[Assam] Kamrupi Buddhist civilisation extent likely being unearthed. Well done!

2006-03-17 Thread Bartta Bistar
Bangladeshi archaeologists discover ancient fort city http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2item_no=77142version=1template_id=44parent_id=24 Published: Thursday, 16 March, 2006, 11:04 AM Doha Time WARI, Bangladesh: Archaeologists in Bangladesh say they

Re: [Assam] Nirvana of the soul

2006-03-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Nirvana of the soul Ram: Thanks for your attempt. You surely spent time trying to educate me. I appreciate that. Seriously -- I am not kidding. Unfortunately you went completely OFF on a tangent, missing the objective of my question. And it happened, once again, due to this

Re: [Assam] Nirvana of the soul

2006-03-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Nirvana of the soul Hindus actually have little or no clout upon world events and are thus largely insignificant. *** That is hardly a PROOF of Hinduism's apolitical disposition. In fact the entire Indian political system is rife with Hindu influences, from the ground level

Re: [Assam] Nirvana of the soul

2006-03-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Nirvana of the soul There can be another explanation: What if it is because FEW take their religion seriously enough? A religion that avowedly has no tenets, no beliefs, no directives and no faith; cannot conceivably arouse the passions they do. And such lack of passion

Re: [Assam] Is the ?Clash of Civilizations? a Myth?

2006-03-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Is the ?Clash of Civilizations? a Myth? O' Deka: Eh, nokob aaru! Once a jokaisukiya, always a jokaisukiya. Saanhtwte baghtw dekha porkititw xohoje eruabo nwari nohoy, nejane-neki he' aapuni? This is the first article I read from this author. So I don't know if he has an

Re: [Assam] Nirvana of the soul

2006-03-17 Thread Ram Sarangapani
C'da Unfortunately you went completely OFF on a tangent, missing the objective of my question I don't think so. Himen da's take on faith seems to be based on practice of the faith(if you read his post carefully) as opposed to belief. Inthe sense he is meaning it - Hinduism has no faith. In the

[Assam] Dutch Citizenship Test - Washington Post

2006-03-17 Thread Ram Sarangapani
This is just hillarious. I wonder what kind of Citizenship/Immigration test India might hold for the hordes of illegals from B'desh (assuming they intend to apply for Indian citizenship at some point). Also, citizens of the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan and Switzerland are

Re: [Assam] Nirvana of the soul

2006-03-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Nirvana of the soul At 9:41 AM -0600 3/17/06, Ram Sarangapani wrote: C'da Unfortunately you went completely OFF on a tangent, missing the objective of my question I don't think so. Himen da's take on faith seems to be based on practice of the faith(if you read his post

Re: [Assam] Nirvana of the soul

2006-03-17 Thread Rajen Barua
Title: Re: [Assam] Nirvana of the soul That is why I think a Hindu cannot be a fundamentalist of the religious belief issue. A Hindu can be a fundamentalist only politically. They can say, we all Hindus should unite and fight theMuslims to take over the Babri Masjid because that was once

Re: [Assam] Nirvana of the soul

2006-03-17 Thread Ram Sarangapani
C'da, *** You have a spotty record of interpreting HT's intentions Ram. On that basis, I can understand the spin. But to me it is quite clear what HT had in mind about the FAITH he referred to above. It might have come out that way, but (honest) I did not try to spin it away. As for the faith

Re: [Assam] Nirvana of the soul

2006-03-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Nirvana of the soul Really! So, what did you expect that a new Hindu Gita be presented for the sake of keeping up to the times. How do you base this intellectual foundation (or lack of it)? What are your suggestions to inculcate this foundation amonst this lost flock (of

Re: [Assam] Dutch Citizenship Test - Washington Post

2006-03-17 Thread Ram Sarangapani
That would really good suggestion for GOI if that is a requirement for illegal B'deshis wanting Indian Citizenships. Maybethe illegalswould get discouraged and not want it after all. But again, they may actually thinkIndia isbetter than B'desh and still want to become Indians. Just can't win -

[Assam] Seema Biswas

2006-03-17 Thread utpal borpujari
A proud moment for Assam: http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/mar172006/update134002006317.asp Seema Biswas wins top Canadian film award for 'Water' From Utpal Borpujari DH News Service New Delhi: Seema Biswas has won the Best Actress Genie at Canada’s National

Re: [Assam] Dutch Citizenship Test - Washington Post

2006-03-17 Thread Alpana B. Sarangapani
A very good one, Santanu. Just can't stop laughing. Butyou missed some very important facts to really make them stop from coming. I know it wasn't intentional, they just don't come to your mind. :) From: "Roy, Santanu" [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: "Ram Sarangapani" [EMAIL PROTECTED],"ASSAMNET"

Re: [Assam] Seema Biswas

2006-03-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Seema Biswas Hearty congratulations to Seema Biswas. Thanks for sharing the news of the award Utpal. cm At 7:40 PM + 3/17/06, utpal borpujari wrote: A proud moment for Assam: http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/mar172006/update134002006317.asp Seema Biswas

Re: [Assam] Seema Biswas -the bandit becomes queen

2006-03-17 Thread umesh sharma
Good work of Seema Biswas is getting rewarded more now. I think she won some internationalawards for her bandit Queen role also. I did not know she was from Assam though. How about Mr Biswas -from book "The House of Mr Biswas' (By VS Naipaul??)Seema's Bandit Queen role was too good.

Re: [Assam] Defenders of the Faith -NYT Op ed --Ho Ho Ho

2006-03-17 Thread umesh sharma
Ram-da,When someone makes sweeping statements that atheism is the only solution -and atheism is the only peaceful alternative --to a militant Islam or Christianity -- then the response will also be a sweeping one. The most famous atheists were the communists - and they killed mercilessly.

[Assam] NYTimes.com: Students Flock to Seminaries, but Fewer See Pulpit in Future

2006-03-17 Thread jaipurschool
Title: E-Mail This This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message from sender: Ofcourse, religion is useless and atheits are great?? Umesh NATIONAL | March 17, 2006 Students