[Assam] Searching for Something Good to Say About India - NYT, June 29th

2011-07-06 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Any takers? ___ http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/30/world/asia/30iht-letter30.html?pagewanted=2sq=Indiast=csescp=4 Searching for Something Good to Say About India By MANU JOSEPH NEW DELHI -- It is a question that journalists in India are often asked without affection. “Don’t you have

Re: [Assam] [assam] 500, 000 IT experts needed in telecommunications in UK over 5 yrs

2011-07-06 Thread bbaruah
Dear netters ? I said I was unable to link up the website as requested by Mr Manas Deka but after trying a little I am now successful. The pictures, however, do not appear. ? http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/a-shaper-focus-for-the-it-crowd ? Best wishes ? bhuban

Re: [Assam] Searching for Something Good to Say About India - NYT, June 29th

2011-07-06 Thread Chan Mahanta
OK, I will take the bait Ram :-). So what do YOU think of it? Is Manu Joseph trying to stir up trouble, or is he just another one of those India bashers, or perhaps a western-apologist in the style of , as many of us say here seem to think in this forum, Pankaj Mishra? BTW, I read Manu

[Assam] re-entry of turbines for the Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power Project

2011-07-06 Thread Ankur Bora
It seems that the state Govt of Assam is bent on bringing back the turbines to be used for the construction of the 2000-MW Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power Project. If completed , this is going to pose serious threat to the downstream population and will be a catastrophe in this seismically

Re: [Assam] Searching for Something Good to Say About India - NYT, June 29th

2011-07-06 Thread Ram Sarangapani
Hi C'da, I really like Joseph's writing style, and can actually agree with a lot he says. On some things, I am conflicted: 'Nobody loves India like the Indian who does not live here anymore.' Actually the opposite is also true Nobody hates India in some cases. But what Joseph and others

Re: [Assam] re-entry of turbines for the Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power Project

2011-07-06 Thread Dilip Deka
Dear Ankur, You said speak as civil voice against this design. Do you really know what the design is? If the dam traps the water in a reservoir and the reservoir does not displace a lot of villagers, I don't see a problem with the reservoir. Also if the water through the turbines is released