[Assam] A Smelly Subject : from NY Times

2007-11-27 Thread Chan Mahanta
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/15/unlocking-the-benefits-of-garlic/?emex=1196312400en=05c5dba4085c5f5dei=5087%0A October 15, 2007, 5:03 pm Unlocking the Benefits of Garlic cloves of garlicWhat makes garlic good for you? (Chris Ramirez for The New York Times) Garlic has long been

Re: [Assam] A Smelly Subject : from NY Times

2007-11-27 Thread Chan Mahanta
we spell Garlique ? :) --Ram On 11/27/07, Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/15/unlocking-the-benefits-of-garlic/?emex=1196312400en=05c5dba4085c5f5dei=5087%0A October 15, 2007, 5:03 pm Unlocking the Benefits of Garlic cloves of garlicWhat

Re: [Assam] Mob strips woman protester in Guwahati - Times of India

2007-11-26 Thread Chan Mahanta
I can't believe this. These are not human beings -- they are animals. At 4:43 PM -0500 11/26/07, Ram Dhar wrote: infact it did happen .. Please note - you may find this video content very very disturbing. Really shocked to see this happening in our Gauhati. CNN-IBN video-

Re: [Assam] : Group clash in the city: 12 killed, curfew in city

2007-11-25 Thread Chan Mahanta
Hello Hazarika: While I appreciate your clarifying what actually took place and how a SECTION of the media presented it, I must come to Umesh's defense here. He merely forwarded what others already posted, namely Assamtimes .org. Umesh and other Assam lovers merely attempt to spread word of

Re: [Assam] : Group clash in the city: 12 killed, curfew in city

2007-11-25 Thread Chan Mahanta
? and Adivasi Suraksha Samiti (Adivasi Protection Committee). Good wishes, Sanjib Quoting Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello Hazarika: While I appreciate your clarifying what actually took place and how a SECTION of the media presented it, I must come to Umesh's defense here. He merely forwarded

Re: [Assam] : Group clash in the city: 12 killed, curfew in city

2007-11-25 Thread Chan Mahanta
of another historically disadvantaged indigenous group?s demand for an ethnic homeland -- no matter how tragic the story of the latter?s immiserization, is symptomatic of a crisis of citizenship in democratic India. Good wishes, SB Quoting Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thanks much

Re: [Assam] Beltola to Dispur

2007-11-25 Thread Chan Mahanta
This is just unbelievable! However not everything in this report makes ordinary sense. Something is missing. I don't believe Adivasis would have started an attack without some provocation from some quarter. Their numbers were not that great for them to start such a war deliberately,

Re: [Assam] IIT-complex = MIT, Harvard etc - an international resignation

2007-11-24 Thread Chan Mahanta
Hi Umesh: Against my better judgement, I read your article, because mm's reply to it made me curious. And I re-read it, because I could not quite get it. But even after re-reading I don't get it. What exactly were you trying to tell us? I am sure it is interesting stuff. But what is it?

Re: [Assam] From Outlook India: An Indictment of In dianHigher Education

2007-11-23 Thread Chan Mahanta
Alpana, Alpana, Alpana! When will you ever learn :-)? Just because these folks --you or I or whoever came to the USA or went to Bilaat or what have you, does not necessarily mean we were EDUCATED. Does it? Education is a bit more than collecting information or being able to do good math. Or

Re: [Assam] Happy Thanksgiving

2007-11-22 Thread Chan Mahanta
That was a good one Dilip :-). Happy Thanksgiving to all. At 7:26 PM -0800 11/21/07, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote: Happy Thanksgiving, guys. === The Parrot and Behavior Modification A young man named John received a parrot as a gift. The

[Assam] From Outlook India: An Indictment of In dian Higher Education

2007-11-22 Thread Chan Mahanta
( Highlighting mine: cm) We Do Need That Education... China is re-orienting and investing in its higher education sector to meet the challenges of the future, but India continues to ignore the systemic collapse that is crying out for an urgent and drastic overhaul. HARSH V. PANT A

Re: [Assam] From Outlook India: An Indictment of In dian Higher Education

2007-11-22 Thread Chan Mahanta
Well said. At 7:29 AM +0530 11/23/07, mc mahant wrote: Education is what brought many Assamnetters to where they are. They surely want their old country folk to be properly educated to do something better-live better-healthier-happier-more useful to the world/humanity. So at

