Re: [Assam] Mount Radhanath, NOT Mount Everest

2006-05-15 Thread Barua25
During the oil-refinery movement of 1959, the non-Assamese “experts” of oil-industry used to say about the Assamese “Assamese can work only under the guidance and instruction of the non-Assamese Experts. Till they came, Assamese did not know what to do with the oil fields except holding

[Assam] How Voters can cast a Protest Vote!

2006-05-15 Thread Pradip Kumar Datta
How Voters can cast a Protest Vote! Mr.S.V.Raju, President, Indian Liberal Group, has issued the following statement for publication: Among the reasons for poor voter turnout in the cities, particularly of the middle and upper classes, is the complaint that they have no real choice considering

Re: [Assam] EVEREST HISTORY time line

2006-05-15 Thread mc mahant
Exhilarating ! Thanks Barua Saab mm From: "Barua25" [EMAIL PROTECTED]CC: assam@assamnet.orgSubject: [Assam] EVEREST HISTORY time lineDate: Mon, 15 May 2006 00:40:35 -0500 http://www.everesthistory.com/time3.htm ___assam mailing

[Assam] Fwd: [WaterWatch] The monolith of failed promises

2006-05-15 Thread Chan Mahanta
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Re: [Assam] Mount Radhanath, NOT Mount Everest

2006-05-15 Thread Ram Sarangapani
I am wondering what may be called the Indian National Sports? Is it Football or Cricket? There are at least 2 (or 3)games attributed to Indians. Kabadi Polo Chess And Kabadi is India's National sport (officially) the game of Cricket from the British and show their Indian national spirit and

Re: [Assam] EVEREST HISTORY time line

2006-05-15 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Yes, Barua, that was indeed fasinating - thanks Several questions and comments: Why was Lasha called the forbidden city? Because the Dalai Lama forbade foreigners? Why did he do that? It also seems like the Dalai Lama (of early 1900's) was a far different man politically than the present Lama.

[Assam] Dam, Plan, Energy, Resettlement, Navigation, Prosperity-Free Oxom will do all of it.

2006-05-15 Thread mc mahant
Dam builder sees little water pollution in Yangtze's upper reaches Water quality at the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, China's longest waterway, has remained unchanged after the Three Gorges Dam began storing water in 2003, says a chief builder of the project. "The dam area

Re: [Assam] EVEREST HISTORY time line : Dalai Lama kicked out by British?

2006-05-15 Thread umesh sharma
"A treaty is eventually signed in September, 1904, after the Dalai Lama flees to Mongolia."This is from the weblink by Rajen-da on Everest Time line.Umesh Ram Sarangapani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Yes, Barua, that was indeed fasinating - thanksSeveral questions and comments:Why

[Assam] Himalayan Guru at Harvard: Vidoes weblinks

2006-05-15 Thread umesh sharma
http://www.hno.harvard.edu/multimedia/dalai.htmlThough he from Tibet (North Eastern Himalayas behind Mt Everest) he stays now on the other side of Mt Everest -on Western Himalayan range.UmeshUmesh Sharma5121 Lackawanna STCollege Park, MD 20740 1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone]Ed.M. -

Re: [Assam] Mount Everest

2006-05-15 Thread Rajen Barua
Nepal would have been a part of today's India if the British had conquered Nepal. Not necessarily I think. Like Burma Sri Lanka, Nepal could have still be a separate country today. The British policy or the Christian West policy, I think,is to do everything right on paper or according

[Assam] US Minuteman: Immigration Stops Now!!!!

2006-05-15 Thread umesh sharma
For those outside US - who may not get to see US local TV channels might be interested in knowing the (hidden) attitude of anti-immigration rallysts in USA - who demonstrated last week before US parliament (Caiptol bldg) under some Minuteman Group -who use guns to patrol US border while saying

[Assam] Assam teachers play truant - Sentinel

2006-05-15 Thread Ram Sarangapani
This news item says that 34% of Assam's teachers (primary school) play truant, and as usual is ranked close to its best friend, Bihar. I thinksome of the reasonsare that many of these teachers are after private tuition, don't get paid in time (or nat at all), and of course paid very little.

