Re: [Assam] IE: Anti-conversion law in Rajasthan?

2006-04-11 Thread Barua25
And do forced conversions (at the point of a sword) It must be the govt police doing the forced conversion with a sword. Otherwise, one may always convert back when the sword if gone. I fail to see any sense in the phrase 'forced conversion'. Can you show me a news item of forced

[Assam] Two PHOTGRAPHS with TWO THOUSAND still unsaid words of the face of Assam today in Indian hands.

2006-04-11 Thread Bartta Bistar
http://www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?template=Assemblypolls2006slug=Assam+polls%3A+Voting+ends+for+second+phaseid=86769callid=1category=National http://www.sentinelassam.com/ 11 April 2006-04-05 ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org

Re: [Assam] IE: Anti-conversion law in Rajasthan?

2006-04-11 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] IE: Anti-conversion law in Rajasthan? You aretelling all the good things about Hindusim, and then tell, Oh, BTW, Christianity or Islam are also great and equally good religions. Don't you think it will take away all your incentive to practice your religion. *** It is an

Re: [Assam] IE: Anti-conversion law in Rajasthan?

2006-04-11 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Barua, Since you are trying to split hair, I will have to ask you what do you think the process of conversion consist of? Thats a good question but its NOT splitting hairs. The right to freedom of religious choice is inherrent in democracies, but that does NOT include your a right to force others

[Assam] Test only. Please ignore.

2006-04-11 Thread Bartta Bistar
Test mail. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org

[Assam] Advani, the Assamese NATION is NOT based on religion. Those who want to exhibit their faith/cult identity in Assam must comprehend this; otherwise Assam is no place for them.

2006-04-11 Thread Bartta Bistar
Advani 'committed' to Hindu-Muslims amity http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/002200604111554.htm Pune, April. 11 (PTI): After appealing to Muslims to help in the construction of the Ram temple at Ayodhya, senior BJP leader L K Advani today sought to further reach out to them by assuring

[Assam] Anti-conversion laws - The Hindu

2006-04-11 Thread Ram Sarangapani
http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/op/2002/12/17/stories/2002121700110200.htm For all of us arguing back and forth on the minutia of conversions or factors of allurement here is a great unbiased article. For all of us, this quote from the article might serve as a guide: The true impetus for

[Assam] BBC E-mail: Berlusconi disputes Prodi victory

2006-04-11 Thread RB
RB saw this story on BBC News Online and thought you should see it. ** Berlusconi disputes Prodi victory ** Centre-left leader Romano Prodi narrowly wins Italy's election - but PM Silvio Berlusconi disputes the vote. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/europe/4900986.stm ** BBC Daily

[Assam] 70 % cast votes in Assam - AT

2006-04-11 Thread Ram Sarangapani
It seems at least (overall average) 70 % cast votes in the elections in Assam. That really tells us that people still have faith in the Indian democracy :) --Ram 70 pc cast votes in final phaseBy A Staff ReporterGUWAHATI, April 10 – About 70 per cent of the 82.27-lakh voters exercised their

[Assam] [Frgraduates-list] World Bank Junior Professional Associate Position

2006-04-11 Thread umesh sharma
I am overage but someone might be interested.Umesh Ilana Umansky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 12:20:30 -0700 (PDT)From: Ilana Umansky [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [Frgraduates-list] World Bank Junior Professional Associate Position Dear All, I am

Re: [Assam] IE: Anti-conversion law in Rajasthan?

2006-04-11 Thread umesh sharma
Rajen-da,Let me lay out a scenario in which Right to convert othersis given in USA or India etc - in a separate post. I hope that would help you imagine how just becos someone will surely die some day doesnot mean that you should beallowed to help in the process by getting a right to kill.