Re: [Assam] $850 rent vs 880 pm salary Indian embassy in DC - Strange room hunting Munna Bhai style

2007-11-20 Thread Chan Mahanta
Broad-brush conclusions about US conditions ( or for that matter of India) arrived at from experiencing a tiny segment of a continent is a good example of the simple-minded Indian with a half baked education, never mind the pedigree of their degrees. At 11:43 PM -0800 11/19/07,

Re: [Assam] Indian Cell Phone Myths

2007-11-20 Thread Chan Mahanta
Network failure in certain pockets does not prove/disprove anything. *** Certainly does not, particularly in view of the fact that these Boston suburbs have not been without land phone lines decades into the age of communication. And to present the argument to imply if not as as evidence

Re: [Assam] Indian Cell Phone Myths

2007-11-20 Thread Chan Mahanta
I do not take issue with the proven efficacy of REAL competition and FREE market forces. But the keywords are REAL and FREE. In a land where the make-believe is readily accepted in lieu of the real thing by its intelligentsia EVEN when the truths are open for all to see and that need to tell

Re: [Assam] From ToI/IGI Airport

2007-11-20 Thread Chan Mahanta
? Apparently he made a lot of improvements in the railways. Dilip = Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Delhi's IGI Airport has become a nightmare ? Has??? It has always been so. Just getting worse. I was there a month ago. The parking

[Assam] From TOI/--Whew--Finally a Solution!!!

2007-11-20 Thread Chan Mahanta
Another laugh or cry question issue. cm Protracted litigations erode public faith in legal system: SC 20 Nov 2007, 1848 hrs IST,PTI Print SaveEMail Write to Editor NEW DELHI: Observing that people were losing confidence in the legal system due to protracted litigations,

Re: [Assam] Indian Cell Phone Myths

2007-11-20 Thread Chan Mahanta
economy grows and if the grip of stifling bureaucracy is reduced and REAL FREE ECONOMY takes shape, things are bound to change. At least that's what we have seen in the rest of the FREE world. Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do not take issue with the proven efficacy of REAL competition

Re: [Assam] Indian Cell Phone Myths

2007-11-19 Thread Chan Mahanta
out of MTNL. --- Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As an addendum to my previous response on the matter of the quality of private services as in cell-phone, I would be remiss if I did not share what I heard during my recent trip to Assam: *** That service is uniformly bad

[Assam] Indian Cell Phone Myths

2007-11-18 Thread Chan Mahanta
As an addendum to my previous response on the matter of the quality of private services as in cell-phone, I would be remiss if I did not share what I heard during my recent trip to Assam: *** That service is uniformly bad thruout Assam. And the worst is the darling of the private enterprise

Re: [Assam] From ToI/ How to Eradicate Corruption!

2007-11-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
It makes sense. Don't you see, He is basically asking the children of India to revolt against the present Indian culture. Rajen - Original Message - From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: assam@assamnet.org Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 6:04 AM Subject: [Assam] From ToI/ How to Eradicate

Re: [Assam] [asom] Assam Govt returned fund to GOI

2007-11-16 Thread Chan Mahanta
Exactly. I can't believe how our friends here in these forums don't like to look into things a little deeper. But as always ignorance of how what passes for government works or should work always comes in the way. Now if they were one tenth as diligent about demanding answers from those who

Re: [Assam] commission: AGP behind killings of ULFA members' kin

2007-11-16 Thread Chan Mahanta
Another display of Indian-jurisprudence! Nothing ever happens. At 12:16 AM -0800 11/16/07, umesh sharma wrote: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/11/16/stories/2007111654701400.htm Mahanta at the helm of secret killings in Assam: Saikia Commission Sushanta Talukdar Guwahati: The

[Assam] From ToI/ How to Eradicate Corruption!

