Funny that even Delhi guys find US roads dangerous - I would have thought the other way round Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] 20 pc of IT workforce in Bangalore from NE India
thats great news. Maybe in future that can help get IT projects in NE India as well. But is it really true? *** 20 pc of IT workforce in Blore from NE Newmai News Network Assam Times KOHIMA, June 18 Union Minister for DoNER Mani Shankar Aiyer said here on Monday that the people of the North East now do not feel alienated and neglected as the region is now integrated with the mainland India.Speaking at the 23rd annual convention of Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth (SPIC MACAY) inaugural programme here, the Union Minister said that though there could have been some sort of gap but that thing had become a matter of the past.Aiyer also said that some 20 per cent of the workforce in Bangalores IT sector is from the North East. He said this to prove his point that the region is fast integrating of late with the mainland.The Union Minister also spoke of his move promoting the North East by way of focussing on leave travel concession of the Central Government employees to visit the North East. Pradip Kumar Datta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: â20 pc of IT workforce in Bâlore from NEâ Newmai News Network Assam Times KOHIMA, June 18 â Union Minister for DoNER Mani Shankar Aiyer said here on Monday that the people of the North East now do not feel alienated and neglected as the region is.more http://newsonnortheast.blogspot.com/ ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] CNN: Godess becomes girl
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/conditions/06/19/eight.limbed.girl/index.html?eref=rss_topstories Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Rhino Jungle Adventures -an Assamese enterprise from Bangalore
http://rjadventures.org Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Anil Ambani, Spielberg close to deal- here we come Hollywood !!!!!
so what! So is Dubai ( I believe I read it in Businessweek). Umesh Ram Dhar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.rediff.com/money/2008/jun/18anil.htm this is BIG ! Anil Ambani group will bankroll Spielberg's DreamWorks SKG. The ADA group announced a slew of projects at the Cannes film festival last month, including movie ventures with the likes of Tom Hanks, Brad Pitt, Jim Carrey and George Clooney. It is expected to invest about $1 billion in its foray into Hollywood. _ Need to know now? Get instant answers with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_messenger_062008 ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Look What I Found!
Given the fact that the troublemakers are not going to go away, They shoul be nabbed. Some time back I think there was a report showing the Assam police is the most corrupt in India , so I would not set standards based on their wisdom. Umesh uttam borthakur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The ISI would foment trouble in India and the RAW would do the same in Pakistan. This is the game played by the States and is a part of the statecraft. What I find revolting is: the sight of the corpses of the Biharis ( some of them assimilated into the Oxomiya society and so the term is inapplicable) gunned down by ULFA cadres ( Madhrurya Gohain's name pops up here) and also the sight of Madhurya Gohain's corpse that lay like a slaughtered animal in the TV pictures. These are entirely unnecessary. We should not go out to see for whom the bell tolls, for it tolls for all of us. The politicians in question are neither less nor more than their do-alikes in any part of the world, be it Assam, be it India, be it the US. It is a big farce. Uttam Kumar Borthakur --- On Tue, 17/6/08, Chan Mahanta wrote: From: Chan Mahanta Subject: [Assam] Look What I Found! To: assam@assamnet.org Date: Tuesday, 17 June, 2008, 6:53 PM Have been browsing the Assam papers. And the following was the leading story in the Sentinel yesterday. After a spate of ISI sightings and 'ISI nabbings' in Assam, duly reported for our benefit by a variety of netters, including journalists, I asked a question of one of these journalists sometimes back what happens to these suspected ISI elements and what crimes they are charged with. The report below finally gives us a clue. What I am curious about is the consternation of leading citizens reported. If I had to go by what I read it means: The 'suspected ISI agents ' are guilty, but were set free by the courts because the police and the state govt du-jour are inept and could not prove their case. I say du-jour ( of the day), because one of the complainers used to rule Assam for quite a number of years. It raises some questions in my mind: A: If the concerned pillars-of-society are correct about the guilt of the 'suspected ISI agents', what do they know that the police did not? Should they have raised their voices and come out to testify ? Or at the very least tell the police what they knew. Was it not their patriotic duty? B: What is the crime associated with being a 'suspected ISI agent'? Is there some Indian law that prohibits someone from being an ISI agent, self-styled or so labeled by pillars-of-society or by anyone who is not an ISI agent? It really boggles the mind. C: Is police ineptitude something new, that they have been unaware of? If I am not mistaken, the complainers include an ex-CM, an ex-Chief Secy and an ex-Police Chief . Wouldn't people want to know what measures they took to improve the quality of policing? Finally, I am of course relieved to notice that there have not been much IS sightings reported to assamnet in recent months. Perhaps they have all been 'nabbed' and Assam's scourge has been finally eradicated. Or just re-habbed and released after years of detention, raising the pillars-of-society's hackles. What do netters think? cm *** Government's role on release of suspected ISI agents severely criticized By our Staff Reporter GUWAHATI, June 14: Former Asom Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, former Asom Chief Secretary JP Rajkhowa and former DGP HK Deka today expressed serious concern over the release of as many as ten suspected ISI agents by the court for the failure of the Assam Police to prove charges against them. They termed it as a total failure of the Government and a serious threat to the internal security of the country. Mahanta even said the incident has once again proved Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's soft stand towards the ISI and Islamic fundamentalists. However, the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) preferred not to air any comment on the issue now. Talking to The Sentinel, Mahanta said: It was due to the bold stand taken by the then AGP Government that police could arrest as many as ten ISI agents on the basis of strong ground, but those ISI agents have been set free due to negligence on the part of the Tarun Gogoi-led Government. Either the police didn't investigate the case deeply or the prosecutor was not given the required briefing by the State Government or the State Government took a soft stand in the case. Whatever may be the case, it has proved once again that Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is soft towards the ISI and fundamentalists. This is undoubtedly a serious threat to the internal security of the country. It may be mentioned here that the 10 suspected ISI agents had been arrested during the tenure of Prafulla Kumar Mahanta as Chief Minister of the State. Blaming it on the
Re: [Assam] Father's day subtle letter
He He Manoj-da, Thats a good one. Reminds me of my college days, but my father hardly ever replied like this - he treated me like an equal - even in financial decisions. Umesh Manoj Das [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *Letters between son and dad* Dear Dad, $chool i$ really great. I am making lot$ of friend$ and $tudying very hard. With all my $tuff, I $imply can't think of anything I need, $o if you would like, you can ju$t $end me a card, a$ I would love to hear from you. Love, Your $on *The Reply:* Dear Son, I kNOw that astroNOmy, ecoNOmics, and oceaNOgraphy are eNOugh to keep even an hoNOr student busy. Do NOt forget that the pursuit of kNOwledge is a NOble task, and you can never study eNOugh. Dad ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Another View of Things/Who Pays the Price for India's Corporate Welfare?
which country in the world doesn't have such a nexus? what has that got to do with the people who pay hard earned money to buy flats/partments in these building complexes. How are they bad-as the NY Times article suggested? Umesh uttam borthakur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear all, http://www.covert.co.in/sharad.htm This will also shed some lights about real estate, politician, state nexus in India Uttam Kumar Borthakur - Meet people who discuss and share your passions. Join them now. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Obama : Anti-Immigrants ? Should go back home in a box?
Hi, Since many of us seem to be Obama fans amongst us or atleast Democrats (those in the USA - NRAs) and are always criticing Iraq War etc and blaming Bush, I have a question. The question is not mine. Actually, it is from a couple of students of mine , who are now in the US. During our dinner conversation at their first Indian (NRA) the students started discussing politics, one worried that if Obama wins the election then he would stop all H1B work visas which they aim for and I am on right now. They seemed to have followed tha race pretty closely. I do not access to TV. However, yesterday I was at McDonalds sipping by iced coffee waiting for my job to start and then came Obama on CNN tv channel. Saying all sorts of stuff about healthcare, tax and what not, blaming the Bush govt for giving millions to corporations etc. Along came an old guy (perhaps from an assisted living housing nearby), might be eighty, shaking and walking. He just looked at Obama on the TV and said, He should be put in a box and sent home. Then the gentleman looked at me for approval and and nodded along. Again he looked up at the tv at ceiling level and repeated , raised in hand , pointing with his fingers as if taking aim. And said , shoom!! blew him away. I merely smiled and wondered if realized that Obama couldn't be sent home (I could). Obama was born the USA. any comments? umesh Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Fw: Letter to the Editor.