Re: [Assam] Bangladeshis in India/ US Minuteman: Immigration Stops Now!!!!

2006-05-15 Thread Chan Mahanta
Hi Umesh: Do you remember the following, from 2001? cm Hi U: Chan Mahanta and a few others may see nothing wrong in guys like ULFA or others in North East demanding freedom from India-- similarly he may see nothing wrong in

Re: [Assam] Assam teachers play truant - Sentinel

2006-05-15 Thread Chan Mahanta
Title: Re: [Assam] Assam teachers play truant - Sentinel Hi Ram: The State Govt. wants to have frequent inspections. But I suppose one can have these inspections only after the Govt. has done everything else so that teachers enjoy teaching. *** Why do you think the State Govt. has not done

Re: [Assam] Assam teachers play truant - Sentinel

2006-05-15 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Hi C'da, I know you are somehow trying to get me to find that invisible thread linking the GOI to GOA,somewhere here - but I have to go back to other things: Why is it that other states (under the same GOI ) happen to be doing better, and don't seem to have this problem? The problem, C'da is

Re: [Assam] Assam teachers play truant - Sentinel

2006-05-15 Thread Dilip/Dil Deka
If the ministers, the MLAs, or theeducation dept officials sent their kids to these elementary schools, you'd see a difference. Any chance of that happening?It would also help if the parents kept a log and reported the truancy. Do the parents know that they have the right to do so in a

Re: [Assam] Assam teachers play truant - Sentinel

2006-05-15 Thread umesh sharma
If I remember correctly in my MBA program there was this case of a famous experiment of improving the lighting of a factory in USin 1930s - and the productivity of the workers goes up showing two things -- workers liked the extra attention being paid to them --and second they became conscious

Re: [Assam] Assam teachers play truant - Sentinel: Hawthorne Effect

2006-05-15 Thread umesh sharma
The first great advances came from the still-famous examinations of workplace behaviour known as the Hawthorne Experiments (so-called because they took place at the Western Electric Company plant at Hawthorne, Illinois). The Hawthorne Experiments, probably the largest single workplace survey until

[Assam] Harlem School CBS video; Special Theory of Relativity; US Govt school history :

2006-05-15 Thread umesh sharma
Look at the vedio link on the right side below the big photo of the guy (Ed. M. Harvard '75) Harlem's School. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/11/60minutes/main1611936.shtmlHarlem is considered the toughest "slum" in US - located in New York City . However, what is a slum is

Re: [Assam] Mount Everest

2006-05-15 Thread umesh sharma
Rajen-da,Thats quite a novel approach to looking at world affairs!UmeshRajen Barua [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nepal would have been a part of today's India if the British had conquered Nepal.Not necessarily I think. Like Burma Sri Lanka, Nepal could have still be a separate

[Assam] [Assam Society] Modern Sport? Assam's Talukdar wins World Cup archery gold

2006-05-15 Thread umesh sharma
Is it good?UmeshPS: Some might say that archery or mountain climbing or running is primitive ---and Indians should go for "modern" sports like car racing, hang gliding, para sailing, bungee jumping or wind surfing. Pradip Kumar Datta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To: [EMAIL

Re: [Assam] Mount Everest

2006-05-15 Thread mc mahant
I think with Nepal the Britishcould not provoke enough and there wasin fact no hurry. But with Tibet, they were in a hurry and weremore serious because they were afraid that either China or Russia would take over. The Britishtherefore were trying their best to find an excuse to attack Tibet.There

Re: [Assam] Mount Everest

2006-05-15 Thread umesh sharma
This is newsMukul-da wrote: "Hongkong,Brunei,Singapore,Bhutan booted them out. Assamese may some day demand RECIPROCITY." UmeshPS: However, Indians and Nepalis can work in each other's countries without visa or passport --like a predecessor of EU. Assamese can always go and set up

Re: [Assam] Bangladeshis in India/ US Minuteman: Immigration Stops Now!!!!

