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

2011-07-07 Thread uttam borthakur
There are some pointers:1. An individual belonging to this mailing list who has been working with a small dam had narrated here that they had to dismantle the dam in California due to adverse ecological effects, and it would need another 30 years or so to undo the damage. 2. No Mega Dams are

Re: [Assam] [assam]Manu Joseph's Something good to say about India-

2011-07-07 Thread bbaruah
Almost daily I read the global edition of the New York Times. I read Manu Joseph's article the other day and also the bits of comments by Chandan and Ram. Unfortunately I have not read Manu Joseph's book. ? What i admire is the quality of the articles and features contributed by the coterie of

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

2011-07-07 Thread Jyotirmoy Sharma
There is an element of truth in the author's statements. As a nation( when compared to China ), we haven't achieved much. Beyond the Tatas, Reliance, and a few IT cos there is no Indian brand that is world famous. Even in the IT sector, Infosys, Wipro etc are big Software players but not an

[Assam] About ICICI Bank NRI Svcs

2011-07-07 Thread Chan Mahanta
I don't know if any netter has used ICICI Bank's much vaunted NRI services. I have and it has not been fun! See below: From: Chan Mahanta cmaha...@gmail.com Date: July 7, 2011 8:53:33 AM CDT To: NRI Service n...@icicibank.com Cc: Chan Mahanta cmaha...@gmail.com Subject: Re:

Re: [Assam] About ICICI Bank NRI Svcs

2011-07-07 Thread Ram Sarangapani
C'da, I know Alpana uses ICICI quite often. Sometime last year we sent a check to a charity based in Assam and Delhi. Oh, boy, did ICICI give us the runaround. The first thing they did was to promptly debit the amount from our account here. But they did not credit the charity, but instead kept