Punjabi schools and Korean schools exist to teach Punjabi American and Korean American kids their mother tongue. So why not Assamese language classes? However, extremes can be bad - like Spanish being the only language spoken in many Mexican American families- to the detriment of English. Umesh Rajen Ajanta Barua [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear KJD Thanks for the intellectual and timely article on Oxomiya Bhaxa (Assamese Language) published in the Sentinel. This is an important and sensitive subject and you have touched some truths. However I find that overall, the article has given a rather one sided and distorted view of the Assamese in America, and people in Assam might get the impression that we Assamese in America donot speak Assamese at all. It is basically to correct this view, that I have decided to comment on your article. First I am glad that you are addressing the 'Assamese language in America' and not 'Assamese language in Assam'. These are two separate issues. Writing about the 'demise of Assamese language in America', you are hitting on the bull's eye and on a real problem. The same is however not true for the Assamese language in general as many of us like to imagine. The Assamese language in general will flow as long as the river luit will flow. As you have pointed out like many other languages, the 'Assamese language in America' will eventually die out. If any one does the numerical analysis, this is inevitable, and frankly speaking there is no point in being emotional or critical about it. The Tie Ahoms lost their mother tongue in Assam the same way. The issue of inevitability is however not reflected your article. Rather you are showing as if it is a news for all of us and especially to the Assamese people back home. That being said, let us not bring death to the 'Assamese language in America' prematurely. The fact is the Assamese language in America is not dead yet. You wrote most of the Asomiyas, belonging to the in-between generation, if not all, do not speak their mother tongue at all. I am sure most Assamese in America would not agree with you. In fact, we still have most Assamese converse in Assamese when we meet together in Assamese parties and we have many Assamese children who speak fluent Assamese. Not only that, we have writers and poets in the country who writes in Assamese. Thus your statement, The Asomiya language in the USA has already been put to sleep by the Asomiyas themselves, is a bit exaggeration, highly controversial and frankly speaking not true. Leaving aside the above exaggeration, let us see the reasons cited by you for the eventual demise of the Assamese language in America. You wrote, It is too facile of an argument, often made by the expatriate Asomiyas, that teaching children their native language interferes with the English language development. Frankly speaking, I find this absolutely a wrong assumption. I donot think there are any such unfortunate and ignorant Assamese in America (or elsewhere) who sincerely believe the above outdated theory and that is why they donot teach Assamese to their children. The actual reason why the parents donot teach Assamese to their children is plain and simple. We are too laid back, hobo diok and lazy. At the same time, there are many parents, like us, who speak to their children in Assamese. Now formal teaching of Assamese is a different matter altogether which must have to be a community effort. As communities we are small everywhere and where we can, frankly speaking we are lazy and take our usual 'hoobo diok' attitude. It is not because we Assamese donot have pride in our culture and language, as we have said. On the other hand, I think we (the NRI Assamese) have too much pride in the Assamese language and culture. That is why we celebrate Bihu almost everywhere in the globe now a days. That is why we meet annually in two places at the same fourth of July every years in America. Coming to your concluding remark on teaching Assamese, One would fall off the chair to learn that the entire affair is conducted in English! I am at a loss to understand as to how on earth one can pass one's culture and heritage on to their progeny by merely holding Bihu function once in a year without impressing upon their children the importance of learning their own language which is the essence of any culture. On this I am with you. I agree that it seems a bit hypocritical for the Assamese in Houston to debate in English during the Bihu about the 'demise of the Assamese language in Assam'. I think it is not only hypocritical bu rather wastage of time. I would have rather spent the time teaching Assamese to our children, which in fact I had suggested strongly. Overall I think your article will play very well in Assam where people are ready to judge the NRIs on wrong assumptions like we the NRIs like to judge Assam often time on wrong
Re: [Assam] Hamilton Court
so you don't care about your neighborhood :-) Umesh Mridul Bhuyan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well Dear Umesh, I am staying in Gurgaon for the last 5 yrs. Regarding your query about doing something for the displaced people, my focus is towards doing something for the people of Assam as of now.:) Rgds Mridul --- On Tue, 6/10/08, umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Assam] Hamilton Court To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world assam@assamnet.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, June 10, 2008, 9:34 PM The govt should provide for the people. Thats what the govt is for. If private individuals or corporations take it up on their own - then is it back to the good ol' days of East India Company running India? Is that what we Indians want? That make it the job of the corporations to run the country's infrastructure. We citizens want to avoid all duties and only talk about rights. Mridul-da what are your plans to do something for these displaced people - I ask since you stay in Delhi ( I presume). Umesh uttam borthakur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (Mridul, I find in your matter of fact attitude a fresh whiff of air:-) I was inquring about you.) The following is directed to all our friends here:- ? Are the land deals of the real estate business aboveborad? In India, some governments are taking over land from small landowners for pittance called compensation on the plea of developing SEZs. Then, such SEZs do not come up. When the dispossessed demand the land back, they are not returned their land and instead those are handed over to real estate business for considerations other than those that are reflected. VP Singh too raised the question of allottment of land to the Ambanis at lopsidedly low prices near Delhi in a TV program recently. This is what is called 'private enterprise' in India and of course in Russia or any other countries where suave economic extractions give way to the extra-economic ones that may include intimidation, threat, murder etc (A recent Delhi killing of an encounter specialist is a pointer). It seems Balzac is still not irrelevant about crime behind great fortunes. You can be comfortable with honest money, but not that rich anyday, apologists notwithstanding. Mridul Bhuyan wrote: Yes, they (DLF, UNITECH etc.) are doing some work but those are not proportional to the money they are making. Further, in almost 50% areas, major constructions are going on and the migrating labour poulation along with others are putting a heavy burden on the limited infrastructure. So, the population growth out numbers the facility requirement. Even I know of many NGOs, many individuals, who are also contributing for providing better life education to the poor. If the Govt. make some social obligations (school, roads, health care for the migrant labour population working under these companies) mandatory for these companies while granting permissions to their ventures, the situation will definitely improve. Rgds Mridul Bhuyan --- On Tue, 6/10/08, DilipDil Deka wrote: From: DilipDil Deka Subject: [Assam] Hamilton Court To: ASSAMNET Date: Tuesday, June 10, 2008, 11:05 AM I did a little checking on Hamilton Court and its developer DLF Properties. If what they claim they are doing for corporate responsibility, they are on the right track and there should be more of them. Can we believe what we see on their website? May be someone from Delhi can tell us. Visit http://www.dlf.in/wps/portal/DLFCity?jspName=investors/corporate_social_responsibility.jsp There should be no shame in their making money from the high income earners, if they also donate part of it to the community around them. Dilip Deka ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org Uttam Kumar Borthakur - Share files, take polls, and make new friends - all under one roof. Click here. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Hamilton Court
Dilip-da, This is from the website u mentioned. KP SIngh of DLF is worth $30 billion as per Forbes - a retired military officer, who joined his in-laws company Delhi Leasing Finance. ***DLF labour hutment While all the big developers focus only on providing world-class facilities to their buyers DLF carried its social responsibility initiatives to the construction work sites in Gurgaon once it started construction of the DLF Township. At DLF it was felt that even though there had been tremendous improvement in construction technology and quality it was distressing to note that the people who actually make all the glitzy buildings were a neglected lot and often required to do so in inhuman conditions. The sight of construction workers and their children living in jhuggies without even the basic facilities at most of the construction sites is not uncommon. At DLF it was their constant endeavor to improve the living conditions of their construction workers by providing them all the basic necessities at the site itself by efficient and effective space management. DLF seized the initiative in this respect and became a pioneer in providing all necessary facilities to its construction workers on site when it tied up with Laing O Rourke for construction projects. Umesh Dilipamp;Dil Deka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I did a little checking on Hamilton Court and its developer DLF Properties. If what they claim they are doing for corporate responsibility, they are on the right track and there should be more of them. Can we believe what we see on their website? May be someone from Delhi can tell us. Visit http://www.dlf.in/wps/portal/DLFCity?jspName=investors/corporate_social_responsibility.jsp There should be no shame in their making money from the high income earners, if they also donate part of it to the community around them. Dilip Deka ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Another View of Things/Who Pays the Price for India's Corporate Welfare?