2007-11-16 Thread Chan Mahanta
Only in India!! Shall we laugh or shall we cry? cm Kalam asks children to fight corruption at home 16 Nov 2007, 2127 hrs IST,PTI KANPUR: Former President APJ Abdul Kalam on Saturday asked children to begin their fight against corruption at home by inspiring their guardians to put

Re: [Assam] NEDFi Haat at India International Trade Fair'07

2007-11-16 Thread Chan Mahanta
Hi Manoj: What do you know about the state of affairs at Nedfi Haat at Guahati? We were there two weeks back, and it appeared as though it has shrunk, its vendors' product quality gone down and it definbitely reduced in diversity. I was disappointed and depressed. Something is seriously

[Assam] From ToI/IGI Airport

2007-11-15 Thread Chan Mahanta
Delhi's IGI Airport has become a nightmare ? Has??? It has always been so. Just getting worse. I was there a month ago. The parking lot is a nightmare. We could not push our luggage loaded carts to the car in the parking lot, because of the unbelievable pot-holes, all the way. Had to

[Assam] Photo

2007-11-12 Thread Chan Mahanta
Thought Netters may find this of interest: http://web.mac.com/thespyplane/WildOnesPhotoContest2007/WildOnesPhotoAlbum/Pages/PhotoContest2007.html ___ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org

Re: [Assam] Photo

2007-11-12 Thread Chan Mahanta
Thanks Umesh. It is a butterfly weed seed pod, from our garden. C-da, Looks like something from outerspace. Wow C-da congratulations and best wishes. Umesh Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thought Netters may find this of interest: http://web.mac.com/thespyplane

Re: [Assam] [WaterWatch] Govt aims to stop sewage flow into rivers by 2011-12

2007-11-10 Thread Chan Mahanta
Has the govt. presented a plan of action as to how the target might be achieved? As anyone with half a working brain would know, that anybody can set any target. What makes the difference is the PLAN of ACTION, and if it is achievable. In the absence of a credible plan it is yet another

[Assam] Utpal's Questions

2007-11-10 Thread Chan Mahanta
Dear Utpal: Sorry for the long delay in responding to your questions of October 13. I have been on the road lately and just got back home. BTEW, I hunt-and-pecked the response, sitting under a wedding pandal at Guwahati. I only had a printout of your questions/comments here, and couldn't

Re: [Assam] My Allergies

2007-10-19 Thread Chan Mahanta
- Original Message From: Chan Mahanta mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world mailto:assam@assamnet.orgassam@assamnet.org Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 10:19:25 PM Subject: [Assam] My Allergies You may

Re: [Assam] My Allergies

2007-10-19 Thread Chan Mahanta
got it. But whats wrong in being a Hindu? Why is it sordid and something not so nice to be - if thats how you look at it? Regards, Sandip - Original Message From: Chan Mahanta mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from

Re: [Assam] From NY Times

2007-10-19 Thread Chan Mahanta
PROTECTED] wrote: Good to see an Indian American win something - regardless of his hate crime laws opposition -ofcourse noone iin his family will need to worry about it -- only the New Orleans' black natives need worry. Right? Umesh Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http

Re: [Assam] My Allergies

2007-10-19 Thread Chan Mahanta
for them. Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 6:42 AM -0700 10/19/07, SANDIP DUTTA wrote: It seems the people born with caste hindu tags are making a bee-line to de-class themselves:-) *** Is it good or bad? Should they too submit themselves to their fathers' sins? How

[Assam] From NY Times

2007-10-19 Thread Chan Mahanta
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/19/us/19louisiana.html?_r=1oref=slogin Highlighting mine. cm An Improbable Favorite Emerges in Cajun Country Lee Celano for The New York Times Bobby Jindal, left, an Indian-American, is favored to win the primary election for Louisiana governor by

Re: [Assam] My Allergies

2007-10-19 Thread Chan Mahanta
, Sandip - Original Message From: Chan Mahanta mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world mailto:assam@assamnet.orgassam@assamnet.org Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 10:19:25 PM Subject: [Assam] My Allergies You

Re: [Assam] A stepdown transformer

2007-10-18 Thread Chan Mahanta
Had VERY STRONG medicinal properties indeed, PCBs, one of the most carcinogenic materials man has ever created. Do they still have that in Assam/Indian transformers? At 8:55 AM -0400 10/18/07, Mohan R. Palleti wrote: I heard that story before. There is a rumor that oil from

Re: [Assam] My Allergies

2007-10-18 Thread Chan Mahanta
wrote: C'da, OK got it. But whats wrong in being a Hindu? Why is it sordid and something not so nice to be - if thats how you look at it? Regards, Sandip - Original Message From: Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around

Re: [Assam] My Allergies

2007-10-18 Thread Chan Mahanta
PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: C'da, OK got it. But whats wrong in being a Hindu? Why is it sordid and something not so nice to be - if thats how you look at it? Regards, Sandip - Original Message From: Chan Mahanta mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: A Mailing