[Assam] Rediff: Why I won't live among Hindus - help him

2006-04-11 Thread umesh sharma
http://ia.rediff.com/news/2006/apr/11sfa.htm?q=spfile=.htmThey should adopt US procedures where people from ethnic and religious minorities are paid to visit such house brokers (my landlord made some money like that) and record their observations. In US also as in other lands - there is bias

Re: [Assam] 70 % cast votes in Assam - AT

2006-04-11 Thread Ram Sarangapani
If you put a ban on conversion for the political parties or ban on bribes or forced conversion, the % will go down drastically Maybe, but similar circumstances existed before in Assam, and the numbers this time has been higher than the last so many elections. Could it be that the insurgents are

Re: [Assam] 70 % cast votes in Assam - AT

2006-04-11 Thread Rajen Barua
Could it be that the insurgents are losing their firm grip and are not able to dictate terms with impunity . The insurgents made a compromise with GOA and GOI, you know that. That at least means that elections are peaceful from insurgentsm but not necessarily within the parties. There

[Assam] Part 1: Scenario : Right to Convert OTHERS --why and why not!!

2006-04-11 Thread umesh sharma
Hi,I was trying to imagine a scenario whereby those who have never faced a person trying to convert you (when you are not interested) can realize why a Right to Convert Others is offesive and an invasion of privacy of those who face the onsalught of the evangelist/convertor. First I discuss

Re: [Assam] Rediff: IIT/IIMs How can I = Indian Parliament -50% reservation

2006-04-11 Thread umesh sharma
I recall that my batchmate who came from a Hindi medium school in Bihar - Gopal Kumar and made it to IIM-Kolkata thru quota was from the famous Netarhaat residential school in Bihar. 60% of the hostelmates were from Bihar and another 20% from NE India. Netarhaat school seems to be having a

[Assam] Best Wishes - B'day of prophets: Lord Mahavira (Jains), Muhammad Saheb

2006-04-11 Thread umesh sharma
Best Wishes to all on this doubly happy occasion.UmeshApr 11, Mahavir Jayanti/Id-E-Milad. Apr 11, Prophet's Birthday (Islamic)http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/index.html?year=2006country=35 Umesh Sharma5121 Lackawanna STCollege Park, MD 20740 1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone]Ed.M. -

[Assam] Kashmir: Mehbooba suffering James Bond heroine syndrome?

2006-04-11 Thread umesh sharma
http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=65928(Mehbooba story) In 1990 Mehbooba Mufti (currently president of Kashmir's Political party) faced what was faced a James Bond heroine in a recent movie - where terrorists abduct a young heiress and later release her when demands are met.

[Assam] Part 2: Scenario : Right to Convert OTHERS --why and why not!!

2006-04-11 Thread umesh sharma
New Convert's early life and relationship changes:The other issue when someone from your faith is getting converted to another is of family tensions. Your son or daughter stops praying with you in the temple or mosque you having being together for ages. As the saying goes " A family that does

Re: [Assam] Part 2: Scenario : Right to Convert OTHERS --why and whynot!!

2006-04-11 Thread Barua25
Your son or daughter stops praying with you in the temple or mosque you having being together for ages. Believe it or not that is what the early Aryans would have to do to maintain the caste system not hereditary. At the age of 10 or 12 they would have to go for a different caste depending

Re: [Assam] Nobody has right to convert: Supreme Court

2006-04-11 Thread Barua25
''The Article postulates that there is no fundamental right to convert another person to one's own religion because if a person purposely undertakes the conversion of another person to his religion, that would impinge on the freedom of conscience guaranteed to all the citizens of the

Re: [Assam] IE: Anti-conversion law in Rajasthan?

2006-04-11 Thread Barua25
The belief in reincarnation and the caste system that is integral to Hindu thinking (is it?) assumes that the upper castes are nearing the destiny of moksha. The lower castes are still on the way. Foreigners are in some fashion included in the wide view of Hinduism, though generally farther

[Assam] CNN.com - Schoolyard rocket blast kills 7 students - Apr 11, 2006

2006-04-11 Thread jaipurschool
Title: EMAIL THIS Email Powered by * Please note, the sender's email address has not been verified. Maybe the Talibanis are afraid that their own children would be put

[Assam] Economist: UK's view of USA's immigrant nation theory

2006-04-11 Thread umesh sharma
I am interested to since I am planning to apply for a non-immigrant work visa - and would like to see the rationale by which some jobs and people with skills are accepted and others are rejected. Why pay upto $2200 is visa fees if only to be rejected - on the other hand make a proper case and