venture with the Indian firm Mahindra in 1999. The Indian states of Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu competed with each other to bring the factory to their state. The contract was eventually awarded to Tamil Nadu. The benefits for Ford included the exemption of sales tax on all locally-produced autos for the first 14 years. The state also offered land at no cost and subsidized electricity for four years. Then came a guaranteed water supply and the promise to build a purification plant. By an estimated production of 50,000 autos during the 14-year tax-free period, the additional profit for Ford (and the loss of tax revenues for the state) comes to a hefty US $378 million. The factory creates about 900 workplaces, which means that each of these positions costs the the state of Tamil Nadu US $420,000. This example shows that the combined measures from India's Corporate Welfare program create only a few jobs, at an absurd price. If, on the other hand, the state had higher tax revenues, it could itself create jobs, for example in the rural economy. Seventy percent of the Indian population earns its livelihood in agriculture, and eighty-one percent of those live in poverty (with less than US $2 per day). Instead of building streets and public utilities for the wealthiest transnational corporations, slums could be redeveloped and basic services could be assured for the poorest. A report by the McKinsey Global Institute came to the conclusion that the investment decision of corporations usually was not dependent upon these benefits. Especially in booming markets like India, corporations want to be present in any case, but are nonetheless happy to take advantage of the benefits that are offered to them. India's elites are not completely innocent: The success of having attracted a prestigious foreign corporation to one's own state is a great way to show off. It is India's poor who pay the price. Koni Kuhn, Andreas Missbach +41 (0)79 478 91 94 Sources: * Indian Attraction, Profitable multinationals as subsidy junkies - A study of incentives for foreign investment in India, FinnWatch, November 2005. www.finnwatch.org McKinsey Global Institute www.mckinsey.com/mgi/ ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Another View of Things/Who Pays the Price for India's Corporate Welfare?
Dilip-da, Staying in Delhi area - esp Gurgaon is not much different from staying in any place which has a very vibrant civil society. I read such articles in Times of India etc when I was in Delhi 1990-1996 , but I recall they were about Delhi farmlands - where some wise enough farmers did not buy brand new Mercedes cars (which were as rare in India as are Rolls Royce cars in the USA now) and invested in something more useful. Gurgaon is very much part of India's prime land and the landowners are not meek mice - ignorant and oppressed - but mostly Jats - the aggressive warrior/farmer clan who shake Delhi. New Gurgaon has been in around for over 15 years now. http://www.gurgaonscoop.com/story/2007/12/18/23320/596 you might find it useful though. The ones I read were before internet websites existed for these newpapers (TOI etc). TOI website came about I think in 1998. Umesh Dilipamp;Dil Deka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Umesh, Do you know first hand that the land owners actually sold or were compensated for the land by the real estate developers? The critics always say that the land owners get evicted and end up on the street. Is the truth somewhere in between? Dilipda - Original Message From: umesh sharma To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 11:08:57 AM Subject: Re: [Assam] Another View of Things/Who Pays the Price for India's Corporate Welfare? It is similar to the question , Who pays the price when all consumer goods in the US are MADE IN CHINA? Or Who pays the price when all software work is outsourced? I have to assume that it is from the same group of people such a squestion has emerged. Somebody somewhere has to pay the price. Since you do not seem to know much about how the new mini cities have come about -- let me refresh your memories that the farmers who sold their lands to these developers overnight became rich. Many bought new Mercedes cars etc. Many frittered away their wealth on trinkets . Umesh Chan Mahanta wrote: This is a story related to the issues involved in the NY Times article about the Good Life in Gurgaon. And it touches on some of the points raised by Uttam, and how it impacts the PUBLIC GOOD. http://www.evb.ch/en/p25010663.html Note: A report by the McKinsey Global Institute came to the conclusion that the investment decision of corporations usually was not dependent upon these benefits. Especially in booming markets like India, corporations want to be present in any case, but are nonetheless happy to take advantage of the benefits that are offered to them. India's elites are not completely innocent: The success of having attracted a prestigious foreign corporation to one's own state is a great way to show off. It is India's poor who pay the price. cm *** Who Pays the Price for India's Corporate Welfare? (28.01.06) Two reasons are given for India's economic attractiveness: well-educated, inexpensive high-tech workers and a booming internal market. But there is a third, more important motive that attracts investors: the abundance of incentives and sweetners offered by the Indian government to foreign corporations. Incredibly India: The Biggest Democracy for Global Investors: With this slogan, omnipresent in Davos, India takes a jab at China and at the same time makes clear: India is rolling out the red carpet for foreign investors. The enticements include tax breaks, tariff relief and inexpensive building sites already outfitted with the necessary infrastructure. Exemptions are also made to the applicable environmental and labor legislation. Since the individual Indian states are competing for investments, firms can combine individual and state benefits. And for large projects there are not only the standard incentives, but also tailor-made contracts and incentive packets, whose details remain secret. The most extensive enticements are granted in the special economic zones, which are under the direct authority of the central government's Trade and Industry Ministry. Eleven such regions already exist, and a further 42 have been approved. The Trade Minister manages these zones himself; his colleagues in the Departments of Environment and Finance have no say. Former finance minister Jaswant Singh has complained, in vain, about the loss of tax authority over these zones. Exemptions Without Rules Labor laws find only a rudimentary application in the special economic zones. All firms are treated as public utilities, which means that workers may not strike. A toy factory has the same status as state-operated water and electricity utilities. Normal working hours and overtime as well as wages do not need to be made public, and there are no regular inspections for compliance with safety and health standards. In addition
[Assam] Harvard MBA Newsletter: Can riches and charity make u happy? Monetizing IP--The Executive's Challenge
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Re: [Assam] NYTimes.com: Inside Gate, India's Good Life; Outside, the Servants' Slums
Gini Index (of inequality - higher score more inequality) shows that USA (40.8) is far more unequal than India (36.8) , Canada (32), China (46), Chile (56), Brazil (50), Sierra Leone (62.9) Namibia (74), Panama (56.1), Haiti (59.2), Argentina (51) http://earthtrends.wri.org/text/economics-business/variable-353.html I had searched for this index when I reached Canada in 2006 and saw people excited about Canada's supposed equality (just as much better than India's [4 points] than India is better than the USA) It seems looking thru colored lenses people, who are used to seeing the more unequal nations in Africa and South America and the Carribean, (in Hollywood movies like Blood Diamond [showing Sierra Leone] or Evita [about Argentinian First Lady]. I wonder the author does anything besides writing articles. I wonder if she has ever stayed in a slum . I have stayed in Gurgaon for sometime, even stayed in an Old Delhi area which might qualify for a slum. Some of us (in the US etc) might recall days without electricity when growing up in small towns in India. I recall an itinerary of a World Bank official on an official trip to India (about 2-3 weeks). In Mumbai he would (he is there already) stay in the grand Taj Mahal Hotel (Rs11,000 per night or $270) , in Delhi he would stay in Maurya Sheraton (Rs 9,500 per night or $190) , in Jaipur at Rajputana Sheraton (Rs5,000 or $125 at summer discount rate) etc etc -- why noone writes about these five star charity workers from Washington DC? Why do they need to stay in these five stars? Why cannot they stay with the poor in the slums? Umesh Rajen Ajanta Barua [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Slowly but surely, India's middle class is also growing in number due to free enterprise. My guess on the Indian population analysis is like this: 35% Below Poverty Line 30% Poor 20% Lower Middle Class 10% Upper Middle Class 4% Rich 1% Super Rich Sorry I did not know what was the topic, but should be based on above unless somebody criticise me and come up with a better analysis. Let us now talk positive. Barua - Original Message - From: DilipDil Deka To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 7:49 AM Subject: Re: [Assam] NYTimes.com: Inside Gate, India's Good Life;Outside, the Servants' Slums We all agree that there is a vast gap between the rich and the poor in India. Slowly but surely, India's middle class is also growing in number due to free enterprise. Before we criticize the likes of Gurgaon and