Dear Friends:
A very interesting article from today's New York Times. I believe it is
not only essential to protect our rhinos in Kaziranga but it is
necessary to
convince the users of the rhino's horns that it is not an aphrodisiac
or whatsoever the superstitious people believe it to be.Who
James Lamont
FINANCIAL TIMES
August 26, 2011 ET
Standards of primary education in India are as bad as in Papua New
Guinea and crisis-torn Afghanistan and Yemen, according to a team of
economists.
In a study of schools in the country’s most populous states the Indian
economists found that
Dear Netter:
Short of being a bee-keeper myself, I take interest at least in the
news related to bee-keeping in UK possibly because my late father was
a trained and experienced bee-keeper. Recently I came to know from an
Assamese newspaper online that Assam Government also has some activity
BK:
I don't know about Assam Govt's. activity now, but years ago, in the sixties,
possibly with UN funds, there was
a widespread and quite successful, if I might add, move to train rural folks in
Assam in beekeeping. The hive boxes
and extraction equipment were sold by the Khadi-Gramodyog
Dear Friends:
A very interesting article from today's New York Times. I believe it is
not only essential to protect our rhinos in Kaziranga but it is
necessary to
convince the users of the rhino's horns that it is not an aphrodisiac
or whatsoever the superstitious people believe it to be.Who
Dear Netters:
Having been inspired by a medical report, I posted an email on 23
August last to highlight the fact that an Unhappy Marriage Is Better
Than Being Single. Here in UK as an elderly member of our microscopic
Assamese community, I lamented that most of our young men and young