2006-05-15 Thread mc mahant
BTW, what kinds of mischiefs are you worried about MOST? Pettycrime? Dilution of the culture? Increasing the number of Muslimsthereby endangering the Hindu species? Taking of citizens' jobs?Or THE grand conspiracy to take over the NE, India's (BAMOONs')?ancestralproperty?You asked for views :)!

Re: [Assam] EVEREST HISTORY time line

2006-05-15 Thread mc mahant
most of Africa Not right is it?. All Marathon winners, Sprinters, were/are from Ethiopea/Somalia/Eritrea/Kenya. And displaced only 2 centuries you have Pele's, all the US boxers and all the Superb Cubans in every field. And European soccer-who are the high priced players-ALL African stock. And

[Assam] Mariachi Music: Courtsey: National Geographic

2006-05-15 Thread umesh sharma
http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/worldmusic/view/page.basic/artist/content.artist/mariachi_vargasfor "Desperados"UmeshUmesh Sharma5121 Lackawanna STCollege Park, MD 20740 1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone]Ed.M. - International Education PolicyHarvard Graduate School of Education,Harvard

[Assam] Guns Guitars; Mariachi Music: Courtsey: National Geographic

2006-05-15 Thread umesh sharma
See this one for guns to guitars http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/worldmusic/view/page.basic/artist/content.artist/tinariwen_5876 http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/worldmusic/view/page.basic/artist/content.artist/mariachi_vargasfor "Desperados"

Re: [Assam] Mount Everest

2006-05-15 Thread Barua25
Umesh: My plain and simple way of thinking, something to think about. May not be too far from the realty. RB - Original Message - From: umesh sharma To: Rajen Barua ; Dilip/Dil Deka ; Ram Sarangapani ; Chan Mahanta Cc: assam@assamnet.org Sent: Monday, May

Re: [Assam] EVEREST HISTORY time line

2006-05-15 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Hi Barua, That was extempore (usuallymost of my postings are). As far as becoming a politician, I don't think I have the stomach nor the usual turpitude that goes along with that profession. The point though is that one sees many countries that really don't do well in the tough endurance sports

[Assam] NYTimes.com: Scan This Book!

2006-05-15 Thread jaipurschool
Title: E-Mail This This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message from sender: If there were no Internet how could one read such funny tales

[Assam] World Competitiveness Rankings 2006

2006-05-15 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Both China and India had the biggest leaps (positive)since 2005. This is an interesting report. The last chart (a bit difficult to read offers some surprising results. --Ram http://www.finfacts.com/irelandbusinessnews/publish/article_10005799.shtml Printer-friendly page from Finfacts

Re: [Assam] Mount Radhanath, NOT Mount Everest

2006-05-15 Thread Barua25
The question here is : Who found out first that this peak (#15) was the highest pointin the world?Please don't change the subject. Let us give you the benefit of doubt. Let us assume that Mr Radanath Sikdar was the one who who made the calculations which showed thatMt Everest was the

[Assam] Fwd: Assam.org: Hmm...

2006-05-15 Thread Webmaster
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Re: [Assam] EVEREST HISTORY time line

2006-05-15 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Dear Barua, It is because of our caste system that sports never became a national event in India like that in Greece. I was with you all this way - but now you have lost me. What in the world has the caste system to do with playing chess or wrestling (like Greece)? Sports did and does exist in

Re: [Assam] Election results

2006-05-15 Thread Barua25
My common sense analysis not from the top but from ground level realty: Negative points for AGP: 1) They never discussed any real issues and thought that they will get Assamese votes simply by sweet talking. The blow came from the Assamese mainstream majority who decided not to support

Re: [Assam] EVEREST HISTORY time line

2006-05-15 Thread Barua25
Ram: Unlike India, ancient China was comparable to Greece in sports ; See article below: RB Sports in Ancient China and Greece The history of the Olympic Movement may be