[Assam] Election results

2006-05-11 Thread Rajen Barua
See this site to see election results live http://election.assam.nic.in RB. ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org

[Assam] Sponsorship for Assamese Get-together 2006

2006-05-11 Thread pr
Sponsorship for Assamese Get-together 2006 --- The Assamese community of the San Francisco Bay area is hosting Assamese Get-together 2006 (AGT 2006), a fun-filled cultural celebration by people with ties to Assam, on July 1 and 2, 2006 at the San Mateo

Re: [Assam] Election results

2006-05-11 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Thanks Barua for the link. I was trying to get information from the AT/Sentinel and other national papers - but not enough info was there. On 5/11/06, Rajen Barua [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: See this site to see election results live http://election.assam.nic.in

Re: [Assam] Affirmative Action

2006-05-11 Thread umesh sharma
In India the only minorities are by religion - or by language --- in USA they are by their ethnicity only. Both countries are secular.Why the difference?UmeshRam Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Umesh So how is this difference possible in minority's definition -race in US vs

Re: [Assam] Rediff: In defense of Kaavya Viswanathan; Inspector Vinod's Stupendous ....

2006-05-11 Thread umesh sharma
umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:check out this story on Maliand another one on East Timor -- quite hilarious and quaint -esp. the writing style. Goes to show the world view of budding NRI kid writers who have the opportunity to travel all over the world unlike most Indians.

Re: [Assam] The Assam Tribune Editorial: A water management plan forAsom

2006-05-11 Thread umesh sharma
umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Mike-da,that was quite a revealing observation --like the child who correctly remarked that the Emperor had no clothes!!Umeshmc mahant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Searched all over-but could not see THE PLAN. mm From: "Rini Kakati" [EMAIL

Re: [Assam] Social Negotiation and Social Reform - Down with the liberals !!

2006-05-11 Thread umesh sharma
Hi,While reading Prof Reimers' article on Social Change and Education Reform ( http://gseacademic.harvard.edu/~reimers/Reimers2006EducationAndSocialProgressPp427-480_small.pdf) and how the liberals in Latin America opposed role of Catholic Church in education --and promoted govt run

[Assam] Are you biased ? Harvard test -judge yourself - my results

2006-05-11 Thread umesh sharma
Try taking this test to know if you biased or not: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/demo/index.jspmy comment: This test seems to be appropriate for someone who has stayed in US for long -- esp going by my reslts for Arab-Muslims and Women-Career linkages. If the names of

Re: [Assam] Are you biased ? Harvard test -Ugly American perception - CNN report

2006-05-11 Thread umesh sharma
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/05/10/usa.ugly.reut/index.htmlAnother thought:Benjamin Franklin said (I think) : Courage is not absense of fear but overcoming your fears.I would say the same about attitudes (attitudes -like habits develop over time - but we can change them).

Re: [Assam] Social Reform - Down with conservatives!!- Down with the liberals !!

2006-05-11 Thread umesh sharma
Conservatives are generally respectful of tradition, resistant to change --especially rapid or sweeping change ... (Rohmann, Chris; 1999, A World of Ideas - Dictionary of Important Theories, Concepts, Beliefs and Thinkers).My note: Thus, it is the conservatives who would oppose the

[Assam] : Doctors Vs Engineers

2006-05-11 Thread umesh sharma
From a former student of mine - forwarded by him. Needless to say he is studying to become an Electronics engineer at MNIT, Jaipur.Umeshsandeep khudania [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 13:11:05 -0700 (PDT)From: sandeep khudania [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [POSSIBLE SPAM] Fwd:

[Assam] Dibrugarh boy goes to Harvard Grad Sch. of Education

2006-05-11 Thread umesh sharma
FYI: I just chatted with Vivek Khemka bron in Dibrugarh who after his MBA and consultancy work is a school principal in Kapurthala Punjab.He is coming to www.gse.harvard.edu in the Mind, Brain, Education program.UmeshUmesh Sharma5121 Lackawanna STCollege Park, MD 20740 1-202-215-4328

[Assam] [Frgraduates-list] Today's IEP chat update --and the next one in near future

2006-05-11 Thread umesh sharma
This univ level chat can be done for AIM (Assam Inst. of Management) alums and students also.Umeshumesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 00:48:33 +0100 (BST)From: umesh sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [Frgraduates-list] Today's IEP chat update

[Assam] test #12may-6:30am

2006-05-11 Thread bg
test mail.. pls ignore.. New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save big.___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org

Re: [Assam] Social Negotiation and Social Reform - Down with theliberals !!

2006-05-11 Thread mc mahant
Work Liberates! Education should be all about Science and Technology -maybe with 10% time granted for Social History, Humanity, God, Helplessness before Bird-flu',cancer,AIDS, and Drama( that is Life, song,dance,Reproduction and Death). Work Liberates- so politics and Education should be all

[Assam] Assamnet .. gmail users..

2006-05-11 Thread bg
Raiz,You may have noticed that Assamnet was down for the last 24 hours or so. This was due to some faults on the server. Now the server has been working fine (still it is under observation). The Mailing list is plugged with a Spam blocking service called SpamCop. In the Sapmcop database,

[Assam] Assam Election 2006

2006-05-11 Thread bg
results at: http://election.assam.nic.in ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org