Re: [Assam] Monsoons and Global Warming -- Fish market- Assam's queer trade/ warming - Flood week fe

2007-10-18 Thread Chan Mahanta
info is CIA WorldFact Book and Library of Congress -USA http://www.photius.com/countries/india/climate/india_climate_climate.html Cheers umesh Chan Mahanta cmahanta at charter.net wrote: Re: [Assam] Monsoons and Global Warming -- Fish market- As US: A reasonable person would assume that only

Re: [Assam] Monsoons and Global Warming -- Fish market- Assam's queer trade/ warming - Flood week fe

2007-10-18 Thread Chan Mahanta
At 9:37 AM -0700 10/18/07, Krishnendu Chakraborty wrote: I have no arguments regarding the monsoon pattern. I do not think that I have enough knowledge to authoratitively speak on this subject, more so, since my school education (Desi School education that is :-) So, that it must be it

Re: [Assam] Monsoons and Global Warming -- Fish market- Assam's queer trade/ warming - Flood week fe

2007-10-18 Thread Chan Mahanta
If the piece of info is garbage (indicates there may be more garbage) , it implies that --- There may very well be. Is that unthinkable? But the problem is NOT what the book may contain, it is the COMPREHENSION of it. I will bet a dollar that the report did not imply ( to anyone who

Re: [Assam] Monsoons and Global Warming -- Fish market- Assam's queer trade/ warming - Flood week fe

2007-10-18 Thread Chan Mahanta
Why don't you tell us which? Are you not upto it? At 10:57 AM -0700 10/18/07, Krishnendu Chakraborty wrote: But the problem is NOT what the book may contain, it is the COMPREHENSION of it. I will bet a dollar that the report did not imply ( to anyone who reads and comprehends

Re: [Assam] Monsoons and Global Warming -- Fish market- Assam's queer trade/ warming - Flood week fe

2007-10-18 Thread Chan Mahanta
My heart goes out for you. But if you don't agree with what I wrote you can pull the material together and present it to netters. Most of us understand ordinary English here. At 11:27 AM -0700 10/18/07, Krishnendu Chakraborty wrote: All three are your arguments so how can we,

Re: [Assam] Monsoons and Global Warming -- Fish market- Assam's queer trade/ warming - Flood week fe

2007-10-18 Thread Chan Mahanta
*** Unless you give them the material under contention how do you expect them to judge it? Sheeesh! At 12:01 PM -0700 10/18/07, Krishnendu Chakraborty wrote: Hope some enlightened netter who understand ordinary english can explain me which of your argument is true -- 1) The Fed Research

Re: [Assam] Monsoons and Global Warming -- Fish market- Assam's queer trade/ warming - Flood week fe

2007-10-18 Thread Chan Mahanta
And from reading the material you put forth, is it your considered opinion that Umesh's reading of it in line of the delivery truck doing an about turn was the correct conclusion ? If so what kind of support are you receiving from your fan-mail in assamnet? And if the fans are not responding

Re: [Assam] Monsoons and Global Warming -- Fish market- Assam's queer trade/ warming - Flood week fe

2007-10-18 Thread Chan Mahanta
The issue was what Umesh learned from Wiki U, wasn't it? Or was it something I concocted, putting words in UMesh's or your mouths ? Anyway, I do stand by all my comments , which were in response to whatever came from Umesh or yourself. The challenge for you is to prove to the world of

Re: [Assam] Monsoons and Global Warming -- Fish market- Assam's queer trade/ warming - Flood week fe

2007-10-18 Thread Chan Mahanta
You can take a break and go buy some Pepcid or Tums if you are already out of stock or do you maintain a super jumbo stock at home ? *** Do I sound like the one having a bad time here? I an actually enjoying it. It is a nice diversion from my nose to the grindstone. At 2:16 PM

Re: [Assam] Monsoons and Global Warming -- Fish market- Assam's queer trade/ warming - Flood week fe

2007-10-18 Thread Chan Mahanta
At 3:06 PM -0700 10/18/07, Krishnendu Chakraborty wrote: Good that you do not have a heart burn . since you were advising me, I just thought -- Churey Churor theng dekha pai I know what you mean. That takes care of my problem. But what about yours? Have you been able to reconcile

[Assam] My Allergies

2007-10-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
You may or may not be aware of the fact that I was born a caste Hindu. One slightly higher in the food chain than some and lower than the demigods. So I know ALL I ever needed to know about caste Hindus and their sordid but not-so-secret ways. And Bengalis had nothing to do with it, even