IPL, we need to ask the question - are they funded from government revenue in which all Indian citizens have a claim? They may be opulent and in stark contrast with the surroundings. If they are totally funded with private capital and are self-sufficient, there is not a whole lot you can complain about their being. If the Gurgaon complex installs its own generators to get UPS, why should they be criticized? If the residents manicure their lawns with their own money, where is the problem? Should the residents of Gurgaon spend time and money in improving the lives of Shephali Das and her kids? MOST DEFINITELY. Most entrepreneurs in the western world do and it is a trait Indian entrepreneurs lack. THEY NEED TO WAKE UP before Maoists move closer to them and cause terrorism in the cities. Dilip Deka - Original Message From: Jyotirmoy Sharma To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world Sent: Monday, June 9, 2008 6:23:45 AM Subject: Re: [Assam] NYTimes.com: Inside Gate, India's Good Life; Outside, the Servants' Slums India's poverty is western media's obsession( whether good or bad is debatable ). In Aus, whenever there is anything shown on India, it will be mostly about slums, call centres, riots etc. There will never be any report on India's positives - be it the growing middle class, good progress in space technology etc. Maybe it is one way of telling the local population as to how priviledged they are. Coverage of local issues which make them look bad is sometimes relegated to the background. As an example of media bias, most of the IPL matches were shown live on free to air channels here. However, they cut the opening and closing ceremony. Maybe that would have raised the question, How could a poor country be capable of such pomp and flamboyance? JS On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 11:05 AM, Ram Sarangapani wrote: C'da thanks for the article, its a good article (though not an eye opener) and Umesh, you raise some good points. One is left wondering which is worse, a country that can possibily afford to eradicate poverty within its boundaries, or a country that flaunts its riches that it can ill afford to. :) --Ram On 6/8/08, umesh sharma wrote: In Washington DC and New York the contrast may not be so obvious
Re: [Assam] Not very healthy signs
social boycott or lynching reminds me of the Wild West Hollywood movies. Must be some opposition party behind it. However, I feel that ruling political party both at Center and State level are Congress Party of India, even then, their own minister has been arrested by their own police (CBI) - a sense of fairplay seems at work (even though it turn out to be eyewash- keep our fingers crosses - till date no politician has been convicted in India). Umesh uttam borthakur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: These may not be very healthy signals from those who call themselves democratic: 1. The call to socially ostracise Ripun Borah's family ( It is known as 'social boycot' in Assam since the eighties for sure) 2. The young ones of the mixed group trying to assert as a class (Chah Jonojati) asking some of the leaders of their 'ethnicity' to dissociate themselves from the Congress. 3. Demanding 'death penalty' to a person who has not been tried yet and whipping up a mass hysteria. 4. Deification of the CBI whose track record of not filing charge-sheets in cases where public glare have diminished is well documented, or its floundering ways where very bigwigs were involved ( Bofors, St. Kitts, Coffins for Kargil ...) 5. Calling for Bandhs (a negative call) adding to the woes of the people at large. Uttam Kumar Borthakur - Check out the all-new face of Yahoo! India. Click here. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Harvard MBA Newsletter: Can riches and charity make u happy? Monetizing IP--The Executive's Challenge
Uttam-da,
I remember reading a BBC article on Korean school education, which highlighted
that thru education South Korean economy has grown . In 1960s its economy was
as the same level as current (and then) Afghanistan. So they have had growth
over a few decades.
USA has been growing for nearly a hundred years or maybe two hundred years - or
maybe five hundred years - ever since the New World was discovered by
Columbus.
I do not see the connection with heritage buildings at univs. Taj Mahal does
draw in millions of tourist dollars to India, though.
Umesh
uttam borthakur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. Charity by way of spending money
for others begin with the basic assumption that the person concerned is
relatively speaking a 'have'. So, it applies to haves:-)
2. In South Korea, as a professor friend of mine told us a few days ago, they
demolish huge buildings in the short run, say 10 to 15 years, and build new
ones. In US, the capital cost being high, they do not do it so early. In the
educational campuses, heritage buildings bring fund from 'have' alumnies. So,
JM Keyenes is relatively less relevant in US than in South Korea:-)
What do you say, Umesh?
umesh sharma wrote:
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/5944.html
Spending (money) on Happiness.
How much happy can it make you?
Panchtantra the 2,000-3,000 year old book starts with a preface - money may not
buy you happiness but its absence is sure to bring along unpahhiness.
What is the golden mean of Welfare Economics (as proposed by John Maynard
Keynes {after Great Depression; Focus on the short term. In long term we are
all dead}, Amartya Sen {Education as freedom} and others) and crass capitalism?
Any comments?
Umesh
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Online forum OPEN for comment until June 26. According to Gerald and Lindsay
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Re: [Assam] NYTimes.com: Inside Gate, India's Good Life; Outside, the Servants' Slums
In Washington DC and New York the contrast may not be so obvious but Harlem is a US slum near the riches of Manhattan. People do beg in downtown DC. DC is the crime capital of the US. Does that make Bill Gates or Bill Clinton apologetic or for that matter Thomas Friedman or Al Gore who stay in multimillion dollar homes and buy carbon credits. Poverty is relative -unless someone is dying of hunger. For sickness look at PG county govt hospitals - 10 miles from White House which as per a local College Park resident ( I haven't been there) where patients sit in corridors for days without treatment. Umesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Good Life of Gurgaon INTERNATIONAL / ASIA PACIFIC | June 9, 2008 Inside Gate, India's Good Life; Outside, the Servants' Slums By SOMINI SENGUPTA Gated communities have emerged in India, giving its growing upper-middle-class giving Western amenities, along with maids and chauffeurs who live in nearby slums. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/09/world/asia/09gated.html?ex=1213588800en=223c319279fc0dfcei=5070emc=eta1 -- ABOUT THIS E-MAIL This e-mail was sent to you by a friend through NYTimes.com's E-mail This Article service. For general information about NYTimes.com, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] NYTimes.com 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2008 The New York Times Company ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Dr Harry Potter - Harvard doctorate to Rowling
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/06.12/99-rowling.html must be magic else who would believe that a writer of children's stories would be commencement speaker at Harvard and be awarded an honorary doctorate for her childish stories. I found A Series of Unfortunate Events (a few of them) and Great Expectations to be more inspiring , though. Umesh Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Harvard Graduation speeches :poem- Ganges (Ganga) sister of Mississippi
http://www.gse.harvard.edu/news_events/features/2008/06/5_convocation.php Lightfoot shared a poem by Jean Toomer in which she said she learned as a fifth grader the power and meaning of metaphor. The Mississippi, sister of the Ganges, Main artery of earth in the western world Is waiting to become In the spirit of America, a sacred river Whoever lifts up the Mississippi Lifts himself and all of America Whoever lifts himself Makes the great brown river smile On this wonderful penultimate day filled with sweet anticipation we celebrate the graduates in all their glory and urge you to get busy, Lightfoot said. Together, lets make the great brown river smile. Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Cash award for meritorious students (The Sentinel, 05.06.2008)
Thats a handsome sum of money (nearly $2,500) Umesh Buljit Buragohain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cash award for meritorious students From our Correspondent KOKRAJHAR, June 4: BTC chief Hagrama Mohilary has announced that the Bodo Peoples Front (BPF) led council will provide Rs 1 lakh each to all students who passed the HSLC examination sitting in top 20 and HS examination in top 10 in BTC area. He also said that the students who are getting admission in IIT will also be given Rs 1 lakh to encourage the students in the field of education. Mohilary said that as many as 11 Bodo Students have been selected for admission in IIT this year in different States. Terming this as a significant step for the society, he said that the council has been giving maximum importance on higher education. He also said that the present council has decided to constitute a Tea Tribes Development Committee by July and discussion with State Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has been made in this regard. Meanwhile, the Tribal Youth League is not satisfied with the idea of forming Tea Tribes Development Committee in BTC area saying that the move will invite extra burden in the region. On the other hand, the Minister of WPT BC and Agriculture Ms Pramila Rani Brahma gave Rs 1 lakh to Ms Kimi Basumatary, a student of class-VIII and daughter of late Swmbl Basumatary, former ABSU president who was assassinated by militant outfit in 1996. The Minister also gave a tractor to Mangal Narzary, father of 1st ABSU Martyr Sujit Narzary. BTC chief Hagrama Mohilary gave away the cheque of Rs 1 lakh and keys and papers of tractor to Kimi and Mangal respectively during celebration of completion of three-term tenure of BTC on Tuesday. (The Sentinel,05.06.2008) - Check out the all-new face of Yahoo! India. Click here. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] ET: IITians crowded out from US immigration lines
It seems that due to lots of non-IITians etc making a beeline for US education and jobs the elite ITians feel left out or do not follow the herd. Earlier, it seemed much easier perhaps - now wait lines - just apply for Green Card and you are the only one. In 2004 summer I met a retired www.berkeley.edu math professor in Aligarh UP, who mentioned nostaligically how he in 1961 had a cup of tea with the US Visa officer at the US embassy in Delhi, since he was the only one applying for a US visa - straight as a math professor at Berkeley - after teaching math at Aligarh Muslim Univ. He was a devout Hindu (I would say orthodox and Brahmin supremacist). He lamented that his grandson had to stand a long line to get a visa now - an IITian going for MS at MIT. Umesh http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/quickiearticleshow/msid-3098381.cms Such optimism for entrepreneurship bodes well for India because it shows that the supply of senior business leaders which can quickly become a constraint in a high-growth economy wont dry up, says Mr Aggarwal. And what will be the ramifications for the US? A three-part study by researchers at Duke University and University of California at Berkeley offers some interesting clues. The study showed that from 1995 to 05, 26% of all the US technology and engineering companies started by immigrants had Indian founders. Will the source of this entrepreneurship disappear? Not so soon. Standard of living isnt the only, or even the biggest, motivator for an undergraduate engineer in India planning a career. The lure of graduate education in the US is still very powerful. However, even here theres a problem. Thanks to a multiyear wait for permanent-residency status in the US, there is the potential for a reverse brain-drain of skilled workers, say the Duke-Berkeley researchers. US education and immigration policy makers must pay close attention to the changing destination of IIT graduates. The surplus that India will export will dwindle even as the US works harder to retain the talent that eventually comes its way. Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Fwd: Re: Los Angeles Times on Northeast India
He He Manoj-da, You have a counter-point at the ready!! Well, water can purify - I never said that filth can purify. In my sole visit to Kolkata (when I was in seventh class/grade ) to attend my Mama's (maternal uncle) marriage to a Bengali girl I went to Dakshineshwar and took a dip -- that dip put me off dipping for a long time. Ganga river collects all the filth all along the way (from its origin at Gaumukh glacier which I visited 7-8 years later) and dumps it at Kolkata -- so saw some hardened human excreta (yucks!!!) floating by my head when I came up after my lone dip there. That put me off Kolkata as well :-) Gaumukh of the Gangotri glacier has too fast water for any dip - but around Hrishikesh I am told water is clean and not too fast . At Hrishikesh the river comes out of Himalayas and into the Gangetic plains. Umesh Manoj Das [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rivers do...but if you look at the pollution of Yamuna and Ganga and the horrible sight of filth and sewage pouring into the river at Dasaaswamedhghat at Venaras, one has to be really diehard religious to consider that the water of Ganges that looks almost like crude petroleum can wash sins anymoreIts appalling... On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 12:20 PM, umesh sharma wrote: interesting. I knew of Parshuram's matricide - the great Brahmin killing his mother and all Kshatriyas (warrior caste) - his birthday is celebrated with great pomp and show in North India by his caste members. Also I was reminded of my 1992 visit to Gomukh glacier alongwith with boys and girls of my college and three professors, including Dr Seema Parihar , who was at the India's premeir geography collehe dept (at my college Kirormal Mal College, Delhi) . Gaumukh glacier as you might recall is where Mother Ganges (Ganga Ma) originates. With or without the creationist stories - still popular in some US biology school textbooks also - rivers are lifeline of humanity. Human civilizations started on riversides. Rivers purify - inside and outside - don't they? Umesh Manoj Das wrote: Well the story goes like this..!! Once Brahma was enamored by the beauty of the wife of a great sage (Can't recall her name off hand). She however gave cold shoulder to Brahmaji's advances as she was devoted and opposed to any EMI. In the lusty moment however '*Brahma Beej (sperms)*' fell on the location. The great sage knowing all through his spiritual television, gave kudos to wife for the fidelity, being no match to Brahma ignored his momentary lapse and transferred the 'beej' into a depression in the Himalayas near the Kundil river. The 'Beej' grew and grew and became a huge lake -'Sarovar', and came to be known as Brahmaputra and became a seat of great public super sin cleaner (*tirtha)* over time, 'brahma kund'. In another scene. Renuka, the wife of the great but short tempered Rishi, Jamadagni once went to fetch a pail of water. On the river bank she saw two 'yakshs' (you can say demi gods) in compromising position and in the act. She forgot her duty and watched the full show. Jamadagni saw all these in CCTV and grew wild. He ordered his 6 sons to behead his wife. All but Parsuram (PR), the youngest and ambitious son , who later became nemesis of all '*khastriya'*s (warrior class) obeyed his father and slashed his mom's head with an axe. Having committed 'matricide'- one of the greatest sins, the axe got super glued to his hands. Jamadagni soon rued loss of his wife and devised an escape route. He granted PR a boon. PR asked for mom's revival. However his condition remained same. Poor fellow was in pitiable condition with both his hands stuck to the axe. Jamadagni couldnot help much and advised him to do a hit and trial by visiting all tirthas of that time. PR visited all the tirthas in the cow belt, with zero result. Ultimately he reached the 'brahma kund' on the easrern Himalayas. By then he lost all hope and probably thought of amputing his hands. Tired and frustrated, PR dipped his hands into the holy waters of Brahma Kund as the last try. ASA he lifted his hands, lo and behold! his sins were erased and the axe came unglued. A grateful and obliged Parsuram now thought for greater good and breached one bank of the 'Brahma Kund. Thus Brahmaputra which is known as 'Luit' there started to flow westward to wash the sins of millions of people over millenniums. Brahma saw to it that no other male river would ever be born, and granted his son to reign over the harem full of all other rivers. Interesting na? On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 10:35 AM, umesh sharma wrote: Ram-da, I was guessing the same but the concept seemed unique :-) Brahma-putra - the Son of God ( Brahma = the One and only God, Putra = Son) Umesh Ram Sarangapani wrote: Umesh, That would be Brahmaputra or Brahma's son.Supposedly, the only male river in India, all the rest are feminine. I am
Re: [Assam] [Posoowa] Posoowa - May 2008 (Vol. 35, Issue 7) issue has been published
The new issue is here. Wonderful pics. I was again reminded of my this Saturday evening dinner visit to Satyen-da's house with my students from Jaipur School. It was the students' (sister -brother twins) first visit to an Indian family's home in the US (in the past 8 months they have been here). To say the least it was a memorable occasion. Satyen-da not only has been the first member of the North American Assamese community I met but also the key figure in DC area Assamese community. He chaired the recent Bihu celebrations in DC ( pics in the last newsletter) as many others before that. My students' also felt instantly at home!! what more can one ask? Umesh Posoowa Magazine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shroddhyeo Raiz, The May 2008 issue of Posoowa - Non-Resident Assamese Magazine has been published. The PDF edition can be read/downloaded from - http://www.posoowa.org/download/posoowa-may2008.pdf The HTML version is available at www.posoowa.org. Many thanks to the contributors from around the world. We appreciate your valuable comments, suggestions and sponsorship/advertisement. With regards, Posoowa Editorial Team P.S. Old issues are also available at this URL: www.posoowa.org ___ Posoowa mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/posoowa_assamnet.org Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Fwd: Re: Los Angeles Times on Northeast India
. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org -- Manoj Kumar Das C 172 GF, Sarvodaya Enclave New Delhi 17 India 0091 9312650558 (HP) 9910972654 ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Fwd: Re: Los Angeles Times on Northeast India