Re: [Assam] A stepdown transformer

2007-10-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can electricity be fearful? Particularly when such high voltage seems to be located at arm's reach? At 5:43 PM -0700 10/17/07, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote: I found this interesting. Why

Re: [Assam] Monsoons and Global Warming -- Fish market- Assam's queer trade/ warming - Flood week fe

2007-10-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
geographic rich movie www.Sonam.net/tc ) - from the given map below --- someone less innovative would keep crying for more info. Umesh Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Re: [Assam] Monsoons and Global Warming -- Fish market- As You are right A . VERY irritated :-)! He keeps arguing , like

Re: [Assam] Monsoons and Global Warming -- Fish market- Assam's queer trade/ warming - Flood week fe

2007-10-17 Thread Chan Mahanta
branches merge as a single current bringing rains to the remaining parts of North India in July. Source of the website info is CIA WorldFact Book and Library of Congress -USA http://www.photius.com/countries/india/climate/india_climate_climate.html Cheers umesh Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Assam] Monsoons and Global Warming -- Fish market- Assam's queer trade/ warming - Flood week fest - Sonam film maker

2007-10-16 Thread Chan Mahanta
! They are date of arrival graphs. Do you even read maps, graphs etc.? Sheeesh!! Umesh Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Re: [Assam] Monsoons and Global Warming -- Fish market- As At 8:32 PM -0700 10/14/07, umesh sharma wrote: C-da, You can trust me on this one -- the weblink

Re: [Assam] Monsoons and Global Warming -- Fish market- Assam's queer trade/ warming - Flood week fe

2007-10-16 Thread Chan Mahanta
are not monsoon wind patterns for crying out loud! They are date of arrival graphs. Do you even read maps, graphs etc.? Sheeesh!! Umesh Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Re: [Assam] Monsoons and Global Warming -- Fish market- As At 8:32 PM -0700 10/14/07, umesh sharma wrote: C-da, You can

Re: [Assam] assam Digest, Vol 27, Issue 57

2007-10-15 Thread Chan Mahanta
Hello Ms. Mukhim, Welcome to Assamnet. As Alpana explained, anyone interested in Assam is welcome. I have heard the name , and seen it being reported as a renowned journalist . We are honored. Glad you were provoked. That is the idea here. We like to provoke critical thinking leading

[Assam] Utpal's Questions

2007-10-15 Thread Chan Mahanta
HI U: I haven't forgotten you. But since yours is a long litany of questions and complaints, it will take some time to deal with, something am having a hard time finding at the moment. Besides, as you must have noticed, I am just one AGAINST a world of netters :-) c-da

Re: [Assam] ULFA REPLY

2007-10-15 Thread Chan Mahanta
At 8:28 PM -0500 10/15/07, kamal deka wrote: Chandanda, In my humble opinion,it is the system of governance in Assam that needs overhauling in toto. I agree wholeheartedly Kamal. I also know you are one of a very few in this forum who realizes that. That brings the question of HOW

[Assam] not so gorgeous now-- from Waterwatch

2007-10-15 Thread Chan Mahanta
Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 9542609-m6414 X-Apparently-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Originating-IP: 64.233.162.238 X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:12:0:0:0 From: sangeetha sriram [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Yahoo-Profile: sangeetha_sriram

[Assam] From ToI/ India's Nobel connections

2007-10-15 Thread Chan Mahanta
India's Nobel connections 14 Oct 2007, 0037 hrs IST,Chidanand Rajghatta Print SaveEMail Write to Editor Yet another Nobel season has gone by and no Indian has won the Prize outright, not that it will deny us some more hysteria and over-the-top headlines. So eager are we to grab

Re: [Assam] ULFA reply

2007-10-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
let us talk, but not about what you have been fighting for'. Is that a deal-maker or what ? On 10/13/07, Chan Mahanta mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The big vacuum of reason here I see is this: IF, Assam's OWNERS, I mean other those who sit in Dilli

Re: [Assam] ULFA reply

2007-10-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
such a vote becomes mandatory? kamal deka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The GOI has similarly been willing to hold parleys with ULFA in order to hammer out a solution within the ambit of the Constitution.What is wrong with that ? KJD On 10/13/07, Chan Mahanta mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Assam] ULFA reply

2007-10-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
to everyone. Nayan On 10/14/07, Chan Mahanta mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: O' kamal: kaleidoscopic federation. WHAT exactly is this K-fed Bapa? Are you suggesting Assam is in charge of its own destiny, making use of its best of human resources , with controls

Re: [Assam] ULFA reply

2007-10-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
noises about the Govt. acting undemocratically every now and then? Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone made up his/her mind as to what should be the objective measure about the stage when such a vote becomes mandatory? It is NOT about making some OBJECTIVE

Re: [Assam] ULFA has only guns no brains ??

2007-10-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
Any comments? *** You shouldn''t have asked. I think ULFA has a whole lot more brains that you Umesh. At 1:59 PM -0700 10/14/07, umesh sharma wrote: It seems ULFA has only guns to kill people but no brains for its future development. It only talks about independence but no

Re: [Assam] on plebisite - ULFA the mass murderers

2007-10-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
and actions of the selfish ones who are just taking advantage of the situation. Instead, be with the majority and work for real peace to return to Asom. Rubi Bhuyan Central Publicity member, ULFA 1. Re: Please take part in the opinion poll (Chan Mahanta) 2. Re: Please take part in the opinion

Re: [Assam] Fish market- Assam's queer trade/ warming - Flood week fest - Sonam film maker

2007-10-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
Those with slightest knowledge of monsoon rains in India would know that warm moisture laden winds flow inwards towards Assam and rest of NE India in Spring onwards Does Umesh the renowned, Harvard trained climatologist know what the direction of the monsoon winds that bring rains to Assam

Re: [Assam] on plebisite

2007-10-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
Central Publicity member, ULFA 1. Re: Please take part in the opinion poll (Chan Mahanta) 2. Re: Please take part in the opinion poll (Ram Sarangapani) On 10/10/07, Chan Mahanta http://uk.f269.mail.yahoo.com/ym/[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/11/07, Ram Sarangapani

Re: [Assam] Unused MLALAD funds to go to State exchequer(The Sentinel, 15.10.2007)

2007-10-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
I think we ought to ask our Rajasthani expert and the Texan doctor why Assam's desi universal adult franchised fathered govt. seems clueless. At 6:47 PM -0700 10/14/07, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote: The ignorant fools in Dispur do not have any idea where money is coming from and where it

Re: [Assam] ULFA reply

2007-10-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
away or making perfunctory noises about the Govt. acting undemocratically every now and then? Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone made up his/her mind as to what should be the objective measure about the stage when such a vote becomes mandatory

Re: [Assam] IAS-ASS Unused MLALAD funds to go to State exchequer(The Sentinel, 15.10.2007)

2007-10-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
They are not Harvard trainer, thats why. At 6:32 PM -0700 10/14/07, umesh sharma wrote: these new IAS officers are all nerds?? can do no social engg and development work --only good in reading ten hours a day - from notes made by somebody else (Rao Study Circle , Brilliant Tutorials

Re: [Assam] ULFA has only guns no brains ??

2007-10-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
. Are you the brain behind ULFA - I will let you figure that out. - I can't see it anywhere else That must be the last word then. If Harvard Grad Umesh can't see anything else, what other proof anybody needs? Umesh Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Re: [Assam] ULFA

Re: [Assam] on plebisite - ULFA the mass murderers

2007-10-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
forces on the people of the NE. You defend mass murderers by saying others do it -- .Do you support terrorism? Umesh Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Re: [Assam] on plebisite - ULFA the mass murderers I would suggest you ask that question of Narendar Modi and BJP an RSS. about what

Re: [Assam] Fish market- Assam's queer trade/ warming - Flood week fest - Sonam film maker

2007-10-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
is not tacled Assam cannot develop. Any pearls of wisdom from a supporter of ULFA like yourself. May I remind you ULFA is branded a terrorist organization by USA in 2005. How very patriotic of you!!! Umesh Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Re: [Assam] Fish market- Assam's queer trade

Re: [Assam] Fish market- Assam's queer trade/ warming - Flood week fest - Sonam film maker

2007-10-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
of going at a tangent esp when your pet issue of terrorist ULFA is challenged. Umesh Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Re: [Assam] Fish market- Assam's queer trade/ warming - Fl I thought the insanity here was spewed by someone else who, being clueless about simple high-school geography

Re: [Assam] Unused MLALAD funds to go to State exchequer(The Sentinel, 15.10.2007)