Ram-da, I was guessing the same but the concept seemed unique :-) Brahma-putra - the Son of God ( Brahma = the One and only God, Putra = Son) Umesh Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Umesh, That would be Brahmaputra or Brahma's son.Supposedly, the only male river in India, all the rest are feminine. I am not sure about a river like Ravi in the Punjab - sounds like a male name. --Ram da On 6/2/08, Manoj Das wrote: hi Umesh This male river in question is our 'bor luit'- Only male river in the world..mythologically though..:) On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 9:32 AM, umesh sharma wrote: what is this male river any misprints? :-) Umesh Manoj Das wrote: I was thinking this all along! When I shared this news with a Japanese thinker from ADB, he was stunned.. There are many players in this. Number one is Bangladesh, which is constantly frustrating India's efforts to get transit through the male river. Secondly a grand politics of undermining Assam's destined position as the land bridge between giant Asian land and economic masses. mkd On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 9:33 AM, DilipDil Deka wrote: Forwarding. DilipDil Deka wrote: Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 20:58:13 -0700 (PDT) From: DilipDil Deka Subject: Re: [Assam] Los Angeles Times on Northeast India To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Sanjib, You said, But are they producing or is it only assembling products. I don't know the answer. Even Assembling products is better than not doing anything. Mexico is making a lot of money assembling products for USA. Assembling products eventually leads to local production if the local entrepreneurs mean to take part in the process. Car battery industry is a good example. As I understand, back in seventies batteries were assembled in Assam. I heard that most of the parts are now made in Assam. Is it true? Dilipda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Dilipda and Mahanta, Good hearing from you. I am skeptical, as Mahanta has noted. But not because a lot new is not taking place -- but because things that are crucial for a breakthrough are not happenning. There is a much more affluent India, and many in Delhi are genuinely committed to doing more. So if earlier we talked about 100 crores, now the language is of 1000 crores. But is money enough? Domestic policy and foreign policy cannot be separated when it comes to Northeast India. Our relations with China may be improving in many ways, but not when it comes to Arunchal Pradesh. Only last summer China has begun referring to AP as China's Southern Tibet. So long as the Burmese military regime is there, huge amount of foreign funds are not going to move in to build infrastructure in Burma. Indian money or Chinese money can do a little bit of this and that, but not the funds that could be mobilized for Northeast india to benefit from India's Look East policy. No matter how much we shout about Bangladesh's animosity, the burden of normal relations is on the bigger neighbour as in all such cases of a country that is far more resourceful than the aggreived smaller neighbor. We may be landocked by India, said a Bangladeshi foreign minister, but Northeast india is landlocked by us. So the military man's vision of the Look East policy -- linking up with the Burmese or the Bangaldeshi army to get support for their anti-insurgency operations--is a very poor substitute to the huge leap of resources -- material as well as intellectual -- that is needed for the task. At the same time I am willing to say that we do not know the implications of some of the huge amount of money that is being spent. There are about 15 daily flights from Delhi to Guwahati -- more than any other comparable city. There is much more energetic road-building (and the massive disappearance of trees and of the familiar surroundings around the trunk road) etc etc. I know the planes carry many businessmen taking advantage of the tax benefits of investing in the region. But are they producing or is it only assembling products. I don't know the answer. But we surely need a new language to talk about the region -- certainty neglect is not what is happenning any more. Hope all is well. With warm regards, Sanjib Quoting Chan Mahanta : Thanks for sharing the article Baruah. But I share your skepticism. We have heard these for decades on end now. The politicians attempt to take credit for imaginary achievements and establishment spokespersons paint rosy scenarios, in the air. But what has the reality been? m At 8:33 PM -0400 5/30/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-india29-2008may29,0,6712115.story From the Los Angeles Times Northeast India is poised
Re: [Assam] Tea companies prefer Kolkata auction to Guwahati centre - The Hindu
Ram-da, Why would lack of a wet port be a disadvantage for Assam - after all the tea is produced in the hills etc and transported outside anyway - without wet port. Law and order might be bit of a problem - but honey will always attract the bees. where is the honey? Umesh Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And I always thought this matter was settled, and tea was being auctioned at Guwahati, and the GTAC was operating in full swing. Highlights mine. --Ram __ Tea companies prefer Kolkata auction to Guwahati centre Guwahati (PTI): Major tea companies operating in Assam are reluctant to sell their produce through Guwahati Tea Auction Centre (GTAC) though Assam government had recently announced that it would be mandatory for all companies to route their sale through the auction centre here. A report prepared by consultancy firm Trenton Consultants has pointed out that *around 82 per cent of tea sold at the Kolkata Tea Auction Centre is produced in Assam and this has raised the hackles of the state government. * The tea industry is, however, *reluctant to reverse the trend as there are certain distinct advantages in Kolkata. * *Companies will send tea to where they get good buyers irrespective of the place as this is business and they want to get the best price for their produce, says Secretary of Assam branch of the Indian Tea Association (ABITA) D Kakoty. * *The GTAC can handle only 150 million kgs of tea* and so the centre must first adopt a strategy to offer more tea to attract buyers to the centre, he said. Moreover, Kolkata has the advantage of a large and multi- dimensional market with most of the major tea companies having their headquarters and warehouses there. The GTAC, too, has certain advantages like it is located in the major tea producing belt but this is outweighed by disadvantages like prevailing law and order situation, pilferage and lack of a wet port, Kakoty said. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Moses Aryans' Rosetta Stone ; Columbia univ: Macauley's Indian edu argument 1835: Teaching the superior literature
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00generallinks/macaulay/txt_minute_education_1835.html Source: http://www.mssu.edu/projectsouthasia/history/primarydocs/education/Macaulay001.htm it seems that in a bid to promote English as the medium of instruction Macauley went a bit too far and was often quoted as such. However, it seems that he was trying to create a modern education system as we see it in NCERT curriculum in India now - with no Ayurveda ( but modern Darwinian biology) , no Vedas but modern history and social science etc etc. I think we are the better for it. However, it still rankles why we have to teach histiry from the Victors point of view. . I just read in a USA Kaplan book of SAT World HIstory that Moses led the Jews out of Egypt in what is called as the Exodus - despite the mythical incident of his ripping aprt the sea of create the path for the people to go through. Histriography seems to fail here. Aryans are shown as bloodthirsty invaders who believed in their racial superiority and enslaved and subjugated the dark skinned Harrapan (Indus Valley civilization inhabitants in 1900 BC) to form the caste system. On the face of it it does seem gruesome how come so many people agreed to be untouchables and outcastes - even after 4,000 years - they must be under great pressure - fear of death perhaps. On the other hand it is fantastic that the Aryan Invasion theory was created even before the discovery of the Indus Valley Civilization (Harappa and MohenjoDaro) in 1930s. The truth may be somewhere in between. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_Stone Perhaps some day a Rosetta Stone would be discovered (like the one in 1700s by a French soldier in Egypt which had same message in Greek, Heiroglyphics and another local language, which led to the interpretation of ancient Egyptian language) for Indus Valley civilization - so that history may be re-written :-) any comments? Umesh Historiography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses Known extra-Biblical references to Moses date from many centuries after his supposed lifetime, and contain significant departures from the Biblical account. In addition to the Judeo-Roman or Judeo-Hellenic historians Artapanus, Eupolemus, Josephus, and Philo, a few gentile historians including Polyhistor, Manetho, Apion, Chaeremon of Alexandria, Tacitus and Porphyry make reference to him. The extent to which any of these accounts rely on earlier sources is unknown. Moses also appears in other religious texts such as the Midrash, Mishnah and Qur'an No other surviving written records from Egypt, Assyria, etc., indisputably referring to the stories of the Bible or its main characters before ca. 850s BC have been found,[69][70] and there is no known physical evidence (such as pottery shards or stone tablets) to corroborate Moses' existence.[71][72] However, destruction of unfavorable records by unsympathetic Pharaohs, and even mass obliteration of cartouches from monuments, is known to have occurred at several epochs in Ancient Egyptian history.[73] Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Fw: Assamese Boy Nominated for Nobel Prize
. Seems good but who nominated him and for what? Umesh Suryaman Chetri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear FANE/ FASS group members. Kindly see the addendum from one of my friends. The story of Shri Arnab, appears to be only partially true. Can anyone find out the facts and put the records straight, especially his being nominated for the Nobel? Anyway best of luck to the young genious from Asom. -Regards S M Chetri Dy. General Manager/Team Leader ERP Hindustan Paper Corporation Ltd. 75-C Park Street, 8th Floor. Kolkata - 700 106 --- - Forwarded Message From: JACOB KURUVILLA [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Suryaman Chetri [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 30 May, 2008 10:00:42 AM Subject: Re. Fw: Assamese Boy Nominated for Nobel Prize Dear Sir, Thank you for the story. I could not beleive its authenticity and so checked through the net. It was inspiring to learn more about him. Here is what I found in a DNA report dated 15th May 2008. -Regrds JK At 20, this boy from Assam heads a project in NASA From a small town in Assam, Arnab has done phenomenal research on asteroids MUMBAI: He is just 20-years old and has not graduated yet, but Arnab Kakoti is working as a project in-charge in NASA. And he has earned this honour through his phenomenal research on asteroids. Hailing from Golaghat, a small town in upper Assam, Arnab is doing mechanical engineering from Gandhi Institute of Engineering and Technology. Bharati Thakur, a teacher who belongs to Nashik, had gone to Golaghat to teach in Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya (VKV) where he studied. âArnab was a student of the third batch of our school. I remember him as a shy, quiet boy lost in his own world,â said Thakur. According to her, Arnab was never an extraordinary child. âIn fact,â she said, âhe was average. He had scored around 60% marks for his SSC. But if he was asked any rare question, it used to be different though.â Arnab was interested in space science from a very young age. He had sent his research paper on the Big Bang theory to the World Junior NASA Competition and was selected as a junior scientist of the space agency, which invited him to join them and study there.. He also came in contact with Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, who guided and motivated him on his work. Arnab has taken part in nine NASA seminars and two others with the European Space Agency (ESA). When Bharati Thakur spoke to Arnab on the phone while he was in India to appear for his exam, he said, âI am very happy. It proves that mediocrity is never a hurdle. One only needs the determination to do things and paths will open by themselves.â - BMR - a key player in weight issues. Know more. - BMR - a key player in weight issues. Know more. __._,_.___ Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic Messages |Files |Photos |Links |Database |Polls |Members |Calendar MARKETPLACE Blockbuster is giving away a free trial of Blockbuster Total Access to smart movie lovers like you. Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch format to Traditional Visit Your Group |Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use |Unsubscribe Recent Activity 3 New Members Visit Your Group Y! Messenger All together now Host a free online conference on IM. Special K Group on Yahoo! Groups Learn how others are losing pounds. Dog Fanatics on Yahoo! Groups Find people who are crazy about dogs. . __,_._,___ - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org
[Assam] Harvard MBA Newsletter: Deep Metaphors ; Sharpening Your Skills--Thinking About Global
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[Assam] flood plans/maps : 100 viilages destroyed in Assam
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Floods-destroy-100-villages-in-Assam/316216/ would flood maps have helped. why do people stay in those places if they know the floods will shoo them away? I believe they must have stayed there for centuries before they were displaced. Umesh - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Conversions will distort the Mishing tribe
is that the advice you would give to Jews in Israel , that they join the majority faith in the region :-) what is religion anyway - it is a collective belief system and a way of life. A Christian or a Muslim does not become one just by reading the holy book and praying a certain way - s/he has to adopt a certain way of life. Even among Hindus or Christians there are dominant thoughts/strains. For example the dominant Christian though in North America is Protestant Christianity whereas in South America it is mostly Roman Catholic Christianity. Similarly, in North/East/North East India Hindus celebrate Holi, in South India other festivals are celebrated - I am not sure which ones besides Deepmala, Pongal etc. Maharashtra Hindus celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi more vigorously - just like Catholic countries celebrate birthdays of saints as major fests. Many would say that Westernization is distorting cultural identities rather than religion. Umesh Rajen Ajanta Barua [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are right in some sense. Many of the Tai Ahoms in Assam still lament their conversion to Hinduism and loss of their old customs and rituals. Today many are trying to revive their old rituals. We now see more of these in Assam. Many Chinese used to complain of India because of her domination of China through Buddhism. The whole of South East Asia was converted either to Hinduism or Buddhism. Then come conversion to Islam and Christianity. However the progress of civilization iteself is like that. People cannot stay stagnant in the old ways all the time. Let us move on without complaints and regrets about conversion. In the meantime let us enjoy life whether you believe in any religion or not. Rajenda - Original Message - From: Manoj Das To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 10:58 PM Subject: Re: [Assam] Conversions will distort the Mishing tribe Dear Rajenda and Ajantaba A few years back I met a Jaintia lady. She was educated, rich, modern but agitated at the loss of heritage due to conversion into Christianity. I said, Christianity gave you education, status, enlightenment and civilization. She tersely commented that in exchange they lost their millennium old culture, way of life and heritage; same as Mr. Rongmon Pegu is lamenting. Mishings are not strict Hindus, they maintain their way of life. They normally bury their dead unlike the typical Hindus. They also continue to pray Dony Pollo, their traditional Gods. You are right in saying that Naga, Mizo and Khasis have better identities now because of their Christianity. But those who go by the book, preach that the tribes should shun their rituals. Identity and civilization will come anyway; the cost of a quick entry through conversion may be more in the long run. In any case its a matter of study or research! Off hand- difficult to comment. -manoj On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 6:43 AM, Rajen Ajanta Barua wrote: I think the writer is confused about religion and heritage If the Mishings are Hindus now, they must have been converted to Hinduism at one time. Somebody must have converted them to Hinduism taking advantage of their ignorance. They have every right to converted to some other religion such Islam, Christianity etc. If they get econmic upliftment because of that the better. And what does the writer try to mean by I would request my community members to learn from the mistake of our neighbouring states of Meghalaya, Nagaland and Mizoram where inspite of having seperate states, the tribes have lost their identity. I don't understand how the Khasis, Nagas, Mizos have lost their identities. I think they have better identities now because of their Christianity. Rajen Barua. From: bg Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2008 12:36 AM To: assamnet Subject: [Assam] Conversions will distort the Mishing tribe Conversions will distort the Mishing tribe Sir, It is sad to note that taking the advantage of the poverty of the Mishing community in Majuli, Dhemaji and Jonai, numerous Mishing families are been converted to Christianity by opportunistic Christian missionaries. I am an ordinary citizen and can do nothing. As such I thought of writing this letter to your newspaper so that I might create an awareness among the Mishing tribe of Assam. I would request my community members to learn from the mistake of our neighbouring states of Meghalaya, Nagaland and Mizoram where inspite of having seperate states, the tribes have lost their identity. Our own traditions are no way inferior to the rich Vatican City or Pope. The poverty in Mishing councils is because of the corrupt politicians among us like Bharat Narah, Bhuban Pegu etc., not our customs, beliefs and
Re: [Assam] Good news on higher Education : MBA with IBMR