2007-10-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
people? What does that have to do with what Dilip forwarded? I didn't make the assumption. Do you think the same about Americans and other people? Umesh Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Re: [Assam] Unused MLALAD funds to go to State exchequer(T iam ? Thanks

Re: [Assam] on plebisite

2007-10-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
sense. If you cannot walk straight on a tarred road,why do you ask for a pair of special Nike shoes to walk up the hill ? KJD On 10/14/07, Chan Mahanta mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Birds of a feather no doubt :-). The call to hold a plebiscite is unwarranted. Why

Re: [Assam] Monsoons and Global Warming -- Fish market- Assam's queer trade/ warming - Flood week fest - Sonam film maker

2007-10-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
weeks per state[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sourcescitation needed], pouring raining all along its way Satisfied?? Or do you accuse me of cooking up the data here at wiki also? Umesh. Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Re: [Assam] Fish market- Assam's queer trade/ warming

Re: [Assam] Unused MLALAD funds to go to State exchequer(The Sentinel, 15.10.2007)

2007-10-14 Thread Chan Mahanta
clueless and asking them to support ULFA's terror acts. Umesh Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Re: [Assam] Unused MLALAD funds to go to State exchequer(T At 7:51 PM -0700 10/14/07, umesh sharma wrote: C-da, You made the assumption that Assamese people and their govt are clueless

[Assam] Environmentalists Critical of Nobel Prize for R K Pachauri headed IPCC

2007-10-13 Thread Chan Mahanta
Was the Nobel Prize awarded to Dr. Pachauri, or to IPCC, currently headed by Dr. Pachauri? Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 9542609-m6417 X-Apparently-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Originating-IP:

Re: [Assam] Environmentalists Critical of Nobel Prize for R K Pachauri headed IPCC

2007-10-13 Thread Chan Mahanta
. But the critics have not made much difference between Dr. Pachauri and the IPCC, should we? :) --Ram On 10/13/07, Chan Mahanta mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Was the Nobel Prize awarded to Dr. Pachauri, or to IPCC, currently headed by Dr. Pachauri? Comment

Re: [Assam] Embattled frontier - From the Asia Times

2007-10-13 Thread Chan Mahanta
a scholar from the Indian army, Need we know more? At 1:19 PM -0600 10/13/07, Ram Sarangapani wrote: This from today's Asia Times. Whether one agrees or not with the author, the book promises to be good. There seems to be something for everyone. The 1st last paragraphs

Re: [Assam] Embattled frontier - From the Asia Times

2007-10-13 Thread Chan Mahanta
I wished I could be too. But Bhootor mukhor raam-naam ? At 2:54 PM -0500 10/13/07, Ram Sarangapani wrote: Hehehe! And I thought you would be more open! :) On 10/13/07, Chan Mahanta mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: a scholar from the Indian army, Need we

Re: [Assam] ULFA reply

2007-10-13 Thread Chan Mahanta
O' kamal: kaleidoscopic federation. WHAT exactly is this K-fed Bapa? Are you suggesting Assam is in charge of its own destiny, making use of its best of human resources , with controls over its natural resources? Does this FED you are alluding to allow Assam to bring its best out

Re: [Assam] ULFA reply

2007-10-13 Thread Chan Mahanta
The big vacuum of reason here I see is this: IF, Assam's OWNERS, I mean other those who sit in Dilli , so wish for an end to hostilities and can't figure out HOW, and if ULFA, the villains, declare that they will abide by the verdict of the people for whose sovereignty they gave nearly

Re: [Assam] Find your candidate

2007-10-12 Thread Chan Mahanta
Sarangapani wrote: See what it does when you go by ISSUES? The predilections give way to reason :-). Now, now C'da... you don't mean in the Assam context :) On 10/12/07, Chan Mahanta mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: See what it does when you go by ISSUES? The predilections give

Re: [Assam] Find your candidate

2007-10-12 Thread Chan Mahanta
Excellent site Ram. Thanx for sharing. c-da At 8:01 AM -0600 10/12/07, Ram Sarangapani wrote: Netters interested in US Politics and '08 might find this not only informative but be surprised by the results. Click on link below __ This is informative

Re: [Assam] Autonomy

2007-10-11 Thread Chan Mahanta
outside, and companies like Infosys are not eager to even hedge their bets vis-a-vis Assam. If greater autonomy can bring peace and stability, then its probably well worth it. --Ram On 10/10/07, Chan Mahanta mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like autonomy, because