Bikash-da, Congratulations on your new job. Best wishes. Umesh DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ryze, In my efforts to bring up good educational guidance in Assam and NE region, from today I got involved with IBMR business school, an international business school located at Bangalore-Hubli(Main unit) and Ahmedabad with the designation of Business Coordinator.I am being offered the post by the Chairman of the group and Bangalore unit Executive Director Dr. C Manohar, who is also the Chairman of Bangalore chamberce of commerce and Advisor to Karnataka Tourism Acedemy(I am also here).This IBMR is effordable to anyone with simple graduation and carried no donation or other management fee like things.All on the entrance test. See www.ibmrindia.org The fee for Bangalore unit is Rs.2.25 lakhs pa, Hubli main unit 1.5 lakhs pa and Ahmedabad 2 lakhs pa with free hi tech laptop once for all.The hostel fee depending upon individual status requirements at per with international needs, stands at Rs.80,000 pa. It is affiliated with Stirling University UK. Under the Govt of India order and with the documents provided by the IBMR, all nationalised banks are bound to give higher education loan at one time issue. if anyone needs more clarification, can mail /meet me for help.KIndly circulate amongst all colleges of NE region as the degree results are likely to be out and this information will help lot for aspiring students who find problem with money.And still we dnt have people in IIM's, at least this will help our people to come up with better education. This is not a business ad, its purely to help our own people with new innovations please. Dr.Bikash Kumar Das Founder Rhino Jungle Adventures www.rjadventures.org Karnataka, North East India. Bangalore( India) 0091-9480618880 - Has your work life balance shifted? Find out. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
[Assam] Harvard News: Grand Solar Eruption
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/05.29/27-solar.html thank God we are far away, though :-) Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] Fwd: FAX from GOD
It seems this was the FAX received by thetemple priests at Somnath, Gujarat 1,000 years ago when they decided that God would take care of their defense and Mahmud Gazni ransacked the temple 17 times or so and took away all the riches. I was there with my mother in the summer of 2000 after visiting the small room/house in old town of Porbander where Mahatma Gandhi was born. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somnath Umesh PS: In Geeta Krishna say one has to do one duty , however difficult it may be -- you cannot leave it to God to take care of your problems. However, having done your bit leave the results in God's hands - don't fret. Manoj Das [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Zeta Jones Date: May 23, 2008 11:38 AM Subject: FAX from GOD *FAX FROM GOD* *To:** **YOU Date: TODAY From: GOD Subject:YOURSELF Reference: LIFE This is God.Today I will be handling All of your problems for you. I do Not need your help. So, have a nice day. I love you. P.S. And, remember... If life happens to deliver a situation to you that you cannot handle, do Not attempt to resolve it yourself !! Kindly put it in the SFGTD (something for God to do) box. I will get to it in MY TIME. All situations will be resolved, but in My time, not yours. ** * * Once the matter is placed into the box, do not hold onto it by worrying about it. Instead, focus on all the wonderful things that are present in your life now. ** * * If you find yourself stuck in traffic, don't despair. There are people in this world for whom driving is an unheard of privilege.** ** * * Should you have a bad day at work; Think of the man who has been out of work for years.** ** * * Should you despair over a relationship gone bad; Think of the person who has never known what it's like to love and be loved in return. ** * * Should you grieve the passing of another weekend; Think of the woman in dire straits, working twelve hours a day, seven days a week to feed her children. ** * * ** ** Should you notice a new gray hair in the mirror; Think of the cancer patient in chemo who wishes she had hair to examine. ** * * Should you find yourself the victim of other people's bitterness, ignorance, smallness or insecurities; Remember, things could be worse. You could be one of them! ** * * Should you decide to send this to a friend; Thank you, you may have touched their life in ways you will never know! Now, you have a nice day,** God* -- Manoj Kumar Das C 172 GF, Sarvodaya Enclave New Delhi 17 India 0091 9312650558 (HP) 9910972654 ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] UP Chief Minister, Kumari Mayavati
a Delhi born , Delhi educated, unmarried , school teacher who became the Chief Minister of the 110 million strong state UP (North Province) - the largest population state in India. Thats something. Umesh bg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Biodata in Hindi: http://upgov.nic.in/upinfo/CMProfile904.pdf http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/website/Biodata.asp?no=1511 http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/MAYAWATI%20BOI%20DATA.htm -- Babul Gogoi 011-29817150 / 9868182079 ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org Umesh Sharma Washington D.C. 1-202-215-4328 [Cell] Ed.M. - International Education Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Class of 2005 http://www.uknow.gse.harvard.edu/index.html (Edu info) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/ (Management Info) www.gse.harvard.edu/iep (where the above 2 are used ) http://harvardscience.harvard.edu/ http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/ - Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
Re: [Assam] 6% literacy in British India's 200 year rule?
if people in not-so-ancient India were as against modern Western education as currently in some parts of Afghanistan -then even 6% literacy must have been an achievement. even now in some parts of India (including in metros incl Delhi, I believe) some prefer to make their kids clean plates and earn ( even some of my ten yearold US students know that - I didn't tell them - they found out from TIME For Kids) rather than study at school. Umesh umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://india_resource.tripod.com/colonial.html The Colonial Legacy - Myths and Popular Beliefs While few educated South Asians would deny that British Colonial rule was detrimental to the interests of the common people of the sub-continent - several harbor an illusion that the British weren't all bad. Didn't they, perhaps, educate us - build us modern cities, build us irrigation canals - protect our ancient monuments - etc. etc. And then, there are some who might even say that their record was actually superior to that of independent India's! Perhaps, it is time that the colonial record be retrieved from the archives and re-examined - so that those of us who weren't alive during the freedom movement can learn to distinguish between the myths and the reality. Literacy and Education Several Indians are deeply concerned about why literacy rates in India are still so low. So in the last year, I have been making a point of asking English-speaking Indians to guess what India's literacy rate in the colonial period might have been. These were Indians who went to school in the sixties and seventies (only two decades after independence) - and I was amazed to hear their fairly confident guesses. Most guessed the number to be between 30% and 40%. When I suggested that their guess was on the high side - they offered 25% to 35%. No one was prepared to believe that literacy in British India in 1911 was only 6%, in 1931 it was 8%, and by 1947 it had crawled to 11%! That fifty years of freedom had allowed the nation to quintuple it's literacy rate was something that almost seemed unfathomable to them. Perhaps - the British had concentrated on higher education ? But in 1935, only 4 in 10,000 were enrolled in universities or higher educational institutes. In a nation of then over 350 million people only 16,000 books (no circulation figures) were published in that year (i.e. 1 per 20,000). Urban Development It is undoubtedly true that the British built modern cities with modern conveniences for their administrative officers. But it should be noted that these were exclusive zones not intended for the natives to enjoy. Consider that in 1911, 69 per cent of Bombay's population lived in one-room tenements (as against 6 per cent in London in the same year). The 1931 census revealed that the figure had increased to 74 per cent - with one-third living more than 5 to a room. The same was true of Karachi and Ahmedabad. After the Second World War, 13 per cent of Bombay's population slept on the streets. As for sanitation, 10-15 tenements typically shared one water tap! Yet, in 1757 (the year of the Plassey defeat), Clive of the East India Company had observed of Murshidabad in Bengal: This city is as extensive, populous and rich as the city of London... (so quoted in the Indian Industrial Commission Report of 1916-18). Dacca was even more famous as a manufacturing town, it's muslin a source of many legends and it's weavers had an international reputation that was unmatched in the medieval world. But in 1840 it was reported by Sir Charles Trevelyan to a parliamentary enquiry that Dacca's population had fallen from 150,000 to 20,000. Montgomery Martin - an early historian of the British Empire observed that Surat and Murshidabad had suffered a similiar fate. (This phenomenon was to be replicated all over India - particularly in Awadh (modern U.P) and other areas that had offered the most heroic resistance to the British during the revolt of 1857.) The percentage of population dependant on agriculture and pastoral pursuits actually rose to 73% in 1921 from 61% in 1891. (Reliable figures for earlier periods are not available.) In 1854, Sir Arthur Cotton writing in Public Works in India noted: Public works have been almost entirely neglected throughout India... The motto hitherto has been: 'Do nothing, have nothing done, let nobody do anything. Adding that the Company was unconcerned if people died of famine, or if they lacked roads and water. Nothing can be more revealing than the remark by John Bright in the House of Commons on June 24, 1858, The single city of Manchester, in the supply of its inhabitants with the single article of water, has spent a larger sum of money than the East India Company has spent in the fourteen years from 1834 to 1848 in public works of every kind throughout