Re: [Assam] UN poll

2007-10-11 Thread Chan Mahanta
Hi Chitta: I am under great pressure to meet some deadlines. I haven't gone thru the note in detail, and can only give you just a brief reply. A more detailed one and/ or follow up may have to wait for as long as a month. Your query is essentially to assert that the nearly thirty

[Assam] Letter of Reply from ULFA to Shantikam Hazarika

2007-10-11 Thread Chan Mahanta
X-YMail-OSG: L_aDRggVM1lY1TfXGmsAjJdRJ60mRHmQAlQUN.y1zbdzK07y3N0P3zEIb.fvkZQFoA-- Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:38:37 +0100 (BST) From: ulfa_ 1979April7 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Shantikam here To: Shantikam Hazarika [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],

Re: [Assam] Shantikam here

2007-10-11 Thread Chan Mahanta
would it not be even better if you move a step ahead and include the masses of Assam alongwith the Assamnetters in a meaningful discussion regarding the necessity of a National Liberation Struggle of Asom Would Nayanjyoti lead or support a movement in Assam to allow an unfettered

Re: [Assam] Shantikam here

2007-10-11 Thread Chan Mahanta
in. Good bye and good health. c-da Regards, Nayan On 10/11/07, Chan Mahanta mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: would it not be even better if you move a step ahead and include the masses of Assam alongwith the Assamnetters in a meaningful discussion regarding

Re: [Assam] Letter of Reply from ULFA to Shantikam Hazarika

2007-10-11 Thread Chan Mahanta
in urban Bihar or Mumbai's movie circles either. It doesn't seem to be any different to me. Umesh Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Letter of Reply from ULFA to Shantikam Hazarika X-YMail-OSG: L_aDRggVM1lY1TfXGmsAjJdRJ60mRHmQAlQUN.y1zbdzK07y3N0P3zEIb.fvkZQFoA-- Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:38

Re: [Assam] Utpal's Questions

2007-10-11 Thread Chan Mahanta
to clarify one's position and to find new converts. It is ridiculous to be letting that opportunity go. Imagine a sales guy doing that in an organization! Unless maybe, there is no longer that energy and belief in that position! --- Chan Mahanta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know whether

Re: [Assam] reply to C Da who thinks i lost my voice.

2007-10-10 Thread Chan Mahanta
- Original Message From: Chan Mahanta mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: A Mailing list for people interested in Assam from around the world mailto:assam@assamnet.orgassam@assamnet.org Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 3:13:54 AM Subject: Re: [Assam] reply to C Da who thinks i lost

[Assam] A Correction about Er M Mahanta

2007-10-10 Thread Chan Mahanta
PROTECTED] wrote: And is it good or bad for Kharkhowas speaking like that? Does it matter whether its good or bad? Why should a new dialect be bad? And yes, it is the language of the young crowd spoken by many across India. Rgds, SD - Original Message From: Chan Mahanta mailto:[EMAIL

[Assam] What Did I Fail to Answer

2007-10-10 Thread Chan Mahanta
I had posted some questions to C Da and he has miseably failed to answer them. Which parts did I fail to answer , miserably or otherwise, Nayan? Would you please point out? At 10:23 AM +0530 10/10/07, Nayanjyoti Medhi wrote: I think we need to get back to the main topic. I had

Re: [Assam] Please take part in the opinion poll

2007-10-10 Thread Chan Mahanta
That should pretty much place those who are for Assam's continued servitude in a huge majority and thus pave the way for a plebiscite to put an end to the speculations, wouldn't it? Why even bother about Assam Public Works' house to house interrogation poll? At 11:55 AM -0600

Re: [Assam] Please take part in the opinion poll

2007-10-10 Thread Chan Mahanta
At 10:15 AM -0700 10/10/07, Krishnendu Chakraborty wrote: Check the last para of this --- http://www.newswatch.in/news-analyses/attacks-on-scribes/5060.html Looks like PCG too tried similar polls not sure if the pollsters were uneducated and IMMATURE, UNINFORMED and UNREALISTIC to the

Re: [Assam] Please take part in the opinion poll

2007-10-10 Thread Chan Mahanta
it will be a most insincere and dishonorable pursuit, designed to promote interests of India over Assam's. So, will you lead the effort in Assam to generate public opinion for it? I will back you up any way I can. On 10/10/07, Chan Mahanta mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED

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